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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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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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TEI 325: 5 tools to create alignment, communicate better and build trust – with Stefano Mastrogiacomo, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can get their teams on the same page. Effective product managers are good communicators and can get team members aligned to meet the objectives of a product. 2:30] Why do some teams underperform? Teams underperform when members work around each other and not with each other.

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Storyboarding for Influence: How Product Managers Can Drive Alignment Without Authority

Productside

Yet most product managers still rely on long documents, jargon-filled briefs, and clunky slide decks that dont land with the people who matter. When done well, storyboarding helps PMs communicate clearly, align teams faster, and influence decisionswithout needing formal authority. How: Whats your unique approach?

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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. API teams need to think about onboarding just like everyone else. This got me curious.

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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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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.