TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves. The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective.

Technical Review

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A Technical Exercise In this post, I’ll offer my idea of the sort of technical abilities expected from a product manager. But is a surprisingly small amount of materials about the technical aspect of PM work. The Product Interview?—?A This can be highly useful for hiring managers, as well as for PMs planning their roadmap.

Technical Review

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. Up until the mid-1980s, women comprised about 1/3 of the technical people I worked with. The idea of a code review or a design review?

Technical Review

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

He doesn’t have a technical background and currently works in a different domain. The problem The friend I talked to is named John. He’s become passionate about technology and wants to make a career switch. They spent a few years in another job, maybe as an analyst or consultant. Recently, a connection reached out to me.

Technical Review

Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Inclusion for me, is the name of the game – because inclusion is to say that everybody matters. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

Product Research

Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Organise the Team around a Product As the name suggests, a product team is focused on a product. This is best done by having regular, collaborative strategy workshops as well as attending sprint review meetings. This sounds simple enough.

Reporting Tools

Johanna Rothman

MAY 26, 2023

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!

Consulting

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 5, 2020

Yes, I changed the names of the functionality because the names don't matter.). We can use TDD, BDD, ATDD and get feedback before we write code. I happen to like David Bernstein's book, Beyond Legacy Code (Amazon) and on the Prags , as a way to integrate reasonable technical practices into your work now.

Product Research

Modus Create

MAY 26, 2021

As part of a recent customer engagement, we were tasked with defining a naming convention for GitHub repositories. Up to this point, each project team had used whatever convention (or none) they liked to define the repository name, leading to a situation where there was a lack of consistency across the GitHub organization. Consistent.

Naming

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

When I worked as a product management consultant clients would often talk about “needing a product roadmap ASAP”. I once ran an infrastructure platform that needed six to nine months of paying down technical debt, and let me tell you: seeing those goals get crossed off, one at a time, was what kept us going during the dark days.

Roadmap

Product Talk

APRIL 5, 2023

Today’s Product in Practice focuses on Ellen Juhlin , a Product Talk Academy instructor, product coach and consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs, who recently found herself facing this challenge. Review chapter 8 of Continuous Discovery Habits for more tips on how to get unstuck.

Engineering

Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve added yet another instructor (and yes, her name is also Ellen!) Meet Ellen Brandenberger , a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow. By the way, it’s not a requirement that new instructors be named Ellen—just a fun coincidence! to the roster.

Product Research

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

The idea of a virtual whiteboard is so simple that even the least technologically literate amongst us could likely understand the concept. Like numerous users, I first became aware of Miro via a consultant and this channel has been really important to their growth story. John: Why the switch of name from RealtimeBoard to Miro?

Research Software

UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

UX studio is one of the global innovation design consulting firms focusing on UX design, research, and strategic consulting. We researched the top design consulting firms’ competency level, experience, and portfolio to define the most reliable design thinking companies you can trust and partner with in 2021. UX studio .

Consulting

Amplitude

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Now, we’re putting all our product management software on the table to give you an inside look at our tech stack within three categories: analytics, product development, and communication. We’ve built the best analytics solution around, so, naturally, it’s a core part of our product management tech stack.

Analytic Tools

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

I recommended various ideas with “testing” in their names (TDD, BDD, ATDD). Managers will have to reward technical excellence so the teams can use all of the “test” approaches I suggested in Part 2. The testing part is really about using examples and small tests to guide design.

Product Research

Product Innovation Educators

JULY 29, 2024

Ulwick introduced the opportunity algorithm in a 2002 Harvard Business Review article. This blend of technology and human skills offers the best path forward in product innovation. As business landscapes change and new technologies emerge, ODI principles remain relevant. Tony also has 12 patents to his name.

Data Visualization

Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 4, 2025

Joining us is returning guest, Carmel Dibner, who is a principal and co-owner at Applied Marketing Science (AMS), where she has helped companies uncover critical customer insights to improve products, services, and customer experiences.Before moving to consulting she was in brand management at Unilever.

Artificial Inteligence

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That approach is already being rewarded and recognized – Rebecca was recently named on Inc Magazine’s influential Female Founders 100 list for 2021. How can you develop the technology while making sure it really gets to the people who need it the most and has an actual impact on their lives? It’s all about the family setting.

Research Software

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

After reviewing over 50 candidates, 25 phone interviews, and 15 full interviews, I eventually had to choose between a few final contenders. some user-related and others very technical that aimed at making the whole process as seamless as possible. To see these trade-offs clearly, you can name each phase and chart in each series.

