PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 12, 2022

🧠 Check out Exponent's full software developer interview course. Or, review the most common junior developer interview questions from our question database. It's no secret that the job market is challenging now, and breaking into tech as a junior developer can be especially difficult.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

JULY 24, 2023

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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Product Management University

JULY 23, 2020

Agile is a software development methodology. It’s not a way to do product management. It’s not how you do product marketing or sales. Agile development is a methodology for building software, and it’s a good one! More emphasis on deliverables, greater accountability and better product usability.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Prior to joining GitHub, she led engineering and product teams at Amazon and Microsoft.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 9, 2020

Every software developer or an engineer should think like a Product Manager. It is important for engineers to speak up and voice their product opinions. This article is not a guide for how anybody can become a Product Manager (that article is here ). Engineering a Product Mindset.

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Qrvey

MAY 27, 2022

As software company leaders, you really know it. The post Saving Time is Real Money for Software Developers appeared first on Qrvey. Time is a precious resource, and those who maximize efficiency tend to maximize revenue. So how does this apply to.

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Product Management University

JULY 23, 2020

Agile is a software development methodology. It’s not a way to do product management. It’s not how you do product marketing or sales. Agile development is a methodology for building software, and it’s a good one! More emphasis on deliverables, greater accountability and better product usability.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. This can make it challenging to help a development team improve.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 14, 2023

Let’s take a look at what Lean product development is all about. Source: [link] Product development is the process of creating and improving products that meet the needs of consumers. This is where lean product development comes in. What is Lean Product Development?

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 30, 2017

I’ve noticed a frequent executive-level misalignment of expectations across a range of software/tech companies, particularly in B2B/Enterprise companies and where Sales/Marketing is geographically far away from Engineering/Product Management. Let’s call it the software development deli counter problem.

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airfocus

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In today’s post, we’re going to look at the six most common software development methodologies and their pros and cons.

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 24, 2020

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of building software, using 6 phases – Analysis, Definition, Design, Coding, Testing and Deployment. The acronym also stands for system development life cycle. People use it interchangeably with software development life cycle. SDLC Phases.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 3, 2023

Product Management Technology If you’re unfamiliar with software development, you may not have heard of Scrum. Scrum is an Agile methodology that can help teams work together more efficiently to develop products. The Scrum team must continuously improve their process and product. Scrum guide.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Overview: For decades, product developers have created unique processes and tools to serve as a guide in brainstorming, documenting, and developing new entries into the market. With the increasing popularity of web software applications came a more flexible development lifecycle and new guiding process frameworks like Agile.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 26, 2024

A technical background is a superpower for product managers, as I’ve said before. And now that AI is increasingly infused into products, it’s even more important that product managers understand the basics. For most software product managers, we’re talking about web APIs.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 1, 2023

Product managers are obsessed with identifying customer problems and finding the right solutions. They’re good at developing innovative… Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is a technical product manager? This is the question that opens our discussion of technical product management. TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. What is a technical product manager?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2023

This sounds simple but “desirable returns” looks different to different businesses and these differences, explicit or implied, end up driving how product development is viewed and run. Compare this to another example where a family owned packaging company has started developing software to automate a packing process.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The product development process is part art, part science, and all important to the success of your SaaS. In this article, we've got a comprehensive review of the entire product development process. While product development describes the process of creating the product itself (i.e.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Managing Product Development [Prev : Chapter 14?—?How How to prioritize Product Features ] [Next: Chapter 16?—?Product Product Metrics?—?What Product Management 101 ] There are several methodologies to develop a Software Product. Iterative v/s Incremental Development.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Guest post by Angus McDonald, Senior Product Manager at Terem Technologies, and Kayla Li, Delivery Manager at Terem Technologies Word from Scott: Over the years we’ve helped many different teams uplift in different ways. Read on for the Product Development Health Check Playbook written by Angus McDonald and Kayla Li.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Product Management Unpacked

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Here’s what strategic partner PayPal did to bring scaled product management to life for this startup-oriented software engineer. He expected to get what he needed from Carnegie Mellon University’s Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM) program. I felt PayPal would be a great choice.”. “Is

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UX Planet

JANUARY 4, 2024

Amidst the ever-shifting terrain of professional development, my journey from an Industrial Designer with a specialization in Textile to a Design Strategist has been a transformative experience. When I later transitioned into a Product Manager role, this customer-centric approach became invaluable.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Nowadays, digital products are becoming more and more prominent in our lives, and it’s already part of our daily activities. The majority of such apps have undergone iterative and incremental development to enhance and improve their features. Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 13, 2020

It was on this day in 1931 that the field of product management was born – its birth marked by an internal memorandum written by Neil H. McElroy, manager of Proctor and Gamble’s Promotion department. In many ways, the role of a brand manager has informed the modern-day product manager role. It’s May 13th.

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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. Signup to be a Mentor Today! Meet the mentors….

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

This is a free sample story from my book The Making of Product Managers. It is unusual that Michael’s first brush with product management was during his master’s degree in systems design engineering. He asked his program supervisor to let him spend the remainder of the program designing and developing this platform.

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Product Management Unpacked

APRIL 10, 2019

If you’re reading this, you’re exploring how to become a Product Manager and you’ve undoubtedly concluded that you will be in high demand. The role of Product Manager is in the top 10 hardest-to-fill jobs across the entire information technology sector, which makes them among the highest paid, too. You’re right.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Even as product managers (PMs) have grown in popularity over the past decade, the same issue looms across the industry: it’s hard to define the aforementioned value up-front when asked for. Product managers are important and their growth only rises According to Zippia, there are over 41k PMs, just in the US alone.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 7, 2020

But silk can turn to sandpaper pretty quickly in software development. Let’s Construct If this happens ever too often, the issue is with the ‘ direction of developing ’ the feature. He manages to sell all those flats in advance and has promised to give possession in a year’s time. Imagine this?—?a Horizontal Approach ?—?But

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Do you find being a product manager particularly challenging? Take a look at these nine indicators to determine if product management is the right career for you, or not. digital product management positions have never been more pervasive or idolized than they are right now. Let’s be real for a second?—?digital

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2021

I explained to him what Product Managers do. I told him that Product managers are responsible for guiding the success of a product and that they lead the cross-functional team that is responsible for building, scaling, and supporting it. In many ways, product managers are like movie directors. ????

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Mind the Product

MAY 16, 2019

Product people usually spend a substantial period of time in a problem-solution space, learning about customers, about their pain points, and seeking opportunities to add value. The products they develop will eventually solve some problems and make people’s lives easier, and there is nothing wrong with this approach.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2021

Half of the calls I get from CEOs include requests for Product Management to boost productivity in Engineering (aka Development aka Makers). It also signals a lack of trust between the executive team and the development organization: “how do I know I’m getting my money’s worth out of this mysterious process?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If you manage AI products, the answer is probably “many”. AI product management is a unique beast that can be quite challenging, but there are ways to make it easier. Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels In 2014, at the ProductX conference, I won second place for my presentation on time management for busy product managers.

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