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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Product Management

Think of these as the big upfront questions a developer should ask to get an overall picture. Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? How will you differentiate from these? What’s the state of those systems? Do you need a ticket system?

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16 Product Management Best Practices For Successful PMs

Userpilot

Make sure the development team understands the overarching goal they’re working towards. Develop a solid differentiation strategy and use a mix of differentiators to help your product stand out from competitors. Make sure you have a system in place for the effective sharing of such data.

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Problem Solving as a Product Manager

The Product Guy

On one hand, everybody expected me to focus on the problems that will help them to succeed in their workflows or function, and on the other hand, I had limited time to give all the problems their due attention it. Therefore, it was important for me to be aware of the following three things: 1) Where should I start? 2) What should I solve?

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When going fast is not the same as going somewhere

The Product Coalition

A view into Ikea’s integrated activity system. Mostly according to Porter, 1996 Ikea is a prime example where activities throughout the company, like product development, supply chain, packaging, and marketing, are tightly integrated. Today, most autonomous product development teams work hard to improve their product?—?an

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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

However, this is a naïve analysis that overlooks lost market share due to poor strategic thinking, or the demoralizing effect on engineers having to repeatedly rewrite code because of poor product-market fit. What systems/metrics/processes do we need to measure and track winning? Where do we play? And where do we not play?

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UX Case Study: an information architectural redesign project

UX Studio

In this case study we’ll introduce the methods we used in our UX design process to make a complex system more user-friendly. In this project, we redesigned the information architecture of the cloud-based permission system for Hungary’s best-known architectural design software. Permission system of the teamwork platform.

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The many paths of a product manager

The Product Coalition

We analyzed dozens of job descriptions from leading companies (Airbnb, Amazon, Booking, eBay, Expedia, Instagram, Intercom, LinkedIn, Netflix, PayPal, Spotify, among others) and we were able to differentiate hundreds of distinct skills and responsibilities. Agile : Product owner role, software development, team cadence, delivery.