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The Value Assessment Framework (Part 3)

The Product Coalition

The value assessment framework allows you to identify gaps in any of the value layers — definition, delivery, and perception. Photo by Iain Kennedy on Unsplash When I was a product lead at Imperva, there was a feature that engineering kept telling me required a rewrite. Some even need to be left untouched. But there were none.

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The Definition of Product Management Is Shrinking. It’s Not Good!

Product Management University

The definition of product management has been changing and evolving over the past 10 years and I’m not sure it’s for the better. Right now, a lot of designers and engineers still don’t know exactly what they’re aiming for in terms of customer outcomes and why they’re valuable. Most of them are not our customers.

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Join 3 Free Product Discovery Webinars in May 2024

Product Talk

This event is a great fit for product managers, designers, engineers, and any other roles involved in building digital products who are using opportunity solution trees to manage their discovery efforts (or would like to). Register here. Register here.

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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

When you reach senior level on an engineering track, you’re expected to be optimal in your hard skill set. Despite not having a formal education in engineering, Sarah landed a job as a developer in the French consultant Grand Manitou. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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Why Product & Engineering Can’t Be Separate Islands

The Product Coalition

It’s always better when we’re together Photo by henry perks on Unsplash When I entered the wondrous world of product & engineering for the first time, I did not understand why there was a split between Product & Engineering. Engineering decides how and executes. One cannot exist without the other.

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How To Determine Product Priority: A Portfolio Management Framework for Product Leaders

The Product Coalition

Definition of Portfolio Strategy A portfolio strategy serves as a plan of action for deciding which items in the portfolio backlog should be worked on, in what order, and for what duration. Portfolio decision engine: Input inflow strategies: Input inflow strategies use a company’s economic criteria to make go/no-go decisions.

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Ship outcomes, not just features, with the Product Impact Framework

Intercom, Inc.

In some ways, this discussion is more relevant to product teams, and product-led companies, than for growth teams, who are by definition focused on outcomes. Back in 2013, our head of engineering Darragh coined this mantra: Shipping is our heartbeat. The Product Impact Framework felt like a natural progression from features to outcome.