Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

He writes, he tweets, he regularly speaks at conferences, and with 31,000 Twitter followers (not to mention 26,000 followers to his Medium blog ), he’s a prolific and consistent voice in the study and development of the product management craft. Every relationship where you help people initially has a power differential.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

What is the mission, vision and strategy to solve the problem? I used the Mission/Vision/Strategy framework to analyze our work. The Vision illustrates an image of what that solution looks like in X years. There are different visions at different time intervals. What problem(s) are being solved?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

As a result of my participation in the product mentorship program I expect to spend the majority of my time in the rest of 2017 doing strategic work, such as product marketing, positioning, pricing, packaging, competitive differentiation (offensive and defensive), customer segmentation, and so on. Where do we play? And where do we not play?

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

A product team structure is how a business organizes the product team to best support software development. It brings together experts from different disciplines and functions who work together to design, develop, launch, and support a product. Book the demo to see how it can support your product team structure.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

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.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

Product managers of SaaS products, therefore, need to really focus on differentiating their SaaS and pushing users to constantly unlock more value in the product. And for a PM, differentiation becomes more critical. Both the customer success team and the product management team need to be aligned on the product vision.

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Product Culture

MAY 2, 2018

When I am hiring product managers, I look for the following qualities in this order: Leadership Skills (listening, deciding, communicating a vision). They have good experience with the software development process and usually have good analytical skills as well. Analytical Approach. Business Sense. Domain Knowledge.

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

But accessibility is more about inclusiveness and including vision, hearing, mobility and cognition impairments when building a product. For Alexa , there is a range of features to support accessibility needs related to vision, hearing, mobility, and speech. Take Facebook’s accessibility features , for example. Drives innovation.

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Userpilot

MARCH 27, 2023

Software developers can use product analytics to optimize their technical performance. For example, it may be using a feature that differentiates you from competitors. Prioritize product improvements and new feature development As a product manager, you’re not able to solve all your users’ problems.

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Revulytics

OCTOBER 30, 2019

You have your vision on one side, you hopefully have a strong value proposition, maybe you have a strategy. I was head of the product team for Apple Maps for four years, and our vision is probably fairly obvious: we wanted Apple ecosystem customers to be able to seamlessly explore and navigate the world.

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These leave an exceptional first impression and differentiate our clients from competitors. The digital design company has collaborated with tech startups, software development companies, and various businesses and brands to bring ideas to life. Their previous clients include Wellbank, Esthe Home, Cofinance, and Pluck.

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Tyner Blain

AUGUST 1, 2013

For that particular team, we were addressing a lot of chaos and trying to drive some clarity around the vision of the product. To do that, it needed to allow users to address differentiated problems, or be differentiated in how it addressed those problems. It would generate buzz, by being awesome and noteworthy. Thanks, Luke!

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 11, 2017

For example, my background is software development. When I don’t know what else to do, it is easiest for me to help with the software, but that is not my role. As a product manager, you have to be the one that keeps the big picture of the product vision in focus for everyone on the team. [15:29]

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UX Studio

JUNE 30, 2023

We discuss the project’s background, vision, and goals, and conduct stakeholder interviews. They came together with a vision to build captivating digital experiences that drive business value. Development: Their web development services encompass a wide range of offerings.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

John Cutler first used the term to describe such companies because their software development processes resemble factory assembly lines. To avoid falling into this trap, feature development should be driven by product vision. Product parity trap and no product differentiation. Prioritize product vision.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

the Product Manager is a sheepdog…” As a sheepdog, a Product Manager is “right at the nexus of all other teams” where he or she “ leads in defining the product vision , establishing the operational plan to get there, and then executing on it ”. Therefore, Ben and Blair differentiate between customer and user problems.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. After doing IT consulting for some time he moved into Product Management at Lucent Technologies and held various roles developing and launching multiple telecom software and hardware products. Vikas Batra Product Management Leader, Alcatel-Lucent.

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Userpilot

APRIL 7, 2024

Similarly, software product managers generally have different roles compared to hardware product managers. Specify product vision and create the product strategy. Oversee product development and design. Implement the feedback from prototype testing and move to the development phase. Specify feature prioritization.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

No software developer wakes up in the morning excited to write a bunch of code that will be re-written a few sprints later. They could be inspired by new technology, a new business model gaining traction, or a competitor’s differentiating capabilities. Why do product teams become feature factories?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Yes, people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs were intelligent designers; but what was it that differentiated their working approach from other methodologies ? Famously, in 2001, around twenty tech personalities published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Recognize any points? But let’s focus on what Agile means today.

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UX Studio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They can create really nice looking screens that are user friendly […] But if you’re building on top of that some business knowledge, and you’re able to think with the head of business stakeholders, that’s a way to differentiate yourself.” So it’s a, I would say it’s a good way of differentiation.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

They have evolved rapidly over the last decade and a half, and we have seen teams go from releasing once a year, to releasing every quarter, to releasing every month, to releasing every week, and many teams are now releasing software as soon as their software developers are done writing it. – Tweet This.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 31, 2022

Avoid the feature fallacy trap by sticking to your product vision, but be open to making adjustments when necessary. In other words, you need a differentiating idea/feature for your product to be competitive. Stick to your product vision and only make adjustments when the suggestions fit your overall strategy. Conclusion.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But the demand for software developers was high and I was good. A couple of jobs later, in 1982, I worked on a machine vision product. Too many managers don't understand the real risks in product development, so they don't know how XP manages many of those risks. I'll either quit today or get my boss to back me up.

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