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Squads Done Right: Mastering Modern Team Dynamics

The Product Coalition

When I introduced the notion of cross-functional, empowered product teams, the CEO said it was exactly what they needed and immediately created a task force with three VPs to lead the change: the VP of Product, the VP of Engineering, and the VP of HR. Put the engineering structure aside for now.

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Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions

Mironov Consulting

“Why isn’t my strategic customer’s feature request included?” We talk about value and business cases and backlogs instead of bluntly saying that “this customer request is an outlier, so I’ll never put it into my plan.” It certainly feels that way.

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Remote Work: Ways to Think About “Fair” Compensation and Benefits

Johanna Rothman

Before the pandemic, Jenny, the VP of Engineering, insisted that the engineering staff needed to work in the Boston area. And she wants the teams to create products the customers want to buy. Focus On Releasing Products Customers Want to Buy. Reduced cycle time. And a good customer experience.

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What is the Role of a Technical Program Manager?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

They must be able to make prudent decisions when it comes to how to best apply an organization's time, resources, and personnel to achieve some end. Previous experience managing people may be very helpful in this regard. Primarily, TPMs work extensively with the engineering teams in their organization.

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Who’s Speaking at Amplify 2019?

Amplitude

And Amplify has something for more than just PMs—our speakers come from a host of backgrounds including growth marketing, engineering, and customer experience. In her time at Slack, she took the company from 500K daily active users to 5M daily active users. Merci Grace. And, in 2011, he founded Zoom.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Different software engineers work on different kinds of technical projects. This, too, can influence the potential career trajectory of a software engineer. To make things even more confusing, junior or first-time developers may not understand the terms used at different companies to describe software engineers.

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392: How uncovering customer pains and unmet needs led to launching a rapidly growing product – with Matt Danna

Product Innovation Educators

His professional career has entirely involved product roles, most often as Product VP or Head of Product. During his experience he became aware of an opportunity to better serve small businesses that needed to frequently make and manage client appointments. 2:35] What early experiences caused you to be interested in creating products?