PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 1, 2020

Learn a framework for quickly pitching a new product idea, and enhance your career! At this point inexperienced product managers are ready to walk out, but I give them a framework in order to structure the discussion. The framework I suggest to candidates is this: 1. Product vision statement 5. Pain points 2. Features 6.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 8, 2022

She is leading product and engineering teams to develop a platform for embedded integrations that quickly connect various software applications. I was always interested in people, how they use tools, and the problems being solved by businesses. I moved away from the classroom into product technology.

Research Software 99

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

a PMM or Strategic PM is more likely to deal with users, and a Technical PM is more likely to deal with a solution architect or DevOps engineer), but it is extremely important for all. Be up to date with technological trends in the industry and beyond. Have an ability to consider future implications of technology decisions.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Key responsibilities include setting out a clear product vision , building a product roadmap, organizing releases , and conducting continuous market research and analysis. monitoring resources using project management software, and tackling potential blockers. Userpilot is a helpful tool for both product and project managers.

Reporting Tools 105

Reporting Tools Customer Experience User Testing Research Software 105

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2022

And so, many business leaders find themselves not quite sure how to start, how to leverage it, or what to do when all the dashboards and tools seem to be pointing at different solutions. I started in the policy world as an economics researcher at a think tank. Benn: I basically started my career in a totally different world.

Data Visualization 151

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres teaches you how to set up a continuous discovery system within your organization with actionable exercises. Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. Definition of user onboarding.

Books 98

Books Research Software Feedback Software Analytic Tools 98

Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

Product management encompasses the entire SaaS lifecycle from ideation to launch and everything that follows. Here are the product management skills and experience questions you should ask: How do you perform customer research? What is product vision? What software have you used in your previous roles?

User Testing 98

User Testing Research Software Feedback Software Product Research 98

The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Primarily there are 3 major aspects to understanding and performing well as a Product Manager, which are as listed below: Understanding the Role Definition Hard Skills required for the Role Soft Skills required for the Role. Understanding the Role Definition. Definition of PM role. Specialist PM Roles.

Technical Review 159

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Userpilot

APRIL 7, 2024

SaaS product management is about understanding user pain points, crafting features that solve real problems, and constantly improving the user experience. The approach to managing SaaS products is entirely different from traditional on-premise software. Build in-app flows to help users discover features. User empathy.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 26, 2019

Product Management frameworks are exciting to learn and frustrating to implement. As a product manager myself and a framework teacher, I totally understand the appeal. And every day you have to motivate really smart people who don’t report to you to align with your vision and decisions. Being a product manager is a messy job.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 8, 2021

After reading a blog or a book or attending a conference or talk on product management, I’m always excited to try out the new processes and frameworks I’ve learned about. Market research—Reveals how others tell their stories and perceive the audience. Is your solution meaningful to the customer or the business? Meaningful.

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Product Research User Testing Research Software Feedback Software 97

Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Shankar shares several tools for getting ideas for new products along with practical tips for how product managers can frame their ideas and gain support from colleagues as well as leaders. . My role includes vision and strategy for my portfolio projects, as well as executing the strategy by introducing the right products at the right time.

User Testing 76

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Melissa Perri

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

I want to share with you the framework that I have found, which allows for a balance of discovery and delivery and takes us out of that laundry list of features. Gantt Charts are a project management tool used to keep track of timelines and due dates. Now, Roadmaps function more like Gantt Charts.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The product owner role was born in Agile scrum , a process initially created to deliver software more quickly by giving the product development team more autonomy in exchange for frequent releases that increase customer value. This typically results in some overlap between definitions and actual responsibilities.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer. As a staff engineer, a lot of your energy goes into cross-team collaboration for the vision and strategy. How are you going to get there?

Engineering 204

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 7, 2021

Investing in the quality of your customer support experience is one of the most powerful ways to grow your company, but every company’s definition of “quality” is different. Increasingly, we’re seeing that customers want digital-first solutions that allow them to get the support they need, on their own terms.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 11, 2021

Five challenges and solutions. To find technically feasible design solutions, extra efforts are required from developers and other team members. ? The lack of a mutual vision and an organized workflow will result in wasted time, money, extra work, becoming demotivated and frustrated, and overall endangering project success.

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. How do you set a product vision? Strategy is made up of three elements: your vision, objectives and roadmap. How do you set a product vision? How do you set a product vision?

