Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

AUGUST 21, 2018

Finding Your Product’s Critical Event(s) By now you have most likely heard the phrase “build it, they will come”. Before we talk about our experience building a dashboard (in an upcoming post), it’s good to have a primer on one key metric that is often referred to as a critical event. Steps to finding your critical event?

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2023

  (For fun, let’s call those things strategies.) ” And this is usually wrapped around an organizational ownership fistfight about who “owns” company-level strategy.    (See omphaloskepsis ) Often the various departments are deadlocked , waiting for each other to make tough decisions. 

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Product Culture

AUGUST 19, 2020

That's where a smart product person's strategy comes in: narrowing focus to a few key things we can do well, and getting alignment from all the stakeholders. Events Online in your time zone. Product Roadmaps Masterclass , the Sequel. Do you agree? Do you agree?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 8, 2020

Overview A good product manager must mix a strategic awareness of his/her company and its overall position in the market, together with a strategy of how their own product will compete. They then have to switch gears and make the strategy happen in practice – that is part of the challenge of being a product manager!

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Actuation Consulting

JUNE 24, 2019

No matter how awesome your product, without a well-conceived launch strategy, it will likely sputter off the launch pad. What Is a Launch Strategy? Your product launch strategy delineates the approach you plan to take in getting your product to market. The Completed Launch Strategy.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

TL;DR Product research tools are platforms used by product managers to gather, analyze, and interpret data related to their products and user behavior. A tool designed for creating an ideal user persona to guide product development and build a user journey map. What benefits do product research tools bring?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2024

For 2024, several excellent conferences dedicated to product management are available, addressing the increasing interest in this field. I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the research, development and writing of this article.

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Product Beautiful

AUGUST 24, 2016

As a product manager, you may view events as largely tactical and time-consuming endeavors. But the truth is that events aren’t just a sales and marketing tactic. Rethinking the Role of Events. While some product managers have a sales background, most don’t. First of all, let’s change the way we approach events.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

For the first two quarters, the area is strategy; for the last two, it is leadership. The first goal is about creating a new strategy, the second one talks about the product life cycle model, the third one covers decision-making, and the last one addresses active listening. The third row contains the most important information.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Fueled by product insights and strategy, the work exceeded every key metric. These plans outline event names, triggers (when the event is fired), and any parameters associated with the event — like page names, item names, etc. When we jump into analytics, we have a few goals.

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Mixpanel

MAY 3, 2019

Throughout his career, Al has focused on helping companies develop and execute digital strategies to grow their business and stay ahead of the curve. Developing a mobile product is a daunting task. Here are just a few of the issues you can bypass when you implement growth strategies from the beginning: 1.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. This will allow them to take full ownership of and responsibility for their products, and it will increase their motivation, productivity, and job satisfaction.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 30, 2017

These words couldn’t be more relevant to product management. But how do you develop the confidence required to lead a team of stakeholders to a positive outcome? Such a trait is crucial to Product Management roles if you want sales, marketing and engineering to trust and follow your direction.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 30, 2020

Topic: Covid19’s Impact On Your Product Strategy. But now many of us in product or development organizations are shifting attention to how this crisis changes priorities and product plans. When: Tuesday 12 May , 10am PT / 12:00pm CT / 1pm ET. Hosted by: Synerzip. Register here. And that’s appropriate.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 13, 2024

As the Head of Product at ProductPlan, I spend a lot of time talking to product teams and learning about their experiences throughout the product development process. Keep reading to learn more about my experience at the event! #1 In short, product teams should own outcomes while developers own the outputs.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Felix Sargent Product Manager, Bloomberg.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Prototypes , including fake door tests , are effective product discovery tools for idea validation. Instead of trying to develop a complete product before the launch, get your MVP out as quickly as possible and improve it based on user input. Likewise, don’t try to develop a full-blown version of your features.

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Userpilot

MAY 17, 2024

TL;DR No-code SaaS tools are software products that allow users to create applications, websites, or in-app experiences without writing any traditional programming code. No-code development platforms: Webflow – best no-code app builder for landing pages and websites. Here are some of the best no-code tools for app development: 1.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

Incorporate feedback into your product strategy. A product feedback loop is a cycle of collecting and implementing feedback to ensure consistent product improvement. It involves collecting customer feedback, acting on your findings to fuel product development, and following up with customers.

