PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 5, 2020

So, what’s the difference between a Product Manager (PM) and a Product Marketing Manager (PMM)? Both Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers often work very closely together and share project ownership, they generally have different sets of responsibilities that require different skill sets.

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Userpilot

JUNE 9, 2021

Are you thinking about a career in product, but you’re not sure whether you should pursue Product Marketing or Product Management? To explain the difference in the simplest of terms: Product Managers build product features and Product Marketers promote them to their audience and users.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Product managers play an important role in steering leadership to evolve the product strategy and corresponding tactics. Companies that are neglecting to take large roadmap bets to competitively capture markets, industries, and geographies will find that this recession will make gaps insurmountable.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Product planning is the iterative process that prepares every stage of the product development life cycle, from the initial idea through launch and further development. Product planning focuses on the customer and business outcomes that the product should achieve. What is NOT product planning. Want to see how?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It can easily be backed up with the lean concept of building strategies, measuring impacts, and learning to improve. This brings sustainability when strategies or decisions need to be pivoted to respond to the market changes. The frameworks (image 1 &2) highlight the approach to take the product into the market.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

So to celebrate International Women’s Day – as usual – we’re casting the spotlight on some of the most prominent influencers and thought-leaders in Product – who also happen to be ladies. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. What is product strategy?

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

In the conceptualization phase, product managers must identify the vision, mission, and requirements that will condition how a team builds out a product. To do so, startup product managers will need to conduct market research to maximize product-market fit. And don’t forget to practice what you learn.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Product managers carry out market research, lead product discovery , oversee the development teams as they are working on the solutions, and coordinate the product launch. 16 Product Management Best Practices. Run regular PMF surveys to check if you still have the product-market fit.

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Dear Strategy

JULY 23, 2019

Dear Strategy: “How do I align my product strategy and product roadmap with our technology roadmap, in the face of a strong engineering organization?”. Ahh, the product roadmap… such an overused yet somehow still elusive term! product, price, promotion, and place).

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Userpilot

MAY 5, 2022

Product managers monitor and control the product lifecycle while ensuring there is the right corporate environment for its development. Generally, the product manager is responsible for the product strategy while the project manager – for its implementation. 4: Roadmapping. #5: 4: Roadmapping. #5:

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Photo by Pixabay I recently led a product-market fit workshop at a known company in the Israeli tech industry. It is a well-established company, a leader in its domain, but it still needs to deliver new products to the market so product-market fit is a very relevant topic.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In such situations, you would typically be asked to come up with a strategy and roadmap ASAP, but you are still just learning the domain. In many cases, you will be joining a company that didn’t have a product leader for a while, or even at all, and if it’s a good company they would want you to come and figure it out quickly.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

The product manager role is responsible for understanding what customer problems to solve and what success looks like for a product. The different types of product managers include the traditional product manager, the product owner, the growth product manager, the technical product manager, and the platform product manager.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

On the communication and management side of things, meanwhile, you’ll need to liaise with multiple teams and ensure everyone follows the product roadmap to completion. You must also understand the technical elements that condition your product’s development. You’ll also need sound budget management.

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2022

To help you in your first 90 days on the job, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best product management resources. The collection includes our favorite conferences, podcasts, blogs, books, newsletters, courses, and Slack groups for product managers. Best reports, statistics, and product benchmarks.

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Userpilot

MAY 19, 2022

Kano analysis helps distinguish between essential features and those which make your product stand out. Product excellence is a framework that relies on user feedback to inform product strategy and roadmap for faster delivery of products. Successful products satisfy user needs.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Most companies don’t have a clear picture of their roadmap. Bain Public’s SOAP™ methodology and tool offers a full picture of your product strategy, tactics, metrics and roadmap all in one place. It breaks product innovation in 3 steps -- Product Mission, Product Blueprint and Roadmap Pillars.

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Userpilot

JUNE 30, 2022

While everyone talks about product-market fit, finding product-customer fit is equally important when it comes to engaging the right customers and driving success. You’ve achieved product customer fit when your product and its functionality help the user get their job done in the easiest and fastest way.

