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Decoding Product Leadership

Roman Pichler

Consequently, a product manager and a Scrum product owner are leaders, too. They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows.

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Adaptive Mindset ‘Hats’ Your Product Manager Wears

BrainMates

Adaptive Mindset 'Hats' Your Product Manager Wears By DAVID ALLSOPP No matter the product, industry or company size, successful Product Managers must wear various ‘hats’ on any given day to make all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. The Firefighter There will always be things that don’t go as planned.

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Hiring Your First Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Little did I know that creating a solid product strategy takes such a major chunk of the product leader’s time. Most companies hire a product manager (and other positions) too late. Once you decide you need to recruit a product manager, who should it be? It usually means that the workload is already unbearable.

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Lead with Context, Not Control

ProductPlan

The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. Product managers who follow this concept understand the responsibility to influence others to achieve the organization’s product goals. As product managers, we have the power to task others with responsibilities.

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Product vs Project Management?—?Batman & Robin or Marvel & DC?

The Product Coalition

Product vs Project Management?—?Batman Source: Animated Times During my career, I have worked extensively as both a project manager and a product manager; within consulting and in multiple industries. Product and Project Management?—?two Batman & Robin or Marvel & DC? two sides of the same coin?

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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

  This is a recipe for failure: there are no generic product strategies or corporate strategies , and IMHO therefore no context-free prioritization models, metrics, or product goals.    Service revenue vs product revenue breakouts?)  OK, What’s A Company Strategy?

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Product Metrics Are Affecting Your Happiness

ProductPlan

Complicating things more companies selling multiple products or having varied sources of revenue. These could include services such as consulting or customization fees. Some of those are unrelated or significantly removed from the actual product. This schizophrenic approach could have an impact on a product manager’s happiness.