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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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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Modus Create

MAY 3, 2023

Common misconceptions with UX and product development UX is a powerful and valuable tool, but misconceptions abound about what UX can do and how long it can take to reap the benefits. In engineering-driven organizations, product management can be very feature-focused. If you know your users, where is it documented?

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TechEmpower - Product Management

MARCH 4, 2024

TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions. Overall, generative AI is a transformative asset in the software engineering lifecycle, from conception to deployment.

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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. Another trigger is a new job- where you are taking over a product from somebody else. What was the product manager considering?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 15, 2022

What is the best software localization tool available at the moment? There is no simple answer to this question, as it all depends on your product and your goals. The article explores what product managers need to consider when choosing the localization tool for their SaaS product. What is software localization?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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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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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2019

Product Management is an elusive craft. And what makes this even harder is that, because PMs own so few clear deliverables (such as code or designs), it can be tricky to pinpoint what exact impact a PM had on a team. The result is that performance reviews can be hard to do well, consistently, across multiple managers.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer. She diligently rose through the ranks, finally growing into the individual contributor role of a staff engineer. I was all alone.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

Their goal is to facilitate the creation of screens and code faster for designers and developers. This means the design system designers don’t just create the Figma UI design kit, token names, design system documentation, and educate the team. tldraw Imagine that you have an AI that trains specifically for your product needs.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In our last blog, we showed you what you need to do and to avoid to make awesome product tours and walkthroughs. In this blog, we’re going to take your through the market-leading product tour software and solutions out there so you can choose the one that suits you best. Intercom Product Tours doesn’t support A/B testing.

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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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ProductPlan

MARCH 14, 2023

They range from gargantuan MRI machines to cotton swabs to the patient portal software for scheduling appointments. Regardless of their scale and scope, they’re all products with production schedules, marketing plans, sales teams, logistics specialists, and—in most cases—product managers.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

switching from analytical work or coding to running a meeting). A study by Cornell University and Qatalog found that almost half of people surveyed said that context switching makes them less productive and causes fatigue. Review your time : review where your time went. Plan your time: deliberately plan your time.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2023

Design skills can be valuable for Product Managers (PMs) to allow them to understand, communicate with the design team, and effectively contribute to the design process. Photo by Balázs Kétyi on Unsplash I have been scrutinizing and reflecting for a long time, on what a product manager should do and need.

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Usersnap

APRIL 29, 2023

Product managers have a lot of ground to cover. From staying on top of market trends, user needs, customer feedback , and industry insights to managing their resources, and planning what’s ahead for their product. You’ll be able to understand how chatGPT can be a great tool for product management.

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Userpilot

APRIL 10, 2024

Don’t custom code – use the right knowledge base software. It can serve as a reference point, so customers can review the steps whenever necessary. Your knowledge base may include blog posts, documentation , case studies, webinars , video tutorials, case studies, and interactive walkthroughs.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We had a product lifecycle, although… it wasn’t documented in a playbook. I thought we were in good shape, given that this was the next release of an existing software product. In the world of a physical product, it’s the process of managing a ‘thing’ through the stages of its life, from development through decline.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 28, 2020

Inspire Top Product Talent to Grow Their Career at Your Organization | Photo by Kolleen Gladden on Unsplash To motivate product managers to grow their career with your organization, a transparent and documented process for roles and promotions is critical. We will evaluate promotions twice per year?—?September

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

What exactly is the product manager role? And the role of a product manager can vary drastically depending on the type of product manager. That’s why we’ve put together a comprehensive post on everything you need to know about the product manager role, including: Responsibilities of a product manager.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 2, 2018

Agile teams have a lot of moving parts, and it can be difficult to understand where product responsibilities fall across team members. And a mobile product manager or mobile product owner role can be difficult for only one person to take on. For mobile product managers, bridging the gap is where problems can arise.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Guest Post by: Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. Make a list of the scope and the challenges to your product. Second Attempt.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 15, 2021

with very little effort but a huge amount of diligence and thought, and you can do it in 15 minutes if you have access to all the research already. Circles is a product framework I learned about from some product managers at Google. To do this on the fly is a keystone habit for good product management at Whispir.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. Think about the complexity involved in developing and releasing a piece of software.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Source: [link] I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the writing of this article. I also thank Product Coalition founder Jay Stansell, who has provided a trustworthy and collaborative product management education environment. They all loved SharePoint.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 28, 2021

The internet is rife with advice on how to become a Product Manager – often written by people who have never worked as a Product Manager themselves. Contents: Why is breaking into the Product Management career path difficult? Tips for becoming a Project Manager John Fontenot’s Path to Product.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Data science has traditionally been an analysis-only endeavor: using historical statistics, user interaction trends, or AI machine learning to predict the impact of deterministically coded software changes. So here are a few tips for product managers who may be pulling data science – and data scientists – into our product processes.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

When a company hires a fancy management consulting firm to help them “optimize” operations, one of the first things they’ll do is document how things are currently being done. But defining and documenting core business processes has a number of benefits for organizations, regardless of their size or maturity.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

This is a free sample story from my book The Making of Product Managers. Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. Unsure of the best way to break into the technology industry, she attended a coding boot camp at Lighthouse Labs for becoming a developer.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 6, 2023

And while that truism could be applied equally to recipes, sports analysis, or politics, we’re focusing here on product management websites. It turns out a lot of product folks like to share their tips and wisdom on the Internet. Product Talk. Silicon Valley Product Group. Department of Product.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 23, 2022

No matter how you define product management, customers should always be at the center of things. Product managers try to solve customer problems, address customer pain points, add value for customers, etc. But it’s pretty hard to do anything without understanding how to incorporate empathy into product management.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 5, 2020

However, these threats are more focused on the back end software in websites. Many of these companies work with other businesses, essentially doing one or all of the following: Translating various documents from one language to another, or many other languages. I’m not sending any documents through this site, because it’s not secure!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

AUGUST 25, 2020

As you progress through product management job interviews, you may notice that many companies ask for the PM candidates to complete a take-home assignment. This take-home assignment can consist of product design questions, metrics and analytics, and sometimes strategy.

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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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Gainsight

OCTOBER 22, 2020

I’m responsible for Product Management and Technical Communications. As one team, we provide relevant guidance to users when they need it, whether it is through documentation or inside the product. Afternoons are often focused on reviewing requirements, wireframes, and designs for the next set of initiatives.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Curious to know how to advance your career as a long-term product manager as either s group product manager or principal product manager? Product managers are responsible for establishing a product’s vision and long-term business strategy while ensuring that all stakeholders are aware of said strategy.

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