UX Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For example, the more technical the product, the larger the designers technology gap that must be filled by an engineer. That said, product designers should still have a moderate level of knowledge about the technical aspects of the product and the industry as awhole.) Try explaining that at theoffice!

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

This makes the sprint planning work challenging, and it can leave the development team feeling exhausted and stressed rather than motivated to start the new sprint. Bear in mind that product backlog grooming should be a team effort and that you should involve the development team members in the backlog work. Focus on the Sprint Goal.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 9, 2018

I find it helpful to form a product discovery team that consists of: Development team members: user experience (UX) designer, developer, tester; Key stakeholders , for example, people from marketing, sales, and support; A ScrumMaster or agile coach. The UX designer, developer, tester should work on the development team.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 29, 2018

He has created products and led product teams for Fortune 500 companies including Cisco and Capital One, advised several small and medium businesses, and founded a Product Innovation, Design Thinking and Agile coaching practice called 5D Vision. 6:55] How do you develop a customer focus? The author of the book is Valerio Zanini.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 26, 2020

Unlike traditional product managers, Claire is less involved with the technical aspects of product management. In some settings, this role is assumed by the product manager who is managing the technical aspects of the product. This may hinder their ability to connect with the members of the C-suite who may not have technical knowledge.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. After attending a web development boot camp and working as a web developer at a small startup, she got the opportunity to become a product manager. Unfortunately, there were none.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 1, 2024

What technical knowledge does Spotify expect from a candidate? explains that we need not just a “techie” who will monitor technical indicators but a product manager who will combine knowledge of the technical world with an understanding of customers' desires and main company metrics. Know what our users want?

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UX Studio

MAY 15, 2018

By definition, design handoff takes place when the finished design has reached the stage for the developers to implement it. Let’s look at the basics and some suggestions to get the best out of the designer-developer collaboration. Illustration from Intercom’s article about the values of designer-developer collab.

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The Product Bistro

JUNE 14, 2016

Even though structured customer visits are technically “ marketing ” research, for them to be valuable requires that many of the key groups in the organization are involved. Finance – the finance team is often responsible to track development costs before launch, and the profitability of the sales ramp.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Product specialization : “very tailored to solve a specific technical or business need” that becomes complicated quickly. To not try to please everyone, Ben and Blair advise “staying the course, given your strategy is sound”. The customer vs. the user: the one buying your product isn’t the same one who pays for it.

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Trend-watching as a career accelerator : Developing a systematic approach to tracking industry trends led to major product initiatives and faster career advancement in each role. I am leveraging my product background in both coaching and advising AI-driven startups. AI-Enhanced Preparation : Contribute to SelfActualize.ai

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2020

Planning to develop a website, game or other? Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Localization is not an act in hindsight, but an integral part of the product development process. Therefore, the integration of a localization strategy within product development planning and its cycles is crucial.

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Roy Madden

JUNE 29, 2021

Set up email campaigns in collaboration with the broader marketing team, recommend and implement A/B and multivariate testing, and advise on ways to continuously improve overall email performance. You have 3+ years of experience with Hubspot, particularly focused on technical implementation. Required skills and experience.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2022

The full-fledged introduction of AI systems in the field of law is hampered by a number of technical difficulties. However, most of them can be solved by optimizing existing algorithms or developing alternative technical solutions. This seems to automatically discharge the use of AI.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The goals can be expanded across marketing, sales, development, product management, a quality that should collectively represent the vision and outcomes expected from the product. I have been doing consulting and advising work with startups, so let me know if you have any questions about this article. Goals: Goals should be S.M.A.R.T.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In this post, we’ll address some of the hard skills we believe product managers should develop. They are your technical skills. As a product manager, your role requires you to know not only the details of your product’s development, but also how things happening elsewhere in the company could affect that development.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

PM with a technical background and a strong product sense. Technical fluency to understand, communicate, and drive impact in highly technical and fast-moving problem spaces. PMs with no technical background. Those without a technical background. Who would be the best fit for this job? Android-first PMs.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