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2021

And that’s because of the Product Adoption Curve. The Product Adoption Curve shows how a product is adopted through multiple segments of the market. Understanding this lets you craft a product marketing strategy for every stage of product adoption. What is the Product Adoption Curve?

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

Fear not though, as our product management software guide will give you insights into some of the best-in-class applications that will boost your team performance and help you build successful products! Roadmapping software visualizes and plans product development over time, facilitating coordination and alignment across teams.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. What is product strategy?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We also look at: The differences between a technical and regular product manager Their responsibilities The qualities and skills that you need to make it as a technical PM How Userpilot can help technical product managers achieve their goals Let’s get right into it!

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2019

I view a roadmap as a high-level plan that states specific benefits a product should provide over a certain timeframe, which may range from six to 12 months. I find it helpful to use the product roadmap so that it connects the overall product strategy with the product backlog, as shown in the picture below.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. Many companies lack differentiation strategies and drive product development by copying competitors. Build a product that users love by delivering value and a good product experience.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Therefore, they are vital for effective product strategies and ensure resource allocation aligns with customer needs. Leverage event data to perform funnel analysis and identify areas of friction within the conversion process, then fix them. Since you need the right tools to follow a customer insights strategy.

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bpma ProductHub

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Over the last five years our surveys, coupled with regression analysis by an independent statistician, have helped us to identify over 25 statistically significant contributors to success on product teams. To learn about our latest findings in-depth, don’t miss the Feb 16 BPMA event on “The Six Key Factors of High-Performance Product Teams”.

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Department of Product

AUGUST 2, 2020

How to Create a Product Content Strategy Why UX content writers are the unsung heroes of the modern product team and what you can do about it I used a product the other day and it referred to me as the ‘system administrator’. What’s the business strategy and what’s the product strategy?

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

You have to earn the necessary digital product management and lead skills and demonstrate them to potential employers with confidence. A product lead or the lead product manager is often an experienced senior professional who drives the product strategy, leading and supervising a product team.

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Userpilot

MARCH 10, 2024

Cohort analysis enables you to see how different segments engage with your product. Feature and event reports help you dive deep into the performance of individual features and custom events. Reduce customer churn – When you eliminate friction and adapt your product to changing user needs, they’re less likely to churn.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2020

is a multinational company that develops and manufactures beverages. Duncan Forbes is a Product Owner at the Heineken Company in Edinburgh Scotland, working with their on-trade and eCommerce teams to supply products to over 3,000 businesses with existing trade agreements, as well as over 10,000 independent pubs.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Big bets have big payoffs, but there’s a reason it’s called gambling In the venture capital world, the prevailing strategy is to invest in multiple companies knowing that many will fail. That means doing your homework regarding market intelligence, product-market fit, technical feasibility, and the like.

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Userpilot

MAY 11, 2024

Some of its key functionalities include event tracking , user segmentation , session replays, heatmaps , and path/ funnel analysis. You also get a live data feed to track necessary events in real time. Limited segmentation capabilities : You can only segment users based on in-app events and account properties.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Our article explores 8 key trends in product management that you can’t afford to miss! TL;DR Product-led growth is becoming the go-to growth strategy and PLG tactics can help sales-led companies to improve customer experience. Future of product management: product-led growth. Let’s get right to it.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

Scrum is a simple framework with three roles: product owner, development team, and Scrum Master. As the product owner, you lead the product and are responsible for its overall success. Lead the Product. Three Types of Leadership. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership.

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Userpilot

MAY 20, 2024

Here are the best product management software for SaaS companies: ProductPlan is the best tool for road mapping and informing your product-led growth strategy. Here are the best product-led growth tools for user feedback: Refiner is the best customer feedback software for creating shareable user surveys.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 28, 2018

In the meantime, I’ve been busy blogging… Helping Product Managers Triumph in an Agile World: The SiriusDecisions Agile Engine for Product Management. Sales Is Trying to Change My Product Roadmap! Upcoming Events. Spring is always a big season for events, and this is shaping up to be another busy one.

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