Mind the Product

AUGUST 29, 2019

What’s a partial product manager? We’ve all met one, and many of us have been one – a partial product manager is someone who holds the product manager title, but isn’t doing the full job. It can happen really easily, because great product management encompasses a great deal and is constantly evolving.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

Guest Post by: Candice Zhang (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Tauheed Ahmed]. When I first researched about product management, I asked seasoned product managers how they started and they gave me very different kinds of answers. Some of them are good, and some of them are bad.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 31, 2024

Because discovery involves changing the way you work on an individual, team, and even company level, it’s all too easy to make mistakes and missteps. You’ll hear from: Leann Schneider , Product Manager at Plum.io , Sebastian Wramba , Product Manager at Netfonds AG (finfire), and Jelena Stajic , Vice President of Product at ScholarshipOwl.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For years, I’ve shared that Product Talk’s outcome is to increase the number of teams who adopt the continuous discovery habits that I outlined in my book. But I can’t say X out of Y teams have adopted the continuous discovery habits. 2) If teams with better habits were more likely to have success. I can use proxies.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re wondering what strategic product management is, you’ve come to the right place! In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users!

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Userpilot

JANUARY 27, 2022

If speaking realistically, product churn is inevitable for SaaS companies but decreasing churn by just 5% can cause your profit to rise as much as 25-125%. So let’s see how you, as a product manager, can reduce product churn and drive growth in your company. Product-market fit failure. Bad user experience.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

I realize that many product people have never worked in a product trio , don’t have access to customers, aren’t given time to test their ideas, and are working in what Marty Cagan calls “features teams” or “delivery teams.” If you missed the first one on product success and team satisfaction , be sure to start there.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 14, 2019

There are thousands of articles, books , videos , and conferences that discuss the traits necessary for you to become the greatest Product Manager ever. However, information on what makes a disastrous Product Manager is much harder to come by. The “Yes PM” This type of poor Product Manager is difficult to identify.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Why do product managers need a new feature validation framework? TL;DR Product managers need a new feature validation framework to ensure that they meet user needs or drive organizational goals and avert product failure. Product teams should invest in validation when developing the MVP.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes. No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. The best product managers are in a continuous state of discovery and know that?—? neither the product nor roadmap are ever static.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Are you wondering what behavioral product management is? Or how behavioral product managers are different from traditional product managers ? Behavioral product management (BPM) leverages what we know about human psychology and product usage data to design products that deliver positive user value.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

My journey to product management was not what you might expect , but then again, maybe you would. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making.

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Usersnap

JUNE 24, 2022

Positive review response examples provide proof to the entire audience that your business is reliable. If you only reply to negative reviews, that’s all prospective customers will see and it will give them a bad first impression of your company. This leads to the positive reviewers feeling a bit neglected. Final Thoughts.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 4, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered why some athletes are great with one team but not so great with another, the difference is usually in their supporting cast. The same philosophy applies to the product management function. Here are three steps to help you get more product management from your product managers.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

 This post lays out a related challenge: finding a scalable way for product management to support sales organizations rather than individual sales opportunities.  Sales teams inundate us with urgent-but-repetitive ‘does product X do thing Y?’  There’s something more systematic here.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Are you using a friction log to track and prioritize what to improve in your product? In this guide, our aim is to help savvy product managers understand what friction logs are, where you might use them, and how to create them. Not all friction is bad. Friction logs can be created by the whole team.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

I'm often asked what's the best way for a new product manager to learn the fundamentals of the role or for an experienced product manager to continue to master their craft. I've organized this collection into several sections, starting with product management 101.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2019

Un)fortunately, Product Management is not really an entry-level job. Sure, there are some junior positions out there that can be reached with a few months’ experience and a prestigious certification. Resume Fails: Where Not to Begin Product Management is a popular career.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Does it have anything to do with the Minimum Viable Product? Why would you care about MVE as a product manager ? Minimum Viable Experience (MVE) describes how your users must feel when they interact with your product to stay with the company and keep using the product. What is a Minimum Viable Experience (MVE)?

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Userpilot

APRIL 29, 2021

Then, repeat after me (or Andrew Chen of Andreessen Horowitz, to be precise): “The natural state of any new product is that no one’s using it :)”. Product Death Cycle by David Bland. And while most product managers think the users need more features to start using their product…the opposite is often true.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 7, 2017

Or “ How to Manage Software Development in Teams who Think Nothing Like you “ Product management has two diversity problems. Cultural homogeneity in product teams is dead, welcome cultural diversity. It simply doesn’t work. We’re Trapped in our Cultures. How’s that for a mini-UN?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As product managers, it’s our job to develop solutions that solve real problems for our customers and create value for the business. One effective approach is to use a hypothesis-driven product validation framework to ensure that your efforts are focused on the most important questions at the right time.

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Userpilot

JULY 29, 2019

When I started my first business 6 years ago (which has miraculously survived until this day) I didn’t even have a clue what “market or product positioning or product positioning strategies” were. Not because of the product itself – but how it was positioned on the market.

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Product Management University

MARCH 28, 2017

When it comes to hiring the right product manager, there’s no foolproof technique. Treat it like you’re shopping for a product. Product management positions are among the toughest to fill due to the broad range of skills and experience that make for success in any given environment. You have a set of needs.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It may be reading articles on your blog, engaging with ads, leaving reviews, contacting the support team, and so on. Consumer touchpoints help to evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction and timely spot friction points (product bugs, lousy customer experience, poor UX, etc.). Why are customer touchpoints important?

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Product managers are forever students; they are constantly seeking to learn and grow their skillset and knowledge. As the technology industry continues to grow, so much product managers so they don't fall behind. How do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? Goldstein, Steve J.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 3, 2022

The product management career path can be incredibly fulfilling as you build and work on products used by millions of users around the world. The success of a product, or even an entire company, rests on the product team. Building impactful products is exciting! Are you cut out for product management?

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For this post, I spoke with the following people: Abdeljalil (Abdel) Karam, Product Manager. Abdel started a new role as a product manager at a company that makes maps for autonomous vehicles on December 1. Andrew Skotzko, Product Director. Paolo Appley, Senior Product Manager at User Interviews.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

‘Feature factory’ is not exactly a positive term, especially if you’re aspiring to be a product-led SaaS product management team. We also look at what product managers can do to avoid falling into the trap. Ready to dive in? What is a feature factory?

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Userpilot

JUNE 10, 2022

But how much do bugs cost product managers in reality? Maybe poor reviews will make it more difficult to attract new customers. Some estimates say that poor-quality software cost businesses $2.08 It’s a lot easier to write code than it is to read it, and developers don’t particularly enjoy writing documentation.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 3, 2021

It helps you align with different team departments, better understand your customers , and find ways to step up your SaaS product. However, creating a product launch plan consists of multiple phases that each play a vital role in the success of your SaaS product. Ask yourself: Why does your product exist?

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Product Principles – Examples for Product Managers Make decision making easier with inspiration from top product companies Product principles are used by product teams to help guide decision making. Principles can help guide both strategic decisions and tactical decisions.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In the world of Human Resources, it may seem easy to find a candidate with a spiffy resume and loads of experience, rather than building upon an already existing team. It is a cost that won’t necessarily produce any positive outcomes. New hires, on the other hand, have to start from scratch to develop team and company synergy.

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Product Management University

MARCH 14, 2017

If product management is a contact sport, what’s your organization’s risk of injury? Delivering, marketing and selling products in B2B is a contact sport in many ways. The Body Part: Product Strategy & Planning. Many organizations use the product manager as a one-size-fits-all pad.

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Indicative

MARCH 16, 2020

These curveballs can be especially tough for organizations operating in uncertain, unpredictable times — particularly if your team is working remotely for the first time. Here’s What Makes a Stand-Out Product Manager. Your product gets better when you do more research and incorporate more feedback from your team.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 11, 2019

The end can come for a product manager when they least expect it Credit: Bill Selak. So here’s a quick question for you: what is the shortest time that you’ve ever worked at a product manager job? That’s why I was surprised when I got fired after two weeks on the job at my new product manager position.

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