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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. Another incredibly important aspect for product managers to master is defining and iterating on your product's strategy.

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Bain Public

JUNE 7, 2020

Paul’s unique experience brings together the necessity of great engineering and the beauty of product strategy. With this, he has identified an actionable process that enables him to offer concrete messages about product management and operations. Title: Women’s Founder Project: Product/Market Fit. Date: June 27th.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

Zu International 2021, Product Strategy and intellectual property from A to Z , Montreal Canada Ecofuel Accelerator 2021, Strategic Product Baseline and Roadmap , Montreal Canada Centech Propulsion 2021, Connect & Explore Workshop for Centech Propulsion Teams , Montreal Canada Acceleprise Accelerator 2021, Strategic product baseline and roadmap , San (..)

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2022

Before I take a dive into these different product management specializations you should be looking at when building up your product team , it’s worth noting that at their very core, all product managers have the same set of responsibilities and skills. Platform Product Manager. Innovation Product Manager.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2023

Successful SaaS products satisfy user needs and realize organizational business goals. Product success is necessary both for the product manager and for the organization to grow. To build successful products, make sure to align the product strategy with the product vision. Collect customer requests.

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2022

Product marketers. Product experience insights help product marketers refine the product’s messaging and positioning to achieve better product-market fit. Using CES and ratings on core features to improve your roadmap planning. User journey in SaaS.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Product Management Podcast The Product Manager Podcast is a space to share and talk about the latest tips, tricks and tools to build great products and also make the world a better place. You can listen to Paul Ortchanian, CEO and Founder of Bain Public, speak about product leadership teams here ›.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 21, 2021

Let’s delve into the roles of a Product Manager and a Product Owner for getting a clearer picture of the differences between them, and why you actually need both on your product team. The practice of product management spans the development of the product, its launch, and its continual improvement.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

While there are several approaches to product development, there are five main phases that a product team has to go through to guarantee the project’s success: Research: In this stage, product managers investigate both their product market as well as the needs of possible users.

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Arpit Rai

MAY 31, 2020

Amidst moving houses, setting into a new job and dealing with the Covid normal, unfortunately the blog got ignored. That said, let’s come back to this blog post. This post is about what one should do in the first 30–60–90 days of joining a new product management job. to understand the product in detail.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

We ran through various exercises in the first week to give us direction, including user journey mapping , product in a box , and the speedboat game. From there we put together a basic roadmap and started writing user stories. We prioritised our roadmap based on whichever lever we thought was the most important to pull at a given time.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Want to track the different types of product metrics to get product growth insights ? Product metrics are critical for product growth managers to develop the right product strategies and drive continuous value for customers. Tracking product metrics helps you develop well-informed product strategies.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 15, 2020

Product strategy, discovery, and delivery: These are the three general dimensions for which product managers are responsible to optimize in a customer-centric organization. Product strategy exists outside the well defined guideposts of dual-track agile (a product discovery and delivery methodology).

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

If you’re in a product company the chances are that you’ve developed some process of informing your users about new features. This could be in the form of a blog post or as a notification within the UI. Spending a bit more effort on the process can help you turn your release notes into effective content marketing.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

What Is Product Management Consulting? A product management consultant acts as a coach and a mentor to their clients, providing the frameworks that guide them toward developing the roadmap and making the best product decisions. Description: "280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management training and consulting firm.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Limited to 8 attendees, we will collectively set an agenda of top issues — and spend a full day sharing strategies for addressing these issues. Possible topics: Managing roadmap interrupts from founders and stakeholder executives. Hiring, training and mentoring strategies for new product managers.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 29, 2017

Interestingly, in most of these cases, the challenge wasn’t convincing the organization that product management was needed — the problem was exactly how to go about setting up the new function. My blog post Four Critical Steps for Establishing a Product Management Function highlights how to get the ball rolling in a situation like this.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 29, 2017

Interestingly, in most of these cases, the challenge wasn’t convincing the organization that product management was needed — the problem was exactly how to go about setting up the new function. My blog post Four Critical Steps for Establishing a Product Management Function highlights how to get the ball rolling in a situation like this.

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