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. and “will it generate money?”

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 21, 2018

Most of these organizations are also using some form of stage-gate for the development of new products. My guest, Colin Palombo, has been helping organizations using stage-gate to move to a hybrid agile stage-gate process and enjoying many benefits for doing so while keeping the framework they are familiar with. It’s a win-win.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 24, 2020

We’re running this episode again to remind everyone to take a moment, engage your team, and think through both how the decisions you make now can help and how they can be misused – and then take action to mitigate the latter. Ethical frameworks for product development. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In fact, some methods are pretty poor. Some product managers make poor decisions because they don’t have the right skills. It’s from another team, so you can be completely honest with me. However, not all methods are equally effective when deciding what is valuable. Your Skills Resume: Can you Identify Profit? My name is Jacob.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 23, 2018

This conference is built by product people, for product people, and the strength of the German product community has allowed it to happen. And leaders have an outsized impact on team performance. By providing ownership and creative freedom, teams at Booking.com are empowered to craft experiments based on well-defined user problems.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

But many product leaders at the roundtable reported that their teams struggle to make decisions when they feel the data is either inconclusive or not available in sufficient quantities. We discussed a number of coaching and development opportunities associated with this difficulty. Open discussion is the best way to explore this.

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Mind the Product

JULY 16, 2019

Occasionally, I run into a CEO who had a really bad childhood. I’m happy when my team picks whatever framework they like – whatever flavour of scrum or kanban or agile something else, or any process they want to use, I don’t care how they write user stories – if they write user stories.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Last fall, I gave a talk at the JSDayIE conference in Dublin about how Intercom and Ember have evolved together over the past six years. Frameworks have drastically improved the capabilities of small teams to produce amazing experiences for people in very short periods of time. This is the “ship every day” for a framework.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 14, 2019

A bad day in the office, a chance LinkedIn message, and before you know it, someone has moved jobs. Developing a long-term relationship with someone who can act as your mentor and provide advice and direction can help to get around this. We’ve all seen it play out, either ourselves or through others. Find a Mentor.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

It means reducing choices amongst engineering teams and standardizing technology, so our team can spend as much time as possible delivering value to customers. Our chat covers the origins of Run Less Software, how it has evolved at scale, and how it differs from the equally valid approaches of other engineering teams.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceedings kicked off with workshops and leadership discussions on Thursday, followed by the conference itself at London’s famous Barbican Centre. By using specific frameworks, Andy discussed how we can focus on solutions that aren’t immediately obvious. Expose Bad Ideas. Change up your decision making. Kate O’Neill.

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Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While software development teams have been moving toward agile methods for years, many product managers are only now becoming aware of it. An agile approach applies collaborative and continuous improvement concepts to software development. It seems that agile teams do everything in a new way. What is a product owner?

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 3, 2018

Here are five quick takeaways: Instead of relying on word of mouth to permeate the team, write things down. If Rohini’s team is making changes to the UI or the front end, they can test quickly and easily, but because their core product is payments-based, much more rigor is required compared to your typical software product.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Developing Your own Team. Product leaders have many questions – and even more answers – about how best to develop and empower their teams. Your first task as a leader is to set the vision of the team and make sure that the team is set up to deliver it. Collaborating with other teams.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 10, 2019

The most popular frameworks, like agile, are more about the general approach your office takes. Team structure, work patterns, timing, tool deployment… They are holistic in the way they seek to address your overall operations. The Jobs To Be Done Framework (JTBD, for short) is different. Anything else is just a hobby.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. How quickly you’re able to accelerate growth depends on your ability to build a nimble sales org and develop a strong sales strategy. Pipedrive’s SVP of Sales, Tara Bryant, on building a solid sales framework.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

However, to learn more, you’ll have to listen to the man himself as he develops the topic at the 2024 Product Drive Summit. TL;DR Ant Murphy is a product coach and founder of Product Pathways who strongly believes that great product teams build great products. Ant Murphy. What is product prioritization?

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But the fact is that a large portion of the employees – developers, marketers, product managers (whose work depends on an intimate understanding of the customer) – rarely, if ever, interact with them. However, Michele quickly realized that customer research should be a part of the whole product development process.

