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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Product Management

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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When to Declare Backlog Bankruptcy

ProductPlan

A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the product was hard: it was taking longer to develop than everyone expected (of course). I heard requests from customers, domain experts, consultants, our development team, and internal stakeholders.

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To manage a Product Roadmap, you must be a Diplomat, Strategist and Defender

Bain Public

Here are the 3 roles Product Managers must perform to achieve roadmap leadership: The Diplomat It’s not our role to dictate through authority where the product should go. Everyone’s opinion matters, and when they trust that we’re listening, a culture of respect develops. What gaps are being uncovered in sales?

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The Story Behind X Machina-AI's Acquisition of Bain Public

Bain Public

We had some insightful discussions and they confided in me the challenges the local startups and ecosystem were experiencing regarding their roadmap development. "I One of the most exciting outcomes of our collaboration is that Daniel recognized the potential of both Bain Public's SOAP Framework and team. X Machina-AI Inc.

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7 Internal Politics Situations You’ll Encounter as a Product Manager

ProductPlan

Situation: You’ve painstakingly constructed a roadmap after consulting with various stakeholders, the development team, and your peers. Soft skills” aren’t always part of their repertoire, not to mention loads of “ developer-speak.”. An Executive Needs a Feature *Now*. Set clear expectations. Minimize the damage.

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How to Keep on top of Trends that Matter to Product Managers

Department of Product

The types of trends that matter to product teams So if we agree that staying on top of trends matters, the question then is, what types of trends should we bother staying on top of? In a product development context, and particularly with reference to technologies, this can be problematic. Others will fail.

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The Product Market Fit Engine | Rahul Vohra, CEO, Superhuman | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

Yeah, and I forced our team to build a trebuchet – in retrospect, that was a very bad idea. Press reviews are kind of blah, sales cycles take too damn long, but you can almost always feel it when it is happening. I felt this incredible intense pressure from the team and also from within myself to launch what we had built.