The Product Manager Coach Blog

MAY 7, 2024

They are recognized for their strategic insight and ability to handle critical challenges that affect the product’s long-term success. Mentorship and Leadership: Guiding and developing the next generation of product leaders, providing mentorship, sharing insights, and fostering professional growth among junior product managers.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 21, 2021

A practical look at how and why software designers can ensure digital services can be used by everyone. Many worked from home on tasks ranging from organising team activities via Slack, analysing data and collaborating on documents via Google Docs, to discussing strategies via Microsoft Teams and coaching clients via Zoom.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 15, 2021

In the 2021 State of Product Management Report , our annual collection of data designed to bring to life the trends driving product management, we found gender diversity, or lack thereof, a prime opportunity for product management teams to create more intentional inclusivity. . Where are the Women in Product? 7% more for 0-2 years.

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UX Studio

MAY 23, 2024

A vast array of AI tools are emerging in various sectors, slowly impacting most areas of our everyday lives. In this blog post, we’ll provide an overview of the latest trends, challenges, and most popular AI tools in education.

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Bain Public

MAY 21, 2018

Tomorrow’s Product Managers Will Need Solid Data, Model, and Problem Understanding. In Alpha’s Product Management 2018 Insights study , a third of respondents reported having AI or machine learning incorporated into their products. The reality is that we will need to evolve by finding ways to have a solid data set understanding.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Product owners have the following key responsibilities: Ensure the product strategy and vision continually guides the product development team’s execution. In organizations without product managers, the product owner may also be tasked with developing the vision and strategy. Manage and prioritize the backlog. The interplay may vary.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

My first job I was working in the Group health actuarial team to analyze customer health claims data and developing pricing for current-year policies. And so, I set the following vision and mission for myself Vision: Be an honest and empathetic individual and create a definitive impact on people.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Nike’s Vision: .Swoosh Nike’s vision with .Swoosh Swoosh, you’ll be welcomed into a vibrant and visually stunning environment. The main dashboard provides quick access to different sections of .Swoosh, These sessions provide valuable insights, tips, and strategies for navigating the marketplace effectively.

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People-First Product Leadership

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The insight comes together to define the team culture one is joining and the best way to introduce any necessary changes. Sign up for internal training that covers company-wide policies and systems. Start the onboarding document by welcoming the new hire and setting the foundation for the information they’re about to consume.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 5, 2022

Using data and playbooks to mitigate customer risks. All CS professionals, no matter their level in the hierarchy, should be respected and trusted by their customers for the valuable insight they provide. Sometimes that valuable insight means you have to say “no” to the customer when they try to repeat flawed processes and practices.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

More than integrations and features and quarterly reports, back in August, Intercom turned 10. With that in mind, before we welcome the new year and all the good things to come, we’ve gathered our favorite insights and nuggets of wisdom from 2021 in a special wrap-up episode. And what a year it has been!

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

But while each roadmap for a specific audience serves a particular purpose, there are times when we need everyone to gather together and agree on a singular vision for the product. Moreover, for alignment, we need a roadmap that services the entire crowd of stakeholders, regardless of rank, role, or perspective. Use the right tools.

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Radical Product

JUNE 25, 2020

Not only did we lack a “No A s” policy, but our culture was actively transforming people I knew into a s. You’re able to make deliberate progress towards your vision of creating a positive change in the world through your product/ business. You’re not under critical time pressure and can think long-term.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

You also want to communicate not only your tactical requirements but the strategy and vision for the product. In our most recent annual survey— The 2021 State of Product Management Report —we found that product professionals rate communication #2 on the list of skills they believe their coworkers lack most.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

(Montreal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product, Data and Strategy of Bain Public joins Michael Luchen, Director of Product Management at Crema , a digital product agency creating web and mobile apps for disruptive companies and industry leaders, and the resident host of The Product Manager podcast. About Bain Public.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 5, 2020

There's the visionary element part of the job, where you identify opportunities, prioritize, sell a vision and get buy-in from stakeholders. PMMs also work very cross-functionally, working with PMs, design, Sales, Legal, Public Policy and business development. These interviews are more theoretical than experiential.

