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Kirsten, who is Senior Vice President Product & Experience at Aconex, the most widely-used online SaaS platform in the world for construction, infrastructure, energy and resource projects, promises to share all her insider tips on how to transition into a product leadership role. MORE
By taking ownership of the exercise, you’re acknowledging that you value their input, plus it gives you the opportunity to formulate a well-constructed case against their request vs. a shoot-from-the-hip no-go response. Saying no is a true art. MORE
Provide constructive feedback and share your concerns. Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Provide guidance on the product, including its market, value proposition, business goals, and key features. MORE
The reason is that we often fail to be constructive and pedagogic; if we don’t try to change their mindset, we’re sentencing ourselves to be thought of as “those pesky Naysayers.”. People from all over the company come to you with feature requests and ideas. MORE
As product managers take on more responsibility and become product leaders, you’ll need to know how to construct and manage a portfolio and the best approach is Dynamic Portfolio Management. Rethinking product portfolio management to optimize performance. MORE
Last, but not least: frameworks are constructed to help solve common problems. When faced with a problem or new process at work, most people usually don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Instead, they look for patterns and frameworks that are widespread and valuable. MORE
The word “ build ” originally comes from using atoms to construct things. It’s hardly surprising, given a beautiful stone and brick city with wide promenades, and how the tower must have looked during its construction. MORE
In this interview, you will learn… What portfolio management is, the goals of portfolio management, constructing and managing portfolios, and. What are the ways to construct a portfolio? What are the ways to construct a portfolio? MORE
Active listening and constructive communication are the keys to effective collaboration with team members, on any given project. MORE
Gathering feedback is also incredibly helpful for constructing accurate user personas that will serve to guide you along the way. Imagine being in a room filled with people who have used your product and people who may use it in the future. MORE
Success stories product management construction product planning product strategy UX design CRM user researchCoConstruct, a software platform for custom homebuilders and remodelers, has always put the customer at the center of their product so the company wanted a tool that allowed the company to surface the right insights to build the right features and tools that their customers need. MORE
It’s very important to have a very clear definition of these persona constructs to the most precise form. Roadmap Planning process Unlike Consumer products, you have two different types of audience to satisfy in Enterprise world, namely Buyer and User Persona. Ex: If you categorize Buyer persona as just an executive, it’s not going to help. MORE
The post A Step-by-Step Guide to Constructing a Persona Workshop appeared first on Mind the Product. Our team is building a product for just one person. Unbelievable! Who is this person? His name is Eric. Eric is a senior developer at a medium-sized software company. With a smooth career path and eight years industry experience, Eric is considered a successful engineer. Eric loves coding and is passionate about new products. Radiohead is his favorite rock band. MORE
How can an Agile portfolio be constructed? Portfolios should be constructed around value streams. 5 Simple Rules of Agile Portfolio Management – blog post describing how to construct an Agile Portfolio. How can an Agile portfolio be constructed? MORE
The dynamic was largely expected, and there were some constructive actions presented by all the functional groups. On Wednesday, July 6th, I attended the SVPMA monthly meeting. This time was different from the usual invited speaker, it was Steven Haines of Sequent Learning who hosted a “role play” of a cross functional product meeting. MORE
Participating in this process can be difficult: it requires that people tolerate ambiguity, constructively deal with conflict, let go of their own ideas, and embrace someone else’s suggestion. Benefits and Limitations. MORE
People are openly hostile to suggestions and new pieces of work – often jumping over each other to poke holes in other people’s work, and barely trying to mask it as constructive criticism. Conflict can be mined and used constructively by those who understand it. MORE
Managers must learn to give constructive feedback rather than telling their teams what to do. I’ve been thinking about the challenges of managing product teams by outcomes. MORE
Avoiding ultimatums, some mid-level women have thoughtfully said: “There are no women on the senior leadership team, and I wonder if I can succeed at our company.” More constructive than an immediate threat to quit. MORE
