BrainMates

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Disrupting the Product - Strategy Questions Answered By DIANE SEXTON Even though periods of decline are a normal part of the economic cycle, there is no denying the enormous pressure these periods place on our organisations. I believe the best strategy is to really go back to your roots. What is the vision that you started with?

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

As I often do when thinking about a question, I ran a poll on Twitter and LinkedIn asking which core skills of product management folks think are most likely to be impacted/replaced by AI. Here’s the day-to-day product-shaping work of a PM, and how I believe AI will impact it: 1. Please tell me!

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Problem 2 The customer on-boarding team is no sooner out of the gate and they’re dealing with one product deficiency after another, running into issues at every turn. They’re bombarding product management with critical enhancement requests just to get the customer up and running.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, Sam, now with that experience behind him and as Head of Product at Fivestars , outlines: What a good product strategy looks like. How to create a good strategy. What Is Good Strategy? Product strategy also doesn’t need to focus on product vision.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The eternal debate: product manager vs. project manager. In this article, we’re going to unpack the day-to-day activities of a product and project manager, describe the key areas of overlap and differences between these distinct roles, and, most importantly, cover how they can work together effectively.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

Being the first product manager at a startup typically means being the 10th or 15th employee, and recognizing that – although product management has both tactical and strategic components – you’ll initially be more focused on tactics. Strategically, this is about focusing vision and limited resources.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

But what Scrum lacks in my mind, is a way to involve the key stakeholders in strategic product decisions and the product discovery work. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

If so, you should definitely watch the talk that Jason Knight , a product consultant and advisor, gave at this year’s Product Drive hosted by Userpilot. In his talk, Jason talked about how product managers can upskill to meet the challenges in their daily work and how to make sure that their organizations value their work.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 21, 2020

Learn how to create the best product roadmap. Learning how to build a product roadmap is a key requirement to break into product management. Learn how to become a Product Manager. The ability to prepare a great roadmap is one of the must have skills for any Product Manager.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tips for creating customer use cases – for product managers Today we are talking about how to create and use customer use cases to guide product design. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation. 18:41] How does the use case impact product vision and decision-making?

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. . This article explores multiple aspects of product management. Understanding the Role Definition. Definition of PM role.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

They claim to have a product lifecycle and even talk about a product lifecycle but don’t write it down or anchor product development, launch, and management in it. And if you don’t hold to the management processes, no one will care. What is product lifecycle management (PLM)? Product Strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The importance of an organizational game plan for product managers. I started a new series to explore the Product Development and Management Body of Knowledge. While it has since been updated many times, this is the body of knowledge I discovered in 2007 that led to many ah-ha moments for me as a product manager.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

What exactly is the product manager role? And the role of a product manager can vary drastically depending on the type of product manager. That’s why we’ve put together a comprehensive post on everything you need to know about the product manager role, including: Responsibilities of a product manager.

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Sequent Learning

JULY 25, 2019

Start With A Vision. Your success as a product manager is pinned directly to the positive contributions to the firm’s bottom line. That means, your product’s business needs to hit the target in the market and fulfill your commitment to the bottom line of the company. Vision stems from passion for an idea, a cause, a goal.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2021

At its most basic level, a customer-led product strategy means that your customers are the top priority at all times. For example, if you discover that most customers want to receive their purchases in the fastest possible time, you could use retail inventory management software to speed things up. Sounds pretty obvious, right?

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Introduction Embarking on the journey of understanding the multifaceted role of a product manager is akin to diving into a universe where strategies, visions, and market demands converge to sculpt the fate of a product’s success. Product Manager Responsibilities So what goes into the role of product manager?

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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. Manage and prioritize the backlog.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

Something that relates directly to your company’s vision. I want you to do it because I think we (the collective high-tech community) should be putting out “better” products. By my personal definition of better. You test the new checkout flow of your eCommerce site and you get a definitive answer to whether it increases revenue.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2021

At its most basic level, a customer-led product strategy means that your customers are the top priority at all times. For example, if you discover that most customers want to receive their purchases in the fastest possible time, you could use retail inventory management software to speed things up. Sounds pretty obvious, right?

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Mixpanel

MAY 20, 2020

But how do product managers know they’re bumping up against normal day-to-day resistance versus creating bigger problems? That’s why I developed a new model for product-led engagement based on building adaptive product teams that, by definition, adjust their actions and behaviors to the organizational context.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

In this ultimate list of product manager interview questions, we have tried to simplify the process of hiring great product managers. Product management encompasses the entire SaaS lifecycle from ideation to launch and everything that follows. What to look for in product managers? Leadership.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

If you want to become a product lead but have no experience, it is still not difficult to get there. You have to earn the necessary digital product management and lead skills and demonstrate them to potential employers with confidence. In general, they play a major lead role equivalent to a Director or VP of Product.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. out of 5 stars. 54 global ratings. Where to buy?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

What does it mean for us as product managers? We all use AI or machine learning (ML)-driven products almost every day, and the number of these products will be growing exponentially over the next couple of years. What does it mean for us as product managers? Source: Todd Wickersty, [link].

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 7, 2022

Here’s how we define it in ProductPlan’s eBook, 100+ Product Management Terms You Should Know: Digital transformation refers to a company’s move to digital solutions to improve its operations or products. What’s Product Management’s Role in Digital Transformation?

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2022

There is a place between nothing and a great product that’s full of uncertainty. Now, after a decade of managing products and advising, I find it exciting. So if you are looking to launch a new product or feature, you are prepared with some tips to reduce that blank page anxiety.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

How marketing and product management work together. That is what our guest did to investigate what people think about marketing and how it fits into the work product managers do. Our guest is Jill Soley, a Silicon Valley strategic product and marketing executive. The Creative Cloud was a definite risk.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 29, 2019

Product managers act as the glue between multiple cross-functional teams and effective communication is the foundation of their success; from here the general sense that product managers can’t do their job productively unless they are co-located with their teams. You need to get access to the voice of customers.

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Roadmunk

JUNE 15, 2017

I’ve been Roadmunk’s newest product manager for 120 days (give-or-take). I say peculiar for a couple of reasons: I joined a product organization as a product manager for a tool for other product managers. The reason: I have to manage up A LOT. Feels like some weird Inception s**t sometimes.

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Dear Strategy

MARCH 15, 2023

The complete list of revisions are outlined below: Step 1 of the process has been renamed from “Vision” to “Scope.” So, despite my attempt at trying to reinforce the textbook definitions through the framework, I decided to switch to a more straightforward statement of what these three steps are really all about.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 30, 2023

We are so thrilled to announce our new Director of Product Managent -- Moshe Mikanovsky. Moshe is a leader in product management who started his career on the engineering side, specifically within the enterprise real-time B2B software space. Q] Do you think that company strategy and product strategy are the same?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 21, 2019

If you’re a product manager, then you probably have a lot on your plate. Communicating the Vision. One of the most important things you can do as a product manager is regularly communicate the product vision to your team. Meeting deadlines. Making customers happy.

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bpma ProductHub

MARCH 4, 2018

Much of it has to do with its definition and alignment across the organization. The best teams take control of the process and MVP definition. MVP like any process needs to be managed well otherwise goals and expectations will not be clear. What, really, is wrong with MVP? To see examples of a successful MVPs, check here.

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Ask Benny

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. The major reason for this challenge is that the roadmap is not just a tool for a product manager to properly plan.

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