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Why Tools Are Not the Answer

The Product Coalition

Running a successful product organization is hard. It’s no wonder there are many tools that try to resolve this. But tools alone won’t fix anything and can do the opposite. Every now and then, early-stage founders approach me to hear about their product idea and give them feedback. Tools alone cannot be the answer.

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The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager

ProductPlan

A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. So, how does a product manager take ownership of more than just backlog management? Product Vision.

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Establishing a market-led culture with a Product Management framework

BrainMates

SnapComms is a medium-sized New Zealand software company who wanted to evolve its sales-led culture into a market-led culture. After hearing Rich Mironov talk about the slippery slope of sales-led companies , they decided to learn about Product Management. customer service, engineering, marketing and sales, etc).

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Introducing the Bain Public SOAP™ Product Leadership Framework. A Practical Definition.

Bain Public

Bain Public’s SOAP™ methodology and tool offers a full picture of your product strategy, tactics, metrics and roadmap all in one place. It breaks product innovation in 3 steps -- Product Mission, Product Blueprint and Roadmap Pillars. Let’s look at the different parts of the system up close.

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A Product Owner’s Role in a Product Organization

ProductPlan

Product owners play a crucial role in “by-the-book” Agile scrum, while product managers are largely absent. This article explores the product owner role and how it fits into the broader product team. The product owner’s role. The product owner’s role. Manage and prioritize the backlog.

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In-App Messaging

ProductPlan

In-app messaging is a way of communicating with users within the context of your product, often taking the form of tooltips, banners, or in-app chat. For software products, in-app messaging includes all of the native messages sent to a user while they are using your product.

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Managing Problematic Investor Ideas

Mind the Product

At a time when so much of today’s B2B ecosystem is built around software products, I believe it has become incumbent on the people responsible for designing, developing, and building these products to take back leadership of how our companies are run, and lead us all back to a culture of responsible growth. In Conclusion.