280 Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This self-reflection is more than an exercise; it’s a window into the collective psyche of the product management community. At 280 Group, Robyn leads a team of curriculum developers, enhancing product management training and consulting with fresh perspectives. This year, we delved into responses from a diverse mix of 73.6%

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Peloton product managers were unable to predict the future Image Credit: Phillip Pessar How great would it be to be a product manager who was responsible for a very popular high priced exercise bike? They struck a US$420 million deal to buy Precor, a manufacturer of commercial exercise equipment who had two U.S.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

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280 Group

MAY 25, 2020

The exercise is to identify and express the most critical stuff. It’s valuable to do this exercise with a cross-functional team because the discussion about what should go on the box reveals assumptions and knowledge gaps. Bill Haines is a Principal Consultant and Trainer at 280 Group. Practice this with a team. VIEW COURSES.

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280 Group

MARCH 2, 2021

One benefit of this exercise is that you can clearly see how decision-making is transferred and clarification of who gets to decide – and who doesn’t have that decision-making authority. Ken Kranseler is a Principal Consultant and Trainer at 280 Group. 280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management training and consulting firm.

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Product Management University

MARCH 23, 2023

If you’re a pre-sales solution consultant or sales engineer, falling into the trap of telling vs selling can happen before you even know it, even though your intentions are always on the mark to start the demo. Selling Demos The selling demo on the other hand, is an exercise in customer value themes and storytelling.

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Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2024

Himanshu Swaroop’s Advice: Get Everyone on the Same Page with Clear Strategy and Tactics Meet Himanshu Swaroop, Transformation Consultant. Himanshu Swaroop , a Transformation Consultant, shared his experience as an advisor at an insurance client where teams used to be set up based on functions.

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280 Group

JUNE 19, 2019

If I couldn’t figure out how to turn a class exercise into a solo exercise, I setup an exercise that asks you to rope someone in to help. I even give your exercise assistant instructions on how to help you. 280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management training and consulting firm.

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Product Management University

JUNE 9, 2021

Implementing an Outcome-Based Product Enhancement Process is a complete solution that includes 24 minutes of video instruction, 3 hands-on exercises and a step-by-step guide for implementation and rollout. We look forward to more lessons together using the full Proficientz program of 14 on-demand lessons and exercises.”.

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280 Group

APRIL 19, 2020

Product Managers can more effectively exercise product leadership in an organization where teams are aligned around creativity and innovation. We recommend you discuss with a consultant the need to diagnose and analyze your people, process, and tools—be sure they can help co-craft a strategy with you. Principal Consultant and Trainer.

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280 Group

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Much of Product is one giant exercise in problem-solving. She helps clients navigate our training and consulting solutions, and also oversees our contingent-search recruiting practice. 280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management training and consulting firm. What do you like least about product management? Mira Wooten.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2022

Product design workshops are an opportunity for a team to untangle a problem together by going through a series of group exercises designed to get to a specific outcome. Warm-up exercise. Exercises (30 min). Warm-up exercise (3-5 min). What are product design workshops? Where will the workshop be held? Goal of workshop.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark Kilby explained his Compass Exercise for how he starts converting activities. You can see a version of that here: Converting Exercises for Online Facilitation – the Jumpstart Storytelling Exercise. Okay, what did I miss?? Ask away in the comments.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

During the course, concepts will be introduced and explored through realistic exercises that simulate real-world scenarios, helping you to build expertise and confidence. You’ll come away with actionable strategies and techniques you can use immediately to improve the Product Management process in your organization.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Ideation exercises and prioritization techniques are helpful during this phase. Roger Snyder is a Principal Consultant/Trainer, and VP of Marketing at 280 Group. 280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management training and consulting firm. About the Author. The post Document. Mastering the Product Process.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

– Dr. Jim Anderson Blue Elephant Consulting – Your Source For Real World Product Management Skills Question For You: What’s the best way for a product manager to find out if their product meets the needs of older customers? Things are changing and product managers now understand that older customers have a unique set of needs.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

He knew my strengths from working with me previously on the portfolio planning and prioritization exercises. 280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management training and consulting firm. He put me in the right product area, on the right team, with the right manager. Because of that, I thrived so I stayed with Product.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 29, 2024

Dr. Emily Anhalt is a psychologist, emotional fitness consultant, and the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Coa, your gym for mental health. There is an exercise I call an emotional push-up. We’ll call this emotionally fit leadership. Great tools are journaling and meditation. Ask for feedback regularly and often.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 16, 2023