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ProductCraft

AUGUST 7, 2018

Metaphors have long been utilized as an indispensable tool in a designer’s tool belt. This is a non-linear approach that may feel chaotic and ambiguous when compared to more scientific, analytical approaches, yet it can often yield the unique insights you want and need. Metaphors Can Expand Your Vision.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2018

When you handle it well, it’s a powerful data point to bring to your product decisions and having a good feedback process in place, which actively involves your users, says a lot about how much you value your customers. Get a Product Feedback Policy in placeThis is something we have seen a lot of SaaS companies putting in place this year.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2018

The solution is collaborating at several levels and it starts with developing a shared vision and purpose for the product. Getting buy in to the company vision and the ‘why’ driving that vision are essential. Agreement and understanding of both the company and product vision give the team a North Star.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2023

Because of how complex product management can be, it’s not hard to see why effective data sharing can be difficult to achieve throughout an entire organization. These obstacles result in data silos that lead to different departments having conflicting data and struggle to access data quickly. What are data silos?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Rick started Guru in 2013, after successfully founding Boomi (a cloud integration and data management company) and selling it to Dell. Customer service agents spend their entire day in customer conversations, and they constantly want to have the confident feeling of being able to provide their customer the right answer quickly.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

Although they are not our direct reports, we are accountable for the team’s performance and our Product. Some time ago, one of my team’s policies was: If you create a JIRA ticket, we have to meet each other. If you have a strong case supported with data and a little bit of intuition, go after it.

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BrainMates

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Whether for or against the policy, one question, however, remains, how large of an organisation do you need to be to absorb the time cost of developing junior members fresh out of university? Navigating post-COVID: Be intentional with your policy. Others see the pipeline as necessary and the ultimate win-win. Offer formal training.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 20, 2017

Establish Understanding of the Product Vision. Jason starts by recommending that when you are about to begin work on any project with others, the whole team should understand the project vision, goals and objectives. Examples include: decent working conditions, security, pay, benefits, company policies, interpersonal relationships.

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ProductCraft

AUGUST 3, 2018

Team, I would like to drill down and double-click into the next-generation vision for the organization that will revolutionize disruption. We have the big data to tell us where the puck is going, so let’s use machine learning to help us skate there. Privacy Policy. Digitally Transforming Language, One Buzzword at a Time.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Undoubtedly, as data-driven systems become a bigger part of our lives, we also notice more when they fail. Social media filtering is probably one of the most common examples of data-driven systems at work. This decision led to lots of reports of discrimination. The many layers of data .

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If defining project scopes, reviewing solutions, and generating reports interest you, this is the perfect career. A senior technical program manager uses project management on their resume in the following way: Generates managerial performance curves from the data teams. This occurs throughout the program’s life cycle.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Data protection laws ensure we don’t misuse the personal details we collect in the digital era, and HR policies make sure we all play nice. If you’re lucky, it’ll be a handful of users warning others that it’s not easy to unsubscribe from your service. Clearly, as a society we care about being ethical.

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Product Bookshelf

MARCH 17, 2017

The beginning of a Lean UX project is a hypothesis statement which clarifies vision and goals for the team and company leadership. Our service/product] was designed to achieve [these goals]. We have observed that the product/service isn’t meeting [these goals] , which is causing [this adverse effect] to our business.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2018

We’d take a project on, spec it, then deliver it to the customer so there was never that ongoing dialogue and feedback loop that you have when you are building a Software-as-a-Service business. And that’s great, you need a vision and a reason for being and you know that better than anybody. This is a real fear that a lot of us have.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 15, 2021

Being responsible for the design of AI services used by millions of people is a huge responsibility, and Arin is deeply aware of that. It’s easier to build trust when you open the black box – show the quality, the source and diversity of the data, and the rationale of the model. They all report up together.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 6, 2020

– NLP (natural language processing) another subset or field the AI there’s a ton more; there’s vision, there’s lots of things being done I won’t try to talk about all of them. Data being the real keyword there which is something I’ll talk and share more about. So that’s played a huge role.

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Gainsight

APRIL 15, 2019

Whether you take 20/20 as a sign of your increasingly strong vision about your customers (you might say you’re “gaining sight”… I’ll be here all night!) Customer Data Infrastructure. Moscone is very committed to environmental responsibility—please take a look at their policy and commitments here.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

It’s obvious that these tools were developed with little or no customer participation. Blank defines customer development as a process of obtaining customer insights that can be used to create, review and optimize the ideas in product development. And the interview is exactly the tool that will help you with that.

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Gainsight

APRIL 12, 2023

This causes many problems: Complexity for customers Frustration for client-facing teams Difficulty in analyzing the business Inevitably, companies like Gainsight then end up going through a massive project to “simplify” policies, pricing, and complex systems. Lesson: Be REALLY careful about custom deals and make sure they are worth it.

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Modus Create

APRIL 8, 2020

Tools and software become a really important factor. I’m not a talent expert by any stretch, but based on data within Modus and my personal network, hiring local talent will continue to become more expensive and harder to find, especially for experienced, senior roles. They can keep coming in daily. It’s a bigger issue now.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

My hope is that this will provide you with moral support on your uncertain journey and serve as another data point to empower your vision. Design system is an enabler and a requirement Design system as a mechanism to deliver visual identity facilitated through accessibility and UX principles.

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