Product Management University

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Enjoy the B2B Product Manager December issue. Blog: High-Octane Product Management. Why Storytelling Skills For Product Management & Product Marketing Are Essential for Success. Product Management Playbook. Evolving to Product-Led Growth in 5 Steps. View the magazine. In This Issue.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They are all based on real stories of product leaders I work with as a consultant or in the CPO Bootcamp , and I’m sure you’ll find them as real as they are. A Roadmap Without a Strategy It’s this time of the year again, and everybody needs to plan their roadmaps. But this creates a false sense of peacefulness.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 12, 2020

Also an ex-Googler, ex-consultant, Berkeley Haas MBA and Cornell alum. In preparation for applying to Product Marketing Manager roles, the standard application suite applies: a resume, cover letter, and maybe some additional materials like references or transcripts. from talking to X, I learned Y”).

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Hutwork

MAY 23, 2019

Product roadmap planning has become a huge success in getting products to market efficiently. Often companies find themselves asking, why roadmap? This brings us to our top 12 reasons for product roadmap planning and why it’s essential. 2—The Why and the What of Product Roadmap Planning.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

Product marketing speaker. AI and product management The use of AI in product management isn’t new; small and large companies have been doing it for years. She has a knack for strategic thinking and loves SaaS in general, especially product-led growth. Connect with Else on Linkedin.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 22, 2021

And so we inform them, consult them, involve them. think sales (engineers), account managers, customer success, product marketing. The ones who sell the product over and over again, the ones who handle escalations or talk about the roadmap to the customers. Is this on the roadmap? So what can you do?

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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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The Product Coalition

MARCH 2, 2022

When a company is first starting out, one of its main goals is to find the right product-market fit. You can start upping your engagement game with: A Customer Advisory Board A customer advisory board is an especially good idea for B2B product companies. and actively engaging their customers to find that fit.

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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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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the most prominent trends centered around increasing product adoption , personalization of product experiences based on user attributes, and making more data-driven decisions. Product Trend 2023 no 1: AI, Machine Learning, and more Automation – the remedy to layoffs? – adds Andrea.

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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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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

Photo by airfocus on Unsplash While the product owner role is explicitly defined and included in Scrum, that does not mean it cannot exist following other agile frameworks, just that it is easiest to define when aligned to Scrum. The difference between a product manager and product marketing manager is who they collaborate with, and how.

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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. We recently did a webinar with our friends at Rightpoint talking about all of the steps product managers need to take after an app launch. Kin + Carta.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

At Bain Public, we have learned a lot in the many hours and conversations spent mentoring, advising and consulting in product management. They fail to appreciate the necessity of having a simple, clear, succinct product roadmap that everyone can internalize and use as a guiding light for making difficult choices.

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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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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs. Melissa Perri is one of the most recognizable names in Product Management. She’s currently a consultant, speaker, and teacher in product management. Author of “The Build Trap”. Hana Mohan , CEO of Magic Bell.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

He held leadership roles at Bay Area startups and high growth organizations like WatchMojo -- helping establish product functions, as well as large strategic consulting companies such as Edelman where he organized product-led initiatives across national/regional offices.

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Bain Public

JUNE 3, 2018

Despite the proliferation of tools designed for road mapping, prioritization remains the most difficult part of the product. Without a process for roadmap reinforcement, it just won’t stick. Over the years, as a Product Manager, I established an effective product management process. Week 6, Roadmap prioritization.

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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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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

This is what I tell the founders that consult with me  — that to really solve the problem that they are looking to solve, a tool is not enough. The Product Manager’s Job Is to Think That’s what makes the role so great, and so hard. Tools alone cannot be the answer. Here are a few reasons why. Tools cannot change any of that.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership. Before we dive deeper into this I want to remind you again how I define the word product. As a product leader, you can no longer only own the tangible product, although that’s most likely where you feel more comfortable.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Encourage them to talk about their product ideas. Talk in term of their interests, let them feel that the idea is theirs and use it to firm up your roadmap. The empathic component is what makes a product manager special. We help ambitious organizations create new value by establishing company-wide product-related processes.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team. What Is Product Management Consulting? Consulting doesn’t mean instructing a CEO and the product leadership team how to run the company.

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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

MARCH 21, 2020

Here’s a list of our product-centric articles that got syndicated across publishers judged to be the best representative of Product Management thinking. Originally published on ProductCoalition.com What Goes Into a Good Product Roadmap? Use this 6 Week Process to Generate Your Product Roadmap.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 19, 2018

Before founding Under10, his product management consulting company, he was a Pragmatic Marketing lead instructor for more than 15 years. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:34] 2:34] How did you approach your research on the roles and responsibilities of product managers?

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Bain Public

JUNE 14, 2021

At its best, modern product management has become a holistic discipline that functions at the intersection of business, design, and technology to help teams drive towards product/market fit. He has helped establish product functions and has organized product-led initiatives across national/regional offices.

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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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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 9, 2024

  (Remember, we’ll only put 3 or 4 major things onto the roadmap, so any list longer than 15 is wasted effort.  ” Product level : “Installation and usability are huge challenges for the mid-market, which can’t afford the outside consultants and long implementations of our whales. 

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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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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2020

To Commit, begin business modeling, make a financial model, do market validation research, and do resource allocation. [16:38] To Describe, plan the roadmap for the release. Again, product management is less involved than development. [17:41] Deliver and Connect are about now–the delivery of our current product.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 4, 2020

During his workshop, Paul Ortchanian will focus on learning how to create actionable, product-centered roadmaps. Paul will discuss the steps in creating great overarching product strategy for products by introducing Bain Public's Service Blueprint approach. For more information, visit bainpublic.com or call 514-442-8487.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You get to test more hypotheses and make incremental changes to your product more frequently. Also roadmap flexibility. The roadmap changes more often in SaaS, meaning more communication with stakeholders. Ramin Shokrizadeh , Senior Product Manager at Zendesk. 2 – Data-driven growth and product strategy.

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Gainsight

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Who else can interpret strategy from Product, Marketing, and elsewhere into the CS team’s role? These other teams sometimes have the skills to be true thought partners and business consultants, taking that pressure off of CS leadership. Any great consultant needs to know the right questions to ask, though. Your VP of CS?

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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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