– Dr. Jim Anderson Blue Elephant Consulting – Your Source For Real World Product Management Skills Question For You: What action should a product manager take if they discover a counterfeit version of their product? When Peloton first showed up on the market, their brand of expensive at home exercise bikes really took off.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We exercise our personal power (power within) in many ways: when we decide where to live, what to wear, and what to eat. The post Leadership Tip 16: Decide When to Choose Power-With or Power-Over appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. All decisions are a form of power. We have a ton of personal power.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Gerard Dolan is a Customer/User Experience and Product Design Consultant. Experience Mapping is a strategic exercise of identifying, capturing, and communicating the interactions of multiple brand touchpoints over space and time. It is a strategic exercise for getting omnichannel alignment. The experience mapping process.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

He also runs the online training business StrategyU, helping people learn the skills of consulting without having to work in the industry. His book, The Pathless Path , chronicles his own journey and deep dive into the history of work and has been read by more than 40,000 people.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 18, 2021

Exercise your value-based integrity. The post Fun Discussion with the Agile Uprising appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Encourage experiments and learning. Catch people succeeding. The podcast: Modern Management Made Easy with Johanna Rothman. See the Modern Management Made Easy books, too.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Review Your Challenges This reflection exercise can help you assess the challenges that stood in the way of success, how those challenges were overcome, and what strategies you may need to apply for similar obstacles you are likely to face in the new year. The more specific you are, the more useful this exercise will be.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

He didn’t realize this at the time, but he was actually exercising a product manager mindset for the first time. Michael soon found a job at a management consulting firm as a Business Analyst working with different technology companies from startups to large enterprises. It taught him “how to communicate in every way”, Michael says.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 10, 2021

It could be the creative assets of a marketing team or the process improvement planning of a consultancy. c) Think like your user : An empathy exercise can help the whole team clarify their customers’ and users’ pain points. Even a short empathy exercise can help align the team on the user’s pain points and needs.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It is also good exercise when you live near a mountain. And why is McKinsey, the world’s premier management consulting firm, talking about it? Work through an exercise I like to call ‘what would change if…’. I’ve been guilty of this myself. Sometimes even using it in a passive-aggressive way. But what does context really mean?

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The Review by First Round

JANUARY 13, 2022

For the past 7 years, she’s helped hundreds of companies build their positioning and brands from the ground up, both as our Marketing Expert in Residence here at First Round and in her own consulting work.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Think it through and consult with others. Remember ChatGPT and the editing exercise? You want to lead your audience from one point to another until you are able to make your claim. If you can’t explain why you see it a certain way, maybe it’s not the right way to see it. That’s what you are trying to do here.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 29, 2023

He writes, consults, and teaches at the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Turn your values into time by putting things in your calendar like prayer, meditation, and exercise. ” After 10 minutes have passed, you’ll often find the urge has disappeared. Calendars are better than to-do lists.

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The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Their sales have shot up as more and more people were forced to stay home and could no longer go to the gym to exercise. Everybody Starts To Exercise At Home. All of sudden the gyms closed and millions of people who still wanted to exercise were cooped up at home. Their pricy bikes seemed to fill a need in people’s lives.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The managers (often with the assistance of a consultancy) decided Scrum was the answer. Even back in my early days of teaching and consulting about project management, teams decided on their own approach to their project. No one left my workshop or consulting thinking they had the One Right Way to approach all projects.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 23, 2022

Consulting with these colleagues makes them feel included in the process. During the prioritization exercise. A referee: Prioritization exercises occasionally get a little testy, particularly when there’s a major disagreement between senior stakeholders. They can then gather what information they need to make informed decisions.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2020

Play or exercise times. Here are the consistent pieces of my routine: Make time for exercise. Extra Tip 4: Exercise Empathy. The post Three Tips for Managing Your Newly-Remote Day appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. It depends on how old the children are or how capable the older people are.).

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

If it’s done well, it provides several different approaches to learning, as mentioned above, and will use exercises to help deepen the learning during the course. Roger Snyder is a Principal Consultant/Trainer, and VP of Marketing at 280 Group. 280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management training and consulting firm.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 22, 2021

In our specially designed auditions, product managers perform real-world exercises to assess how they think about problems in an environment where nobody from the company knows anything about their experience, their background, or their formal education. Design a new type of exercise equipment for people under the ages of 15.

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