Roadmap

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Digital consultancy Red Badger designed and built ShareThyme, a platform to connect generations through cooking, at speed. And while we all love a complex corporate challenge here at Red Badger, we’re also advocates of “tech for good” and using our skills to create social impact. But action is just as important as inspiration.

User Testing

Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

Which would you prefer: one where a barista knows your name and your favourite drink and your favourite music is playing, or one where everything is made for an average customer? You forget that your dataset also includes December and Christmas holidays that skew your data due to unusual user activity and behaviour.

Artificial Inteligence

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

The problem, Doug says, is salespeople tend to focus too much on their company and the names on their client roster, rather than connecting with their audience. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals. I think of it as go-to-market consulting. The easiest way to do that?

Technical Review

Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 8, 2017

Especially in B2C or B2B2C markets where our tech is part of a long value chain: perhaps our software helps some employee collect data to tune a service that improves delivery of some consumer product… Creating real-world value is a multi-step process involving many players. Then chose some more specific names and stick with them.

User Testing

Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

 These are mostly seen as reasonable and technically sound.  Sales ”)  Training an outside team; reviewing their work; mediating technical discussions; managing timelines and dependencies is typically harder than doing it internally.   One-time outsourcing usually makes this worse.  

Reporting Tools

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

The problem, Doug says, is salespeople tend to focus too much on their company and the names on their client roster, rather than connecting with their audience. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals. I think of it as go-to-market consulting. The easiest way to do that?

Technical Review

Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

FigJam generates the outcomes I’m looking for, namely teams exposing their critical thinking and collaborating with ease. Tweet This Marina Vytovtova works as a product consultant and is looking for a new full-time role. When I’m reviewing things with business stakeholders, I tend to go very low tech,” says Drew. “I

Data Visualization

Amplitude

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

People in non-technical roles rely on data every day to make decisions, develop ideas or measure success. Intuitive tools and naming. Allow for non-technical colleagues to explore data. Step 2: Use clear and unique names. Name things in ways humans can understand so that there’s no confusion about what a data point means.

Data Visualization

ProductPlan

APRIL 4, 2019

How did this relatively unknown product manager in his early 40s rocket through the ranks to take control of one of the largest and most powerful tech companies of all time? Next up was a management consulting role with McKinsey & Company. Life before Google. Becoming a product leader at Google.

Technical Review

Iteratively Blog

MARCH 15, 2020

It’s recorded bi-weekly where they feature in-depth analysis and a top-notch interview that highlights the people applying these technologies in real-life scenarios. ? A large part of the reason is due to the fact that not everything is measurable. Codecademy is widely known for its tech courses. Play the latest episode. #4

Data Visualization

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I wrote about Agility in Name Only. This idea of “done” requires technical excellence in the form of completed technical work: Automated unit, functional, system tests. Some way to review the code and tests. Or, you can use any of the test-first ideas: BDD, TDD, ATDD. The product owner wasn't available.

User Testing

Indicative

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Indicative continues to climb in the rankings, as G2 names Indicative a Leader in Customer Journey Analytics in G2’s 2020 Fall Report. . G2’s ratings are based on real customer reviews. The UI is very user friendly, easily allowing non-technical teams the ability to analyze events. The visual non-tech layout [is] really helpful.

Data Visualization

Product Talk

JANUARY 24, 2024

Craigslist: Ideal for Connecting with a Broad, General Audience (With a Few Caveats) Ellen Juhlin , a product coach, consultant, and Product Talk Academy instructor , was working on a wearable voice communication device in a previous role. Hi <name> My name is Jess and I’m a UX Researcher based in Melbourne.

Research Software

Indicative

JULY 14, 2020

To create this framework, you will likely need to work with an analytics consultant and/or technical specialist. You implement the naming, categorization, and tagging infrastructure that is right for your business. Technical Snapshot: Google Analytics vs Customer Analytics. Conversion milestones. With Indicative, you can.

Data Visualization

Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 22, 2025

When I tried using ChatGPT, I found it disappointing for strategic and innovative work—like consulting a chatty Wikipedia. Over nearly a year now, I’ve taught workshops to more than 20,000 tech employees and founders on how to leverage AI for complex, innovative tasks at work. And that can make all the difference.

Artificial Inteligence

Modus Create

MARCH 8, 2020

As the world observes International Women’s Day on March 8th, it is a great reminder to celebrate the women that help drive Modus and support women in technology every day. While many articles focus on the lack of women in technology, that is not the approach I want to take. Technology consists of many different roles and jobs.

Research Software

The Product Coalition

MAY 6, 2020

To help you make a better-informed decision about your future technology partner, we’ve conducted market and industry research in order to define the best cross-platform app development companies. It is a Chicago-based mobile app development and consulting company. You might wonder?—?why why cross-platform app development?

Research Software