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

Product Innovation Educators

The core focus of these activities is on thorough market research, continuous customer engagement, and strategic product development. Market Research As software product managers navigate the complex landscape of product development, market research emerges as a crucial first activity.

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522: Stop the stupid using proactive problem solving – with Doug Hall

Product Innovation Educators

Even more concerning, products typically lose 50% of their innovative value during development as unique ideas get compromised to fit existing systems. Products typically lose 50% of their innovative value during the development process. Doug shared that the average manager wastes 3.5

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517: How to conduct an AI Design Sprint – with Mike Hyzy

Product Innovation Educators

That’s exactly what I witnessed at PDMA’s recent Inspire Innovation Conference, where Mike Hyzy demonstrated a groundbreaking approach to AI Design Sprints that’s revolutionizing product development acceleration. He emphasized a fundamental shift in how we should approach product development.

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521: Leadership Crossroads–What Every Product Manager Must Know Before Their Next Move – with Kimberly Bloomston, CPO

Product Innovation Educators

Her path highlights how responsibilities evolve from hands-on product development to strategic business leadership, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning, vulnerability, and strong relationship-building skills. As a new product manager, Kim faced the common challenge of understanding her company’s technical landscape.

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance.

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516: Strategic decision making in product management- with Atif Rafiq

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can move from ideas to action Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, I speak with Atif Rafiq about how senior product leaders approach strategy development and execution. He has developed a systematic approach to problem-solving that forms the basis of his book, Decision Sprint: The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown.

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Product in Practice: Getting Started with Several APIs (And the Challenges I Faced)

Product Talk

But then, one day, I found myself reading Ask Your Developer by Jeff Lawson and I realized I was the one making the mistake. Dont Ask Humans to Do Tasks That Should Be Automated If you arent familiar with Ask Your Developer, its a great read. Others assumed their users were all experienced developers. This got me curious.

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It's Alive! Bringing Your Product Roadmap Back From the Dead

Speaker: Lisa Mo Wagner, Product Management Coach, Writer, Speaker and WomenTech Ambassador

This strategy is ineffective for developing a valuable product because it does not consider the volume of customer feedback. As a result, teams will fail to implement customer feedback in a timely manner, resulting in incorrect feature development. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours!