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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

The discussion reveals how product management has evolved since 1931 and highlights the importance of clear role definition to prevent job frustration. Requirements Engineering Following roadmap creation, requirements engineering emerges as a crucial activity where product strategy meets technical execution.

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520: The future of AI in product management – with Mike Todasco

Product Innovation Educators

Passionate about democratizing advanced technology, Mike advocates for enabling innovation without requiring deep technical expertise. Rather than imposing a strict interpretation, they allowed different roles to define innovation in ways that made sense for their work.

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527: The truth behind “CEO of the Product” – with Francesca Cortesi

Product Innovation Educators

Early in her career, Francesca encountered this phrase alongside the common description of product management as sitting at the intersection of business, user experience, and technology. Leadership doesn’t always mean management Many professionals enter product management from technical backgrounds, such as engineering or development.

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Expecting Resistance: Handling Stakeholder & Leader Concerns During Product Operating Model Pilot

Product Talk

Teresa Torres: Definitely. Hope Gurion: In that scenario, I’m going to presume that that is not a product tech design functional leader, that that might be somebody operating in another part of the company with strategic context. You can call it whatever you want—product reviews. This is a huge one. All of them.

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UX Analytics: It’s Not Just About Data Collection and Methods

Userpilot

Unfortunately, the research backs this up, with a staggering 90% of users reporting that they stopped using an app due to poor performance. Throughout this traditional definition, you’ll notice an emphasis on data, typically taken to mean quantitative metrics. Basically, anything that ruins the user experience.

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Why Building High TQ is Essential for Product Leaders

People-First Product Leadership

Rapid technological changes and shift to hybrid work: The transition to remote / hybrid work, then back to the office, has mixed up communication, collaboration, and work-life balance. This can lead to multiple life changes as we seek new definitions of success, career shifts, and creative pursuits. Today is perfect for a lifequake.

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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

Basic definitions Strategy has benefited from several excellent foundational frameworks over the years, from Michael Porter’s work to Good Strategy Bad Strategy , Playing to Win , and The Art of War , to name a few. Let’s establish some basic definitions before diving into the details of Strategy Blocks: 1.