Product Research 119

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Although the W3C’s WCAG guidelines, and other accessibility guidelines, provide definitions for accessibility, usability and inclusion, it seems some businesses are confused about their interpretation. But accessibility is more about inclusiveness and including vision, hearing, mobility and cognition impairments when building a product.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy. As I considered the merits of each possible option to build a user base, I weighed them against the product strategy framework, the pros/cons, coherence, and value. The north star was clear?—?enabling

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UX Studio

MARCH 11, 2024

With over 17 years of experience as a designer, he primarily assists others in their career growth by providing thoughtful, concise tips and tricks, whether related to tools or any form of communication. You have surface level: you’re completely dir ected, you are given a solution and you design the solution.

User Testing 66

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2018

Where SaaS companies get prioritization wrong and a new approach to get it right There are many ways to prioritize what makes it onto your SaaS product roadmap and most of them are incredibly time-consuming and only done by your product teams. We also looked at some other research by Mind the Product and by Richard Banfield.

Feedback Software 60

Feedback Software Research Software User Testing Product Research 60

Mind the Product

JUNE 13, 2019

I used Roman Pichler’s Vision Board to map target users of the culture and their needs, as well as the business goals and the component parts of delivering culture change. I also defined a vision: Agile product management culture is the norm and is adding measurable value to Parkinson’s UK. There are A LOT. It is a huge task.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 20, 2020

If you include Lean thinking in the definition of “Agile”, we can include seeking continuous improvement anywhere in the organization. . I appreciate the concept of the “business operating system” and balancing the agile enterprise. Agile is about being adaptive and creating the conditions (mindsets, capabilities, environments, etc.)

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We conduct customer research and stakeholder alignment so we can figure out what matters. The Downsides of Prioritization Frameworks. Dozens upon dozens of frameworks stand ready for product teams looking for a new way to figure out the best ideas to pursue first, from buy-a-feature to MoSCoW analysis. Meaningful.

Strategy 52

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Product managers are typically found at companies that are building products or technology for customers. The product manager is often considered the expert of their products and is responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for product. Product management is an important organizational role.

Research Software 68

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

The agile manifesto turned eighteen this year, the Scrum framework is even older?—?have Scrum and the agile manifesto were created in a time where we used to still package and ship software physically. a framework which promotes rapid feedback cycles and adaptation, they created what we know today as Scrum.

Product Management 92

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Dear Strategy

DECEMBER 21, 2020

I need to address the definition that was referenced in the first. So what I’ll attempt to do here is present you with the most widely accepted definitions that I know of, while also trying to clear up some of the most common misconceptions that I typically come across. Example: My vision is to live in a world without cancer.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I’m sharing my insights and surprising parallels that I encountered during the courses on Systemic Design and Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems. It was a really insightful and encouraging journey through complex systems! Systemic design I’ll not go into details on what systemic design is.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I always felt if the software was bad, I had this physical pain and I really wanted to help. I always felt if the software was bad, I had this physical pain and I really wanted to help. And since it was such a small company, we were quick to experiment and I could try a lot of frameworks and methodologies and tools.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

They often lack the tools to succeed in their jobs. While the product manager’s ability to think strategically and execute with confidence and efficiency should be the driving force to the company's success, unfortunately, businesses fail to provide them with the tools and resources they need to succeed.

Leadership 52

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Arpit Rai

OCTOBER 29, 2019

What’s the difference between product management in B2B/SaaS and B2C? Following are some of the differences I can think of: Customer Research: B2B PMs tend to speak with customers a LOT more than B2C customers. You could build a B2B/SaaS company that does $50 million in revenues even with a few hundred customers.

Analytic Tools 52

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

However, it's likely that they are outdated regarding society/technology/design patterns or to only present high-level good practices that are more or less atemporal. If you provide detailed UX or UI advices, you will become obsolete once a new technology gets trendy, or once an unexpected world event changes user behavior.

Books 138

Books Technical Review Research Software Data Visualization 138

Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

In order to deliver the right solutions to problems, your team needs to understand them and feel motivated to solve them. Typically they are closer to users and so can properly understand the nuances of potential problems and solutions. Purpose, Vision, Mission and Strategy. What is your role?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 15, 2021

With a Master’s degree in human-computer interaction and over two decades of experience in user research and user experience in companies like Oracle, he now leads the design team across all product offerings at IBM. User research is a vital part of the design process. Since Thomas Watson Jr.

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BrainMates

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Her team has just completed a round of customer research. Product Managers need an effective way to prioritise their Product Development and manage their Product through its entire life cycle while sticking to their Product Vision. Product Managers work at the intersection of business and technology. Jane’s problem isn’t unique.

Customer Experience 78

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Arpit Rai

OCTOBER 29, 2019

What’s the difference between product management in B2B/SaaS and B2C? Following are some of the differences I can think of: Customer Research: B2B PMs tend to speak with customers a LOT more than B2C customers. You could build a B2B/SaaS company that does $50 million in revenues even with a few hundred customers.

Analytic Tools 40

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