The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Everyone knows market feedback is a must so that’s where you are going —  working with your customers, listening to them , and implementing a lot of what they say. There is so much work to do, you don’t even have time to create a roadmap. Slowly, both the product and the roadmap reflect only what the customers are asking for.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How to achieve product-market fit – for product managers This episode is sponsored by PDMA, the Product Development and Management Association. PDMA is also the longest-running professional association for product managers, leaders, and innovators, having started in 1976. Underserved needs Product: 3.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 19, 2023

Even when I created a strategic roadmap, it refined the already existing product and extended it, but it didn’t create a whole new thing. Most product people start at this level. In your first product role, you are most likely to work on an existing product and on relatively small changes.

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Bain Public

JUNE 28, 2019

Existing clients, as well as sales prospects, become influencers on the product roadmap. Salespeople listen to those unwilling to buy a product unless specific features get added. When sales return with this type of feedback, they set about managing the product. Has the product achieved product-market fit in that segment?

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 7, 2020

Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. Mobile marketers and product managers can immediately take action on events in Apptentive by simply flipping a switch. Watch the full video here.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Only among my consulting customers , two companies recently hired a new VP of Product. I decided to write this article to help you, product leaders, with your new position. Meet Irrelevant People Part of learning is meeting new people, but I want to encourage you to meet people that you wouldn’t normally get to talk to.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2020

” When it appeared we were getting stuck trying to create a plan for the next big thing, he would tell me to schedule a meeting to make a plan for the plan — a meeting to discuss what would need to go into a plan since we don’t yet really know what the plan should be. To Describe, plan the roadmap for the release.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For example, product managers must translate customer insights and prioritize them in the product roadmap. When product operations managers handle this important paperwork, product managers have the information they need to prioritize and build a roadmap. Coordinating with product marketing and sales.

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Bain Public

MARCH 30, 2020

A Day in the Life of a Product Management Consultant Bringing Product Management to the Next Level at Livescale The Top 6 Roles to Describe a Product Manager When Executives Tell You What to Build, They Approve the Development of Unnecessary Features Working Together, Product vs Sales: How to Collaboratively Reach your B2B Product-Market Fit.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 19, 2019

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. We hold quarterly high-level prioritization meetings to help the company’s leadership define the roadmap priorities.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 22, 2023

What is a company if not a vehicle for delivering products that meet customer needs? Whether that product is a software application, a physical doo-dad of some kind, or a service like consulting or transportation, or warehousing, every company provides some value to customers in exchange for compensation.

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Gainsight

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Who else can interpret strategy from Product, Marketing, and elsewhere into the CS team’s role? When the Board meeting is next week, they need to have their story straight right now. Will they improve your CS practice at the pace you need to meet your NRR & valuation goals? Can your VP of CS do some CS Ops?

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

The product manager role is responsible for understanding what customer problems to solve and what success looks like for a product. The different types of product managers include the traditional product manager, the product owner, the growth product manager, the technical product manager, and the platform product manager.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They influence everything you'll create and ship as a successful product manager. How to Schedule Customer Discovery Meetings Talking to customers doesn't necessarily mean inviting them to the office for a focus group. You should be sure to do the following in your first 90 days as a PM: Review all the documentation for your product.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Added to that, I’ve been able to talk directly to customers, even meeting up with them face-to-face, either in their “real-life” environment or during user conferences at some very glamorous locations. I’ve been constantly surprised at what I don’t know, and have always loved the way that product management has allowed me to keep learning.

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Amplitude

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Collaboration isn’t just key in getting the best performance out of your product development team; it’s also vital to “closing the loop” and delivering a product that meets the users’ needs. Stakeholders can include designers, engineers, analysts, product marketers, and the customers themselves.

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Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

Meet Ellen Brandenberger , a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow. We’re excited to share that we’ve added yet another instructor to the Product Talk roster. Meet Ellen Brandenberger, a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow.

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Centercode

JANUARY 22, 2021

But anyone who uses any piece of technology, from software to smart appliances to the connected features in your car, knows that a product doesn’t have to be perfect to be good, even great. A perfected product isn’t a perfect product, but it: Meets design requirements. They all revolve around your customers.

