The Product Manager Coach Blog

MAY 7, 2024

Two positions that often cause confusion are Staff Product Manager and Senior Product Manager. These titles may sound similar, but they encompass different levels of organizational expertise and leadership. What is a Senior Product Manager? Which one is right for you?

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

This is particularly helpful when you are faced with a large group of stakeholders, which is not uncommon in bigger companies. As its name suggests, the grid analyses the stakeholders by taking into account their power and interest; it assumes that people take a low or high interest in your product and have low or high power.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Even if the UX efforts in your company seem to be going well, there is always scope for continued assessment and improvisation. Even if UX work seems fine at your organization, know that there are still some things to set a budget for, like improving the product’s creation process, or your customers’ and users’ experiences.

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Hutwork

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

A product roadmap lets you plan, collaborate, and communicate with others about how a product will evolve over its lifecycle. It’s a living document that adapts to changes easily while keeping you focused on the result and aligned with your company’s strategic objectives. Clear, measurable goals.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 17, 2023

He has a great deal of experience that has helped him be well-rounded in product management. Paul acquired the breadth of experience through his leadership roles at San Francisco Bay Area startups and high-growth companies. He helps rapidly scaling early-stage startups craft their Product Strategy and everything related to it.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. An impact map is a visual representation of the connections between the goals you want to achieve, the customers, and solutions.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The two hosts, Magnus Billgren and Petra Färm, have product experts on as guests from all over the world to share, inspire, and inform other product people of the latest news, topics and trends in a fun and engaging way. have goals moving in the same direction. This results in poor habits around roadmap completion.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

There can be no momentum without proper and solid leadership. For more on the topic of empathy and how it is a key to building great products, check out one of our previous posts: Empathy is the Mother of all Product Roadmaps. Communicate your Roadmap, Vision and Product Strategy.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

He held leadership roles at Bay Area startups and high growth organizations like WatchMojo -- helping establish product functions, as well as large strategic consulting companies such as Edelman where he organized product-led initiatives across national/regional offices. Flash Belt 2008, Minneapolis, U.S.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

For this reason, your team should understand the difference between annual product planning and quarterly planning. Companies must react to changes in market dynamics, technology, and customer needs. Moreover, they must maintain a consistent overall business strategy and set goals. Annual planning and the product roadmap.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Timechain is a Montreal-based fintech company that provides an alternative to traditional financial services; it is your one-stop shop for all things crypto! This helps him outline their challenges and present them to the leadership team so the product can continue to improve. Talent Acquisition at Bain Public.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

At Bain Public, we have learned a lot in the many hours and conversations spent mentoring, advising and consulting in product management. In fact, more companies die of indigestion than starvation. A good product roadmap is one of the most important documents an organization can develop, publish, and continuously update.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

To choose the right matrix for your team, consider your development framework, the product’s development stage, the organization’s values, available time, and the number of stakeholders involved. Next, put them on the roadmap , considering feature interdependencies and timelines. Product vision.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

TL;DR Product managers define the overall product direction and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Their responsibilities include product discovery, developing product vision, prioritization , roadmapping , analyzing product performance and its iterative development, and leading the product team.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. TPMs must communicate strategies, roadmaps, and program issues with all key stakeholders. Strong leadership is the ability to motivate and solve problems in an innovative way.

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Bain Public

MARCH 30, 2020

They help define the product management role and focus on finding ways to leave an impact on business strategy and initiatives. Originally published by Loren O'Brien-Egesborg Any company + product manager ? a product company. Originally published by Jeff Tibbins Who’s Head Coaching your Product?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Organise the Team around a Product As the name suggests, a product team is focused on a product. A first step to form effective product teams is therefore to identify the products in your organisation. This sounds simple enough. Let’s take a look at them.