But bear in mind that negative thoughts and emotions cloud your perception; they will make it difficult to have a constructive conversation with Jane. Think of moments when you saw Jane help others, make a constructive contribution, or commit other acts of kindness. MORE
Appreciates fair, constructive feedback. Nice to haves: Comfortable giving constructive feedback to peers. Comfortable giving constructive feedback to leadership. There’s a key turning point for your hiring strategy in a rapidly scaling team or organization. The inflection point is when you go from only being comfortable hiring star candidates who pose very little risk to taking chances on candidates who don’t tick all the boxes but who have promise and potential. MORE
The key to managing constructive conflict in a comfortable way is something that Stephen Covey fans will recognize – Seek first to understand. Bullying and name dropping expose you as someone who does not know how to manage conflict constructively and relies on others for influence. MORE
A properly constructed value proposition is extremely compelling to prospects. Brain Wiring (by Wellcome Images, CC licensed). In part 1 I introduced mental models and some reasons they are important. And I provided a few “general purpose” examples. MORE
I don't know the details but I imagine Sage had major problems when they renamed Timberline to Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate (or Sage 300/CRE). Names are the hooks we hang ideas on.—Al —Al Ries and Jack Trout, authors, pioneers of positioning theory. The research is in. The old product name is out; we have a new, super-duper product name. We've got all new branding. Now, how in the world do you get buy-in from the rest of the company? MORE
If you are concerned about the sprint progress, then say so in a honest but constructive way. Tip #1: Know what it’s all about. The Daily Scrum meeting, sometimes also referred to as stand-up meeting, wants to help the development team manage its work. MORE
All very theoretical, so let’s construct an example… Imagine that we’re at a medium/large ecommerce company with 90+ developers and mission-critical back-end infrastructure. I’ve been mulling this for a while, recently prompted by thoughts from Josh Robb and Amy Nguyen. MORE
Objects can now be constructed in layers to create a complete artifact in one piece. Obvious Construction. Obvious Construction is the evolution of the Rationalist design language. Obvious Construction is a counter-balance to this digital opacity which pervades our lives. MORE
It turns out expressing a dissenting opinion and constructively coalescing on a better solution requires the skillful practice of the art of discourse by all participants. So I wanted to share some of the best practices I've learned to make product debates constructive and valuable. MORE
We welcome constructive debates. That keeps us open to constructive criticism, different thinking and ideas. A product owner or manager considering cooperation with a UX team needs to know some things about us UX folks. By now you probably know a bit about the field, but we’d like to show you how we work from our perspective, too. MORE
A UX company can bring extra value to the Product Team: They bring constructive criticism. In every product’s life comes a time when the question occurs: how can we make the product more loveable? People often expect that a UX company will have the answer. Suppose you have a product. You may want to start looking for a UX company, but you are not quite sure whether that makes sense instead of hiring UX people. Luckily, many product owners have been through this before you. MORE
In this article, I discuss another aspect to be taken into account when constructing user personas – the need for diversification. MORE
There are a great many company cultures in the world that go out of their way to avoid conflict of any kind. And, while the intent is good — nobody wants to work in a combative workplace — the common practice of lumping all conflict together into a single bucket and trying to toss it […]. Product Management Communication Culture Do's Facilitation Good PM Influence Interactions Leadership Organization PM Psychology MORE
However once you graduate to a mid sized company, with multiple products, and, more importantly, multiple divisions or business units, the construct of a PLC is inevitable, and even welcomed. If you work at a startup, or a small company, chances are this three letter acronym is alien to you. PLC is an acronym for […]. product management essentials MORE
Here, Co-founder Dave Gilboa breaks down exactly how they've constructed this culture. Warby Parker is known for being a wonderful place to work. Continue reading at First Round Review » MORE
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A well-constructed and effective internal organization is also essential for a product leader and his or her team to be successful. Product managers may or may not be the “CEOs of product,” but how do you boss around a bunch of CEOs? MORE
Construct a centralized customer feedback database. Customers are experts on their consumer wants and needs. Customer feedback management is an important step towards acting on queries and demands and improving the customer’s experience. MORE