It’s partly because few companies that hire PMs attend university careers fairs and so careers advisers and tutors are not aware of or familiar with the role. Graduate-level Product Managers start out as a blank canvas, and will need mentoring to develop into a great Product Manager. Self Improvement.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Here’s what we’ve learned based on our experience of adopting a testing mindset and seeing your way through innovative product development. Finding this match is the ultimate challenge in innovative product development, and it’s nearly impossible to plan this entirely in advance. Technical Feasibility. Chaos Report 2015.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. is to either be more strategic or to develop more as a leader. interpersonal, emotional intelligence, etc?—?that

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

According to him, there are three critical dimensions to ensuring agile, customer-centric product operations: Product development : Frequent releases and updates allow for responsiveness to customer feedback , proactive problem detection, and maintaining high user satisfaction.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

That means your focus should be on building the right customer profile and developing precise messaging to reach them. We built a sales development team in the Philippines, and you have to do more with less when you’re at an early stage company like that. You’re advising more than 50 companies right now.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 15, 2016

He is also a former award-winning professor who has since spoken to and advised hundreds of thousands of professionals around the world. I was working with a product manager in a technical manufacturing organization in the areas of core culture and leadership training. Top 100 leadership speaker. Now, product manager? Raw Transcript.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

She advises executives around the world regarding product management. Andrea Saez – Writer, Speaker, Advisor | Sr PMM @ Product School. Melissa Perri is one of the most recognizable names in Product Management. She’s currently a consultant, speaker, and teacher in product management.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

A good starting point would be working with the “Manifesto of Agile Software Development,” particularly ensuring that stakeholders understand that adapting to change over following a plan is paramount for the organization’s future success. A new feature is overdue and has been drastically underestimated due to unexpected technical debt.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. One last question: one of the most common questions we get at PMLesson is whether or not a PM needs to be technical. Basically, the strategy is similar.

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Mind the Product

JULY 10, 2017

Let’s establish this right upfront: nothing beats a well-managed full-time in-house team of local developers. Are there enough skilled developers at your location? For example, a local startup team I consult for are developing their web app in-house while outsourcing their mobile development team of 12 to Poland.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 23, 2023

A product analyst needs to have the following skillsets: Technical skills: data analysis , data visualization, statistical analysis, and technical tools. But aspiring students are advised to study the following under a bachelor’s degree – business management, statistics, economics, or computer science.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

But in our experience, everything can be done if the development team and project manager have deep expertise and, along with the product owner, carefully listen to each other and keep themselves open to cooperation. To be clear, we will not discuss how to start a software development project or which steps you should take to kick it off.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 10, 2016

It gave me a lot of food for thought about how we develop expertise in product discovery. If we develop better mental representations, we’ll be able to respond more quickly and effectively. We ignore the advice of Chip and Dan Heath where they advise us to avoid “whether or not” decisions (i.e. We don’t consider enough ideas.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Then I was running a technical excellence team and I didn’t know how to code. That has been my biggest opportunity, and I think that’s also probably something that I would advise people to think about when in their career and they think about what they can do. I get asked a lot how did you become and executive? ‘I I don’t know.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

Challenge definition A challenge could be responding to customer feedback, introducing a proposition, or overcoming a technical problem. This is likely to involve both design and technical details. The technical details will also need to be documented in a form that best works for your team.

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Userpilot

MARCH 3, 2022

This article will help you develop and finetune your product manager resume, present your skills in the most favorable light, win the attention of the hiring managers, get interviews, and ultimately land your dream job. Product managers should treat their resumes as products and use their professional skills to develop them.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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All About Product Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

But what is 'Technical Product Management'? Traditionally technical Product management is a role that has operated in software and technology companies. How can 'Technical Product Management' help non technical businesses? Paul Lancour in his podcast interview IT Product Management: An Art More Than a Science?

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BrainStation Product Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The survey also found that 62 percent of respondents worked on teams of 10 or fewer, and collaboration is a constant; in fact, Product Managers polled reported that collaboration was the second-most time-consuming function of their job, behind only developing specs. Technical Skills for Product Management.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Larry advises companies not to deploy GenAI directly to customers without human oversight the potential consequences are too high, particularly for highly regulated industries like financial services, life sciences, and healthcare. Companies with mature software development functions arent necessarily equipped to develop AI.

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