Mon.Nov 25, 2019

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Why You’re Afraid of Your Product Roadmap

ProductPlan

Roadmaps are scary. For product managers, a roadmap is the most widely discussed and circulated document. Despite being one of the most essential parts of their job, many product managers are afraid of their roadmap. I don’t mean the actual roadmap is spooky or terrifying. But maintaining one, defending one, and owning one is daunting. Moreover, the magnitude and importance of roadmaps can be downright intimidating.

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Intercom on Product: The intersection of company and product strategy

Intercom, Inc.

Five years ago I wrote about how product strategy means saying no – you must ruthlessly protect your product from feature creep. . Saying no, however, is just one part of a successful product strategy. As your business scales, you’ll need to carefully align your product strategy with your broader company strategy to ensure cohesive and sustainable growth.

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Using the Product Canvas to Define Your Product’s Core Requirements – Part 2

bpma ProductHub

by Ellen Gottesdiener – The Product Canvas can help address a number of challenges as you transition to a product-centric organization. You may want to take a step back to rethink your product strategy. Perhaps you realize you’re not organized for optimal product development and need to redesign your organization so its structure follows product.

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Creating a Highly Skilled PM Team – You Asked, We Answered

280 Group

This month, we presented a webinar from our Product Management Leadership series – Building Great Products With Superior Product Management Skills. You can view the accompanying blog post here. We received so many great questions on the topic and have included answers to the top questions down below. Thank you all for engaging in our webinar! These questions were answered by Roger Snyder and Rina Vernovskaya.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Webinar: What to Do Before and After a Mobile App Launch to Improve Customer Experience

Alchemer Mobile

Getting your app up and running is only half the battle. What comes next is equally as important. How do you determine what is and isn’t working? How do you know what your customers need and want? In this webinar, Robi Ganguly, CEO and Co-Founder, Apptentive and Ben Johnson, VP Mobile Strategy, Rightpoint will cover the essentials to have in place both pre- and post-launch in order to provide the best customer experience possible.

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Tactical vs. Strategic: Where Product Managers Really Spent Their Time in 2019

ProductCraft

When Jim, a mid-career product manager, joined his company last year, he had big goals. He saw himself acting as the voice of the market, interviewing users, and collaborating with the data science team to identify trends. He wanted to create a plan and a roadmap to move his product from No. 3 to No. Read more » The post Tactical vs. Strategic: Where Product Managers Really Spent Their Time in 2019 appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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What Is Project Management?

The Product Coalition

Have you ever wondered what is project management? Is it really only about keeping everything in the line so we can finish the work in… Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».

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Project Portfolio Problems Masquerade as Project Problems

Johanna Rothman

A potential client called me. “What's a good tool to see the state of my projects? I need a tool.” I asked, “What problems do you see?” “Everything is late. No one's synchronized. I can't tell where the projects are.” “How many projects do you have in progress?” “At least 100.” (I was pretty sure I now understood the problem.) “How many people do you have working on the projects?

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21 Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns

The Product Coalition

TL; DR: Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns What event could better embody Scrum’s principle of empiricism than the Sprint Retrospective? I assume all peers agree that even the simplest retrospective?—?if only held regularly?—?is far more useful than having a fancy one once in a while, not to mention having none at all. Moreover, there is always room for improvement.

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Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing

Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.

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How to Recruit Participants for a Study

UserInterviews

Learn strategies for targeting the right people, screening, and incentives. Review popular recruitment channels including live intercepts, social media, online tools, and more.

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The Value of an Experienced PM

The Product Coalition

What are the attributes of a great Product Manager? That’s a question we recently asked ourselves at Zencity when we were looking to add another PM to the team. Some attributes are a part of a person’s character. Things like curiosity, sharp thinking and a relentless pursuit of truth. Those traits might be developed and enhanced, but for the most part?

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Developing a PRD

Actuation Consulting

Essentials of a Product Requirements Document (PRD). In this week’s post, I’m going to discuss the nuts and bolts of the PRD (Product Requirements Document). Next week I’ll complete this discussion by covering some of the specifics that will be part of a good PRD. What is a Product Requirements Document? A PRD is a document that serves the development team.

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Is Your Product Manager Going to Jump Ship?

The Product Coalition

In the Product Management Festival Trends & Benchmarks Report 2019, one of the key findings was that 75% of Product Managers are on the… Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.

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Molehill Mountain: A Self-Help App for Autistic People by Nicola O’Connor

Mind the Product

Nicola O’Connor is a content strategist at Autistica. In her ProductTank London talk, she gives a recap of her first experience as part of a product team. The product being built is Molehill Mountain , an app for helping autistic people to understand and manage their anxiety. She speaks about: Developing the Molehill Mountain idea. Why develop products like this.

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The Cannoneer Formula

The Product Coalition

Three essential factors that make or break software projects Unsplash.com Every second software project is doomed to fail Your development project has a 50% survival and success rate, according to Standing Group. They publish the so-called CHAOS report , where they look at most common reasons why projects don’t succeed. In their report they show that nearly half of all software projects are doomed to fail.

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Announcing NextBigWhat Meetup: Product Managers’ Guide To Taking An Idea To Market

NextBigWhat

As Product Manager / Founder, one is expected to understand the journey of taking a product from an idea to market and all that it encompasses: hypothesis, prototype, validation, testing and importantly, dealing with organization-wide coordination. Having a clear understanding of this process will lend more clarity to your thought process as an experienced or new Product Manager when taking the important calls.

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Everything You Need to Know about APM Programs

The Product Coalition

APM programs or Associate Product Manager programs are roles designed for graduates, to introduce them to the world of PM. Their main goal is to provide mentorship for young talent, and for some, it serves as a good alternative to non-existent Product Management bachelor’s degrees. They are pretty common in Silicon Valley, offered by companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, PayPal, Salesforce, and many many more.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Product Management Executive Roundtable Highlights

Product Management University

I began organizing this Product Management Executive Roundtable couple of years ago at the request of a few clients. They brought to my attention the fact that there aren’t any networking forums specifically for product management VPs, SVPs and CPOs. Our third roundtable was last week and what a great day. The chemistry in this group is amazing, especially since half of them had never met before.