Giving constructive feedback that resonates is extremely difficult. You have to strike exactly the right chord for your words to cause change. Here's the best advice we've seen on how to do that. Continue reading at First Round Review » MORE
In this construction video tutorial, you will learn the detailed method for estimating the weight of mild steel round bar with the plug chugging formula. MORE
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Scratch/custom building: The longer of the two routes is to take a scratch-build approach to app construction. Apps are ubiquitous tools to our modern lives. MORE
It's also important to acknowledge that sometimes the way we acquire these skills or traits is not through positive and constructive coaching from a skilled manager or mentor, but rather through very painful lessons learned. Recently I gave a keynote address to the Mind The Product Conference in London , and in that talk I wanted to illustrate, by example, the essential role that very strong product managers play for their team and their company. MORE
The product managers have also created Boost which is a robot-building kit that combines bricks for physical construction along with computer code. Digital play has started to cause problems for Lego product managers Image Credit: WRme2. So what do small children want to play with? MORE
A great example of a project is the construction of a house. When we started, our construction manager (who was absolutely excellent), gave us the estimated finish date. When it comes to these types of construction projects, they are very much geared toward project management. MORE
In many organizations, conflict is part and parcel of the culture — some conflict can be constructive, some destructive, but most of it can just be downright annoying. And, because we often sit right in the middle of all of the random agendas, battles of ego, and emotional storms that can rage throughout the company, […]. Product Management Authority Communication Culture Do's Good PM Influence Interactions Leadership Organization PM Psychology Strategy MORE
Construction Related Topics Clever PM
AUGUST 31, 2017
There are a great many company cultures in the world that go out of their way to avoid conflict of any kind. And, while the intent is good — nobody wants to work in a combative workplace — the common practice of lumping all conflict together into a single bucket and trying to toss it […]. Product Management Communication Culture Do's Facilitation Good PM Influence Interactions Leadership Organization PM Psychology
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
The post A Step-by-Step Guide to Constructing a Persona Workshop appeared first on Mind the Product. Our team is building a product for just one person. Unbelievable! Who is this person? His name is Eric. Eric is a senior developer at a medium-sized software company. With a smooth career path and eight years industry experience, Eric is considered a successful engineer. Eric loves coding and is passionate about new products. Radiohead is his favorite rock band.
ProductBoard
APRIL 18, 2018
Success stories product management construction product planning product strategy UX design CRM user researchCoConstruct, a software platform for custom homebuilders and remodelers, has always put the customer at the center of their product so the company wanted a tool that allowed the company to surface the right insights to build the right features and tools that their customers need.
First Round Review
MARCH 1, 2018
Here, Co-founder Dave Gilboa breaks down exactly how they've constructed this culture. Warby Parker is known for being a wonderful place to work. Continue reading at First Round Review »
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The Product Bistro
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
However once you graduate to a mid sized company, with multiple products, and, more importantly, multiple divisions or business units, the construct of a PLC is inevitable, and even welcomed. If you work at a startup, or a small company, chances are this three letter acronym is alien to you. PLC is an acronym for […]. product management essentials
Clever PM
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
In many organizations, conflict is part and parcel of the culture — some conflict can be constructive, some destructive, but most of it can just be downright annoying. And, because we often sit right in the middle of all of the random agendas, battles of ego, and emotional storms that can rage throughout the company, […]. Product Management Authority Communication Culture Do's Good PM Influence Interactions Leadership Organization PM Psychology Strategy
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Roman Pichler
JULY 3, 2017
But bear in mind that negative thoughts and emotions cloud your perception; they will make it difficult to have a constructive conversation with Jane. Think of moments when you saw Jane help others, make a constructive contribution, or commit other acts of kindness.
bpma ProductHub
JULY 5, 2016
The key to managing constructive conflict in a comfortable way is something that Stephen Covey fans will recognize – Seek first to understand. Bullying and name dropping expose you as someone who does not know how to manage conflict constructively and relies on others for influence.
