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Product Management Tips for Data Science Projects

Mironov Consulting

Data science has traditionally been an analysis-only endeavor: using historical statistics, user interaction trends, or AI machine learning to predict the impact of deterministically coded software changes. Provide Much Deeper Context than Traditional Software Projects, Especially Use Cases and Business Goals. We versus They.

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Gaining (And Inspiring) Confidence as a Product Manager

The Product Coalition

You also have to gain the confidence of your product team, since they are relying heavily on you for the success of the overall product. Years ago when I was working with the Money Markets and Liquidity team at Goldman Sachs, I knew very little about the products and environment. You succeed or fail as a team. Understand.

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70 Scrum Master Theses

The Product Coalition

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. The role of a Scrum Master is primarily one of servant leadership?—?or or “true leadership”?—?and Scrum is not designed for bean counters, although some metrics help understand a Scrum Team’s health.

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Are you Solving Customer Problems or Just Building Features?

ProductPlan

All those new features might look good on a product comparison matrix and give salespeople a new angle when pitching reluctant prospects, but none of it matters if those features aren’t solving real customer problems. Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Why do product teams become feature factories?

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How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups

The Product Coalition

Fallacy #1: ‘Agile’ Equals More Bang for the Buck If you ask founders and managers of startups why they want to become an agile organization, they typically name reasons such as: Becoming more efficient in software delivery, Delivering faster, Improving the predictability of software deliveries. There seems to be a belief?

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32 Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns

The Product Coalition

Too bad, when nowadays diversity, autonomy, mastery, and purpose become the driving factors in a highly competitive environment where more of the same for everyone is no longer creating value. For managers, it means moving: From WIIFM (what-is-in-for-me syndrome) to team playing?—?the Abandoning yesterday’s game?—?and Nice try #1.)

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Unlocking the Power of the Blue Ocean Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide for SaaS Businesses [2023]

Userpilot

However, many firms fail at successful implementation due to common pitfalls. Blue ocean strategy is especially relevant today as many industries are seeing declining profits and growth due to commoditization and saturation. The focus is on developing new demand and reconstructing market landscapes to make rivals obsolete.