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How to Hire an Engineering Consultant

The Product Coalition

In today’s competitive business environment, technology is increasingly shaping the strategies that companies develop to try to outdo their competition. One of the main examples of this are the customized software applications that companies are rushing to develop to allow them to better connect with their users. Let’s dive right in.

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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Software development with sustainability in mind is a rising trend in digital spaces. I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition, for his valuable contributions to this article's research, development, and writing. Let’s explore how and why this matters.

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Consulting Tip #6: Use Your Intellectual Property to Build Political Capital

Johanna Rothman

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants. That makes so much sense.

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Book Birthday: Successful Independent Consulting: Focus on Relationships That Matter

Johanna Rothman

I am thrilled to announce a book birthday: Successful Independent Consulting: Focus on Relationships That Matter. Here's the story of the consulting book. In the mid-2000s… I started my consulting business back in 1994. So several people asked me how I had become a successful consultant. See Manage It!

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Product Development Demystified: Launching Faster with Confidence through Human Insight

Speaker: Kandice Durden, Senior Solutions Consultant

It’s time to take the guesswork out of product development by putting your customers at the center of your decisions! Approximately 50% of product budgets are allocated to reworking and optimizing post-launch experiences. Save your seat and register today!

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Consulting Tip 5: How to Think About Business Models to Avoid Commodity Work & Commodity Fees

Johanna Rothman

When consultants ask these questions, the consultants assume they are showing their unique value. They're showing how they only offer commodity, and too often, inadequate, consulting. Worse, these consultants give all consultants a bad name. I explain how in Successful Independent Consulting.)

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The Agile Product Consulting Toolkit

The Product Coalition

4 Tips to help you Excel as a Product Consultant or Product Coach Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Feedback Management: A PM's Key for Continuous and Impactful Product Growth

Speaker: Hannah Chaplin - Product Marketing Principal at Pendo & Steve Cheshire - Product Manager at Pendo

Working with customers to improve product feedback management is a major driver of product-led growth. Consulting customers throughout the product development process enables businesses to focus on the features that matter.

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Get Better User Insights With Wasteless Validation

Speaker: Tim Herbig, Product Management Coach and Consultant

How can a product manager slow their team down and prevent them from wasting valuable resources? Join Tim Herbig, Product Management Coach and Consultant, as he introduces a new way of understanding what an MVP is about and explores how you can approach validation without wasting the resources of your development team.

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How Can We Stop Under Utilizing a Key User Experience Champion?

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

Customer representation has always been a key reason for success in product development. It’s a truth universally acknowledged by the best product managers. With quality assurance/control already embedded in our development process, what if we expand that role to champion usability and customer delight?

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Use Discovery and Delivery to Experiment Our Way to a New Normal

Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Join Johanna Rothman, author and consultant, to consider these options for your products and organizations: How to use the idea of working to create change rather than manage change in planning. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! How delivery differs from discovery in practice.

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5 Key Considerations for Top-Notch Product Dashboards

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

Join Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, as he covers five key considerations for you to keep in mind when you’re updating your software or app to offer the latest in embedded dashboards. In this webinar, you’ll learn: Best practices in customer research when developing your dashboard.

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Building Products Your Customers Love with Empathy and Human Insights

Speaker: Lija Hogan, Customer Experience Consultant at UserTesting & Daniele Hohol, Senior Product Manager at UserTesting

In this webinar, we will highlight the critical areas during the design and development process when reaching out to customers, understanding their needs, testing hypotheses, and refining your approach is imperative. We'll provide examples as well as tangible tips for building customer empathy without delaying your design process.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

Speaker: Beekey Cheung, Software Consultant, Professor Beekums, LLC

Estimates are a contentious topic in software development. Most of our development teams hate providing estimates and many managers are starting to view them as unnecessary. They have value in many cases but increasingly are fraught with peril.

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Your 2-Part Metrics Audit for High-Value Products

Speaker: Sam McAfee, Product Development Consultant, Startup Patterns

As product managers we're in a golden age of being able to get all sorts of metrics and run all sorts of experiments. Join Sam McAfee, Product Development Consultant, as he takes you through a two-part measurement audit. But what are your measurements and analytics focused on? Are they really truly objective?