The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) are important, but there are certain tips and tricks to ensure they reach maximum value! Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

Photo by Canva Studio: [link] The new AI tools are a boon to many professionals, including product managers. Product managers communicate with stakeholders, write specifications, prepare decks, analyze data, and create prototypes. Here are new tools that will boost their productivity.

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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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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

From analyzing market trends to churning user needs and technical feasibility into golden product ideas, there are many benefits of ChatGPT for product managers. A potent tool, ChatGPT has proven to be a strategic addition to the product management toolkit, churning out ideas in even the most unlikely scenarios.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Restaurants don’t put an Apprentice Chef in charge of the kitchen overnight, so why do we do this with Product Managers? Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash Whilst it has been around for decades, product management has grown rapidly over the last few years. Companies are getting creative.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 20, 2022

This post shares some fresh research on how product managers are feeling when writing a Product Requirements Document followed by a practical tool to hopefully solve this problem. Read more » The post Don’t let your first Product Requirements Document be your last appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Mind the Product

JULY 10, 2022

In this Sunday Rewind post, we go all the way back to the pre-pandemic days of March 2016 when Martin Eriksson shared his thoughts on why Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) don’t always work. [.] Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: Product requirement documents must die appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Image by master1305 on Freepik Writing product requirements is the bread and butter of thousands of product managers or product owners worldwide. Whether the medium is a ‘PRD’ (product requirements document), user story, or link to prototypes, there are endless ‘best practices’ and tips for how to do it best.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 20, 2024

How do you conduct root cause analysis in product management? We also explain why it’s important for product managers and share useful tips. What is root cause analysis in product management? While the product manager holds the overall responsibility for RCA, you can’t do it alone.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2022

As if we needed another reason to be enthusiastic about the rise of product operations , we have one. Implementing product ops at your company will reduce your team’s need to produce clunky, one-way communication vehicles like the product requirements document (PRD). What is (was?) There are a few reasons.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 4, 2024

This metamorphosis was not just a change in title; it was a profound realization of the impact that research and strategy can have on the very foundation of the products we create. When I later transitioned into a Product Manager role, this customer-centric approach became invaluable.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2022

Compass for new product managers for how to build an API developer portal | Photo by Ali Kazal on Unsplash With APIs-as-a-Product on a rocketship since 2005, there are many elements that product managers need to master in their Developer persona user experience (Dx) to win and protect their business.

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Melissa Perri

JUNE 29, 2017

“What is the difference between a Product Owner and a Product Manager?”. Honestly, I did very little of what I teach as Product Management now either. I wasn’t called a Product Manager until I bailed out of that and landed in a startup. You are teaching us to talk to users, but I am a Product Owner.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

You’re a Product Manager or Product Owner or both, and you have a new opportunity to add an existing product to your arsenal. Someone has to take over her products or features. Handover from the current product manager Ask the questions You have the responsibility to ask the questions, to get the knowledge.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The B2B Product Manager October 2020. The product led growth model is gaining tremendous momentum. This month we look at the impact on product management and product marketing. As most companies deal with leaner sales pipelines, your product demos are even more critical to making the shortlist.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Christopher’s story, while deeply personal, encapsulates qualities required to become a great product manager: grit , persistence , and resilience. Just like Christopher turned adversity into opportunity, great product managers conquer the inevitable obstacles that will block their path to success.

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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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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 17, 2021

There are countless methodologies, processes, and tools for product management. The product management toolbox continues to grow, which is a recognition of the importance of the craft and work, but nothing in product management is more important than great relationships. Seemingly, new ones appear every day.

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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

JUNE 23, 2022

The Problem Maybe you can identify with some or all of that, and while it might sound ridiculous to some of you, the reality is this is how many product teams function! It was certainly how I worked for a long time, even before formally donning the title of product manager. Your customers will love you.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Whether you had a desired outcome or not, document the lessons learned and make changes moving forward. Imagine a startup building a new product management tool. The MVP could include basic task management, project tracking, and user collaboration features. Let’s consider an example to illustrate these differences.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

(Please refer to my article “ Scaling the Product Owner Role ” for more information on how to jointly manage a product.). Many years ago, I was discussing a lengthy requirements document with the product manager in charge of a healthcare product. Prioritise.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. What Does ‘Influence’ Mean?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash Product Management is one of the hottest and trending career options today. I’ve made the transition from an Analyst to a Product Manager (PM) , which is why many such aspirants often ask me for advice: How do I get into Product Management? That’s it folks.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a SaaS product manager? The need for SaaS product managers is skyrocketing with each passing year. More and more businesses develop Software as a Service (SaaS) products to remain relevant in their respective markets and grow their income streams. How to Become SaaS Product Manager?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 29, 2019

What’s a partial product manager? We’ve all met one, and many of us have been one – a partial product manager is someone who holds the product manager title, but isn’t doing the full job. It can happen really easily, because great product management encompasses a great deal and is constantly evolving.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 17, 2020

Do you recommend a sales discovery document for each product? 3 Reasons You Don’t Need a Sales Discovery Document for Every Product. We already know what problems our product solves and it’s safe to assume every buyer has the majority of them! Objection, Your Honor…Leading the Witness.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Stable Diffusion Software Product Managers drive products to provide business value. Relating solely to the business and functional requirements- and neglecting to understand the technology behind the product- will cripple the Product Manager instead of empowering her. Created by author using NightCafe AI?—?Stable

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

While articulating trade-off decisions, always use a visual approach As Product Managers, we have to make trade-off decisions almost daily. Always use numbered lists in documents or slides Sounds simple? Always, always, use numbered lists in documents to denote options, points and/or in slides. to get alignment.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Storytelling skills for product management and product marketing are essential because without them, the value context (why the market cares) of what you’re building, marketing and selling is completely masked. Most market requirements documents (MRDs) lead off with a customer problem and why it occurs.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2022

Great Documentation with Readme.io Scalable Machine-to-Machine API Keys with Auth0 With the balanced need for easily giving API keys to partner developers, but also needing top-notch security and scalability, Auth0 is the fastest tool to manage Client ID and API secrets for your offering (see Auth0 documentation ).

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 3, 2023

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Product Management is a very complicated role. But, it is impossible to excel as a Product Manager from the very beginning. So, even though your title is “Product” manager, your focus should be creating/optimizing the value that your product provides.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 30, 2020

How do friction costs and Hick’s Law affect the adoption rates of product features, and how can product managers reduce a user’s cognitive load? Visitors immediately have to process the navigation, layout, forms, text and images all while learning how to use a digital product. appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2019

Product Management is an elusive craft. To complete the document, we articulated our expectations for each level, from Associate to Principal. We’re now focused on building a second ladder that plots the management path to help our PMs decide the right route for them (and to help us progress too).

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 27, 2023

Image Credit: Mike Mozart As a product manager, our goal is to get more people to buy our products. If you happen to be selling your products online, both you and your customers are very aware that your advertised price is not what they’ll end up paying – they also have to pay shipping costs.

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