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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Leveraging Software Platforms

Roman Pichler

Be Clear on What a Software Platform Is. Different people have suggested different definitions for the term software platform. Let me briefly share mine: I view such a platform as a collection of software assets that are used by several products, as the following picture illustrates.

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Common Usability Issues with Web APIs: And How Discovery Can Help

Product Talk

Last week, I shared that we often get asked, Do API teams need to do discovery ? Today, Ill be covering the most common usability issues that arise when developers start working with a new API. If we can make it as easy as possible for developers to adopt and get value from our API products, we can often acquire a customer for life.

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Product in Practice: Getting Started with Several APIs (And the Challenges I Faced)

Product Talk

But then, one day, I found myself reading Ask Your Developer by Jeff Lawson and I realized I was the one making the mistake. Dont Ask Humans to Do Tasks That Should Be Automated If you arent familiar with Ask Your Developer, its a great read. Its written to help non-engineers understand the value of software engineering.

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8 Tips for Collaborating with Development Teams

Roman Pichler

Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Treat the Team as an Equal Partner. The team members are not your resources but the people who create your product. Assume that the team members want to do their best.

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Five Product Owner Myths Busted

Roman Pichler

” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. The SAFe product owner is tactical in nature and focuses on working on the product backlog and guiding the development teams. Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance.

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Outsourced Software Product Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Arkenea

In a fastmoving digital economy, many organizations leverage outsourced software product development to accelerate innovation, control costs, and tap into global expertise. Rather than building and maintaining a large inhouse team, businesses partner with specialized vendors to handle design, development, testing, and deployment.