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Under 10 Consulting

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

This is to make sure that the product gets pulled forward by a coordinated team of horses, rather than torn apart by horses running in different directions. . People in product management roles—product managers, product owners, product marketing managers, and consultants—often talk about job responsibilities, methods, tools, and templates.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

All great Product Managers and all great Designers have strong Product Judgment. I’m nearly 20 years into my career, and I’ve yet to meet a great PM or Designer without strong Product Judgment. These experiences need to cover both sides of product-market fit: the product, and the market.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Throughout the program, each mentor leads a conversation in an area of their expertise that is live streamed and available to both mentee and the broader product community. Meet the mentors…. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Bain Public

APRIL 13, 2020

Yet the time and rigor required to gather/validate consumer insights are often at odds with the agility required to maneuver internal politics, leaving a huge window of opportunity for improved collaboration between c-suite executives and product teams. Use meetings to interview others and avoid making statements. "I

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Throughout the program, each mentor leads a conversation in an area of their expertise that is live streamed and available to both mentee and the broader product community. Meet the mentors…. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Actuation Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Characteristics of an Excellent Product Strategy. A well thought out product strategy can set the stage for your product roadmap. Your Product Strategy needs to offer clearly defined phases that lead up to meeting the Product Vision. Your Product Vision acts as your north star guiding your decisions.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 21, 2020

It’s all about collaboratively making smart product decisions that captivate customers and deliver business results. We feel that we could leverage the expertise of Bain Public and accelerate our growth as we move into the early stages of our MVP product roadmap development, with milestones, mockups and designs underway.".

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 15, 2020

Product discovery is where you figure out the tactics, before heading for delivery. Strategies are more designs than they are decisions, i.e., they are more constructed than they are chosen (they are not to be confused with making plans/roadmaps). Use design thinking in your data-driven strategy setting meetings.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Thanks to Livescale, live shopping allows brands to monetize their social influence, promote their products on video, and sell online with live streaming solutions where orders and payment systems go right to their e-commerce platform. Who is the face behind the innovative product management? Written by Loren O'Brien-Egesborg.

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Bain Public

APRIL 28, 2020

As today’s uncertain market rapidly changes, remaining successful requires a more entrepreneurial product-orientation. Faced with breakneck business and product growth, roadmap decisions need to be non-bureaucratic, yet remain collaborative at the same time. According to Harvard Business School , 95% of new products fail.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 16, 2022

Notice how the following example meets the 5 criteria in the case of lead generation. could be: “Serve 1 million businesses to influence 1 billion lives” A similar goal had been adopted by the tech consulting company CommGate. Therefore, this framework gives your team an actionable roadmap to attain the overall goal.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Throughout the program, each mentor leads a conversation in an area of their expertise that is live streamed and available to both mentee and the broader product community. Meet the mentors…. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Actuation Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In answering this question, you should address the need the product will meet. Also cover the characteristics of the end user and how end users will actually use the product. What will the end users do with the product? This question covers the functional requirements the product must meet.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

February Product Conferences. Big names like the Product Marketing Alliance, Product World, and Product Con are still going through with virtual versions of their flagship conferences. Product Marketing Rendezvous. Source: Product Marketing Alliance.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Throughout the program, each mentor leads a conversation in an area of their expertise that is live streamed and available to both mentee and the broader product community. Meet the mentors…. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

You would almost think product managers have super powers if they can juggle all of these tasks at once while remaining confident under pressure. There are many more ways we could describe the all-encompassing role of a product manager. This is fundamental for meeting market expectations.

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Gainsight

MAY 7, 2019

So we thought we’d pause and take a moment to recognize some influential people in the Product Management community. Meet some of these stellar human beings in person at Pulse 2019. Learn more about this exciting event for product managers here. SC Moatti, Founder of Products That Count. REGISTER NOW.

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Bain Public

APRIL 15, 2018

And as a product leader gets more senior, the need to clearly define the product strategy intensifies. In Alpha’s Product Management Insights study of more than 150 digital product managers, 32% percent said that their biggest wish in the coming year was a clearer product roadmap / strategy.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 29, 2017

The survey takes only about 5 minutes to complete, and everyone who takes this survey on product management tools will receive a complimentary copy of the forthcoming SiriusView report on Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping tools. Take the 2017 SiriusDecisions Product Management Tools Survey now !

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