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 30, 2024

tip: stories work with stakeholders and recruiters too) E is for Evaluation What metrics will you use to measure your job search or career development progress? Share People-First Product Leadership Once a Product Manager, Always a Product Manager Stepping away when you feel burnt out is never a bad thing. Want some help?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A messaging strategy is a marketing framework /plan that outlines how your brand communicates its key messages and unique selling proposition to its target audience. SMART goal-setting framework. Lastly, share drafts of comparative materials with your internal team for input and improvement. What is a messaging strategy?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The team won’t respect me if I’m not technical”. Product teams often attract people who are used to being the smartest people in the room. Daniel Pink’s three motivations show what you need to set up to help your team be truly effective. To create safety with your teams, a framework can build confidence.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Here are five quick takeaways: When evaluating clients, the biggest thing Bailey and her team look for is whether the organization is willing to give up control. And I got to work with the international growth team for Facebook. One of my business partners, Kai, was one of the people on the international growth team for Facebook.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

The agile manifesto turned eighteen this year, the Scrum framework is even older?—?have Scrum came about even earlier than the agile manifesto almost a whole decade to be exact (although you can traces origins earlier back to 1986 with the article The New New Product Development Game ). are they one role, two roles? including myself?—?went

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

More and more books, design conferences, tv shows, and documentaries explore the destructive effects of design or its capabilities to tackle social, ecological, or economic issues. This was completely unforeseen by the design team. Many product teams follow in their footsteps. Good design isn’t naturally ethical.

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Good Product Manager

APRIL 21, 2015

Don’t Prioritize Features Based on Development Cost. I’ve seen dozens, if not hundreds, of different ones, and nearly all of them have one thing in common – there’s some input for development cost. It’s fairly common for product managers to come up with their own spreadsheets or formulas to do this evaluation.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

So they created a software that provides control, visibility, and payment methods for corporate finance teams. Instead, focus on fostering a culture of communication and feedback loops between the team. He really fosters innovation and humility as a team player – aspects that were important to me. Nico: Correct.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

There are 3 reasons your team isn’t doing what you want them to do, says Mikey Trafton. In his 3rd talk at Business of Software, Mikey picked up from where he left off at the end of his previous talk ‘ How To Recruit A Badass Team ‘ You’ve hired a great team, but you need to learn how to manage them.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. At the upcoming Product Drive Conference, seasoned entrepreneur Melissa Kwan will share invaluable insights in her talk on the potential pitfalls of over-relying on blue ocean strategy.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

One of the themes that emerged over the course of the conference was the importance of understanding the needs of customers and the metrics you can use to better understand and act on their real, rather than stated, needs. We’ve used NPS to gather evaluation data for the conference for a seven years. pic.twitter.com/cBzVvt2Rtx.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Agile methodology sounds confusing and difficult, but Bethany Pagels-Minor breaks it down to bite-size slices of delicious cakes that will will help every team work better, communicate better, and provide better returns. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful work of fiction that every product team has known as the roadmap. And I remember when we came in, we’d raised the Series A, or you guys raised the Series A and I inherited the success of that, we started hiring teams.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful work of fiction that every product team has known as the roadmap. And I remember when we came in, we’d raised the Series A, or you guys raised the Series A and I inherited the success of that, we started hiring teams.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Be sure to mention any volunteer work you’ve done, conferences you’ve attended, etc. that demonstrate you’re desire to be involved in the space and to keep abreast of developments in the space. Usually companies are looking for culture fit and how you might resolve conflict within a team. Be authentic. Get experience.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s heart-breaking that, after all the effort that goes into developing and launching a new Product, from so many different people, 40% of product launches fail. Among his other achievements Kent founded a tech startup in the USA with 2 employees and then grew and scaled it to a global team of 60 in 3 countries before a successful exit.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Instead, product teams are experimenting their way to viable solutions. We are putting our customers first, taking the time to discover unmet needs, and developing solutions that address those needs. Last fall, I spoke at Productized, a product conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on this very topic. Jobs-to-be-Done Framework.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

3) Most companies use weak heuristics, opinions and archaic decision processes to place bets on a handful of unproven ideas. The alternative is of course evidence-driven product development. In product management circles the term “Product Discovery” has become most synonymous with evidence-driven product development.

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