Product Bookshelf
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Objects can now be constructed in layers to create a complete artifact in one piece. Obvious Construction. Obvious Construction is the evolution of the Rationalist design language. Obvious Construction is a counter-balance to this digital opacity which pervades our lives.
Sachin Rekhi
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
It turns out expressing a dissenting opinion and constructively coalescing on a better solution requires the skillful practice of the art of discourse by all participants. So I wanted to share some of the best practices I've learned to make product debates constructive and valuable.
Roman Pichler
JUNE 19, 2017
If you are concerned about the sprint progress, then say so in a honest but constructive way. Tip #1: Know what it’s all about. The Daily Scrum meeting, sometimes also referred to as stand-up meeting, wants to help the development team manage its work.
BrainMates
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Kirsten, who is Senior Vice President Product & Experience at Aconex, the most widely-used online SaaS platform in the world for construction, infrastructure, energy and resource projects, promises to share all her insider tips on how to transition into a product leadership role.
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Roman Pichler
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Participating in this process can be difficult: it requires that people tolerate ambiguity, constructively deal with conflict, let go of their own ideas, and embrace someone else’s suggestion. Benefits and Limitations.
UserVoice
JULY 31, 2017
By taking ownership of the exercise, you’re acknowledging that you value their input, plus it gives you the opportunity to formulate a well-constructed case against their request vs. a shoot-from-the-hip no-go response. Saying no is a true art.
Mironov Consulting
NOVEMBER 18, 2018
Avoiding ultimatums, some mid-level women have thoughtfully said: “There are no women on the senior leadership team, and I wonder if I can succeed at our company.” More constructive than an immediate threat to quit.
Product Talk
MAY 10, 2017
Managers must learn to give constructive feedback rather than telling their teams what to do. I’ve been thinking about the challenges of managing product teams by outcomes.
Inside Intercom
MAY 18, 2018
Appreciates fair, constructive feedback. Nice to haves: Comfortable giving constructive feedback to peers. Comfortable giving constructive feedback to leadership. There’s a key turning point for your hiring strategy in a rapidly scaling team or organization. The inflection point is when you go from only being comfortable hiring star candidates who pose very little risk to taking chances on candidates who don’t tick all the boxes but who have promise and potential.
Folding Burritos
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
The reason is that we often fail to be constructive and pedagogic; if we don’t try to change their mindset, we’re sentencing ourselves to be thought of as “those pesky Naysayers.”. People from all over the company come to you with feature requests and ideas.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 26, 2017
In this construction video tutorial, you will learn the detailed method for estimating the weight of mild steel round bar with the plug chugging formula.
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 27, 2017
The word “ build ” originally comes from using atoms to construct things. It’s hardly surprising, given a beautiful stone and brick city with wide promenades, and how the tower must have looked during its construction.
Craft.io
JULY 3, 2018
Construct a centralized customer feedback database. Customers are experts on their consumer wants and needs. Customer feedback management is an important step towards acting on queries and demands and improving the customer’s experience.
Apptentive
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Scratch/custom building: The longer of the two routes is to take a scratch-build approach to app construction. Apps are ubiquitous tools to our modern lives.
Mironov Consulting
JULY 25, 2018
All very theoretical, so let’s construct an example… Imagine that we’re at a medium/large ecommerce company with 90+ developers and mission-critical back-end infrastructure. I’ve been mulling this for a while, recently prompted by thoughts from Josh Robb and Amy Nguyen.
The Secret PM Handbook
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
A properly constructed value proposition is extremely compelling to prospects. Brain Wiring (by Wellcome Images, CC licensed). In part 1 I introduced mental models and some reasons they are important. And I provided a few “general purpose” examples.
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 21, 2018
A great example of a project is the construction of a house. When we started, our construction manager (who was absolutely excellent), gave us the estimated finish date. When it comes to these types of construction projects, they are very much geared toward project management.
Craft.io
JULY 24, 2018
Active listening and constructive communication are the keys to effective collaboration with team members, on any given project.
Craft.io
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Gathering feedback is also incredibly helpful for constructing accurate user personas that will serve to guide you along the way. Imagine being in a room filled with people who have used your product and people who may use it in the future.