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Bain Public

MARCH 21, 2020

Paul Ortchanian recognized this inconsistency, and it sparked the creation of what is now known as Bain Public: a company dedicated to helping local companies make smart product decisions through an organizing principle for allocation of resources: the roadmap. The Product mindset is possible to attain within any company.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Pitfalls of Service-Led vs Product-Focused startups I have been on both sides of the spectrum and it has worked well for companies like Infosys, TCS which take on large service agreements with organizations and provide consulting services or develop software. What happened next?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 7, 2020

Source: Animated Times During my career, I have worked extensively as both a project manager and a product manager; within consulting and in multiple industries. I’ve worked in companies that have both roles, companies that only have project managers and companies that only have product managers.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Many tech professionals follow a product manager career path because it blends responsibilities and exciting job duties. Product managers are often called "mini-CEOs" because of the influence they have at a company. They manage complex products and work with team members in all departments.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As a product manager, you may have already learned how to plan and prioritize a product roadmap. In response to a Reddit question asking whether there are product roles that exist with a work-life balance, one user answered: "It depends. Work With a Positive Company Culture. a product company.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

For some products, a Product Hunt and WOM are more suitable, whereas for others in-app announcements work better. Product launch managers collaborate with the marketing manager to set the launch and product goals and timelines. They also work with the customer success team on product onboarding to drive adoption.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Livescale is a software company in Montreal bringing brands an innovative live video shopping solution to create authentic and engaging relationships with customers. Her job is to not only create and maintain a product roadmap according to business ROI but also to lead the product release plans.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Product strategy has now become the primary focus of the job. Product strategy is a high-level plan for the product. It ties overall business objectives to the product. It specifically identifies how the product will help the company meet its goals. Aligning Meaningful Metrics via the Product Roadmap.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Over the last 3 years, Bain Public has worked closely with the Canada-based media production and distribution company WatchMojo. During this time, it has been our job as innovative and creative product leaders to help them uncover opportunities, explore pain points, align priorities and optimise their production process.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 19, 2016

Create the right mindset by first understanding product goals, such as increasing the number of customers or decreasing the volume of customer service inquires. 2-year study looks at employees attitude at most innovative companies – Microsoft beats Apple. Get the Product Mastery Roadmap and…. Read more at [link].

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

Leading Complex Initiatives As a Product Leader, you will be expected to lead and drive initiatives that span across an organization. Your leadership team, stakeholders, and individuals doing the work all need to trust that your influence will result in better outcomes. increase commensurately.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This includes sprint planning , Daily Scrum , sprint review , and sprint retrospective , as well as product strategy and product roadmap workshops. Having an effective Scrum Master allows you to focus on your job—to maximise the value the product create. The same is true for setting product goals.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Eighteen months ago travel tech company Almundo started to refine its processes to become a product-driven company. Our goal was to define how we would set and communicate the company strategy, and how that strategy would lead OKRs and backlog definition. It is the guiding principle for OKRs and roadmaps.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Titles like the delivery manager, program manager, or project manager are used instead of the product manager. Factors like company size, budget, and business goals have an impact on how product team structure. This first stop on the product manager career path is not like school. Director of Product.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Titles like the delivery manager, program manager, or project manager are used instead of the product manager. Factors like company size, budget, and business goals have an impact on how product team structure. This first stop on the product manager career path is not like school. Director of Product.

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Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

I was the first PM on the team, so that role involved everything from setting up product processes to building a roadmap and doing discovery. Once they were acquired, they hired a VP of Product, who I worked with briefly. Even four years later when I left, it was still considered a major success story within the company.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

The heart of the book comprises the following types of knowledge that every Product Manager should acquire, as Ben and Blair promote: Organizational knowledge is about how your company works and helps you find the information needed to get your job done. Product knowledge covers your product’s benefits and limitations.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Over time, potential product directors need to show an ability to lead the entire product team. On top of that, they need to show success in every product strategy they own. Excellent leadership skills, a fundamental understanding of product management, and a strong portfolio of success are the recipe for success.

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

Long before I started Brainmates, my colleagues and I used to joke that the people who were promoted at a large company where I worked, were those who were terrible at their jobs. While learning is a necessity for great leadership, the love, passion and drive of Product Leaders to lead people are equally important.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2018

It’s a formal presentation with a resourcing request (to increase or decrease investment), as such key decision makers from the company should be present. It’s led by the product manager responsible for the product line, and it happens once every half year or less. Product Performance. Product Roadmap.

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