Craft.io
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
In this article, I discuss another aspect to be taken into account when constructing user personas – the need for diversification.
The Accidental Product Manager
DECEMBER 10, 2018
The product managers have also created Boost which is a robot-building kit that combines bricks for physical construction along with computer code. Digital play has started to cause problems for Lego product managers Image Credit: WRme2. So what do small children want to play with?
UserVoice
MARCH 21, 2017
A well-constructed and effective internal organization is also essential for a product leader and his or her team to be successful. Product managers may or may not be the “CEOs of product,” but how do you boss around a bunch of CEOs?
svpg
OCTOBER 16, 2016
It's also important to acknowledge that sometimes the way we acquire these skills or traits is not through positive and constructive coaching from a skilled manager or mentor, but rather through very painful lessons learned. Recently I gave a keynote address to the Mind The Product Conference in London , and in that talk I wanted to illustrate, by example, the essential role that very strong product managers play for their team and their company.
Product Innovation Educators
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
How can an Agile portfolio be constructed? Portfolios should be constructed around value streams. 5 Simple Rules of Agile Portfolio Management – blog post describing how to construct an Agile Portfolio. How can an Agile portfolio be constructed?
Roman Pichler
JULY 11, 2016
Provide constructive feedback and share your concerns. Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Provide guidance on the product, including its market, value proposition, business goals, and key features.
Mind the Product
MAY 30, 2018
People are openly hostile to suggestions and new pieces of work – often jumping over each other to poke holes in other people’s work, and barely trying to mask it as constructive criticism. Conflict can be mined and used constructively by those who understand it.
Product Innovation Educators
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
As product managers take on more responsibility and become product leaders, you’ll need to know how to construct and manage a portfolio and the best approach is Dynamic Portfolio Management. Rethinking product portfolio management to optimize performance.
Effective Roadmap Planning and Development Process for Enterprise Products
AUGUST 2, 2018
It’s very important to have a very clear definition of these persona constructs to the most precise form. Roadmap Planning process Unlike Consumer products, you have two different types of audience to satisfy in Enterprise world, namely Buyer and User Persona. Ex: If you categorize Buyer persona as just an executive, it’s not going to help.
UX Studio
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
We welcome constructive debates. That keeps us open to constructive criticism, different thinking and ideas. A product owner or manager considering cooperation with a UX team needs to know some things about us UX folks. By now you probably know a bit about the field, but we’d like to show you how we work from our perspective, too.
The Product Bistro
JULY 12, 2016
The dynamic was largely expected, and there were some constructive actions presented by all the functional groups. On Wednesday, July 6th, I attended the SVPMA monthly meeting. This time was different from the usual invited speaker, it was Steven Haines of Sequent Learning who hosted a “role play” of a cross functional product meeting.
UX Studio
APRIL 24, 2018
A UX company can bring extra value to the Product Team: They bring constructive criticism. In every product’s life comes a time when the question occurs: how can we make the product more loveable? People often expect that a UX company will have the answer. Suppose you have a product. You may want to start looking for a UX company, but you are not quite sure whether that makes sense instead of hiring UX people. Luckily, many product owners have been through this before you.
Inside Intercom
JUNE 29, 2018
Last, but not least: frameworks are constructed to help solve common problems. When faced with a problem or new process at work, most people usually don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Instead, they look for patterns and frameworks that are widespread and valuable.
Product Innovation Educators
AUGUST 8, 2016
In this interview, you will learn… What portfolio management is, the goals of portfolio management, constructing and managing portfolios, and. What are the ways to construct a portfolio? What are the ways to construct a portfolio?
Under10 Playbook
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
I don't know the details but I imagine Sage had major problems when they renamed Timberline to Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate (or Sage 300/CRE). Names are the hooks we hang ideas on.—Al —Al Ries and Jack Trout, authors, pioneers of positioning theory. The research is in. The old product name is out; we have a new, super-duper product name. We've got all new branding. Now, how in the world do you get buy-in from the rest of the company?
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