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Bets, Boards, Missions and North Stars by John Cutler

Mind the Product

In this ProductTank Barcelona talk, John Cutler, Product Evangelist at Amplitude, showcases some simple hacks he’s used time and time again as an advisor to help nudge organizations forward and get them thinking in new ways. His key points include: The messy middle Framing bets Explore “ownership” boundaries Hack the language North star framework Watch the [.

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Product Backlog Defense

The Product Coalition

TL; DR: Product Backlog Defense Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers. Moreover, have the courage?—?and the discipline?—?to defend it at all costs. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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TEI 328: Getting started with Jobs-to-be-Done – with INDUSTRY and Mike Belsito

Product Innovation Educators

A framework for product managers to dig deep into their customers’ needs. I am changing the name of the podcast to Product Mastery Now. The new name is coming soon. You don’t need to do anything to keep listening, but it will show in your podcast player not as The Everyday Innovator but as Product Mastery Now. The logo will look the same—just the name is changing. .

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Killing Product Features With Tact

The Product Coalition

Image: Maksim Goncharenok @pexels After almost 1 year of silence, I had to think quite carefully what would trigger my comeback in writing again frequently about topics that matter. So while preparing for the ProductTank Rotterdam panel discussion, I decided to take the time and actually write a piece about “Killing Product Features”, sharing my learnings, since this is something that product people come across and usually feel quite stressed with handling it.

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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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The Focus of Every Agile Coach: Support How the Business Creates Value

Johanna Rothman

How should agile coaches work? I've heard several questions and problems around what agile coaches should and should not do. Should agile coaches focus on: How well the teams use their pre-determined agile framework. (For example, how good is their Scrum?). Enroll (or somehow persuade) the managers in an agile mindset. (As an example, how agile do the managers think?).

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6 Rules of Product Design According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

ProductPlan

In this blog, we will discuss the applications of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs to the world of product design and tips to use this model most effectively to create your product. But first, we must start with the theory itself. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a motivational theory in psychology created by U.S psychologist Abraham Maslow.

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TEI 328: Getting started with Jobs-to-be-Done – with INDUSTRY and Mike Belsito

Product Innovation Educators

A framework for product managers to dig deep into their customers’ needs. I am changing the name of the podcast to Product Mastery Now. The new name is coming soon. You don’t need to do anything to keep listening, but it will show in your podcast player not as The Everyday Innovator but as Product Mastery Now. The logo will look the same—just the name is changing. .

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Finding Product Market Fit : Wisdom from Bhavin Turakhia

NextBigWhat

Finding Product Market Fit is tough and while there are tons of books written on it, there are a very practical insights from the doers. Do listen to this conversation between Ashish Sinha (Founder, FWD app) and Bhavin Turakhia (Flock, Zeta, Radix) on how Bhavin looks at the product-market fit journey. » Do subscribe to the Ashish Sinha show on your fav podcast app ( link ) for actionable business wisdom in less than 5 minutes.

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Curated Content – A low down of news and views from the month of March

Business of Software Conference

Regular BoS Newsletter readers will be familiar with our “Curated Content” section. Every week we share with our wonderful subscribers top news stories that have caught our eye. We know you’re too busy to be scouring the internet for top takes and interesting insights; that’s why we do it for you. If you want to join this community of very clever people receiving regular BoS updates you can Sign up here.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Why You Need Product Management

The Product Coalition

While product management enjoys unquestioned support in the world’s most successful tech companies, other organisations that could substantially benefit from product management are still yet to adopt and embrace the discipline. So, I want to go through why you need product management in your tech or digital organisation. Product management isn’t a new discipline.

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Zapier: My Personal Product Management Assistant

ProductPlan

As a product manager at ProductPlan, I’m particularly proud of our new integration with Zapier because of the impact I know it can make. My appreciation of Zapier’s capabilities started years ago when I worked in Customer Success here at ProductPlan. Back then, we used Zapier to automate how we shared NPS feedback across the company. It was empowering to reduce the time I spent in spreadsheets, and I felt a connection with our customers who had similar pain points.

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Effective Project Management with Trello: Purrweb’s Guide

The Product Coalition

How to coordinate team members, set goals and keep tasks in mind? For effective project management use Trello?—?an online tool with a row of helpful functions. To find out how to work with this app, check out our guide. Providing a clear process organization is extremely hard without special tools, so we advise having something that can help project managers to control the work.

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Zapier: My Personal Product Management Assistant

ProductPlan

As a product manager at ProductPlan, I’m particularly proud of our new integration with Zapier because of the impact I know it can make. My appreciation of Zapier’s capabilities started years ago when I worked in Customer Success here at ProductPlan. Back then, we used Zapier to automate how we shared NPS feedback across the company. It was empowering to reduce the time I spent in spreadsheets, and I felt a connection with our customers who had similar pain points.

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How to Build an Experimentation Culture for Data-Driven Product Development

Speaker: Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product, Statsig

Experimentation is often seen as an aspirational practice, especially at smaller, fast-moving companies who are strapped for time and resources. So, how can you get your team making decisions in a more data-driven way while continuing to remain lean and maintaining ship velocity? In this webinar, Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product at Statsig, will teach you how to build an experimentation culture from the ground-up, graduating from just getting started with data-driven development to operating

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What are the User Activation Benchmarks for SaaS? The Answer Will Surprise You!

Userpilot

Curious to know what the user activation benchmarks are for SaaS? Activation – the elusive pirate metric that’s notoriously hard to measure – also has the biggest impact on SaaS revenue. A 25% increase in activation results in a 34% boost in MRR over 12 months. Wondering why, how you stack against other SaaS businesses, and how to boost your activation rate?

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The Best Intercom Alternatives of 2021

Userpilot

I actually love it when people ask ‘what is the best alternative to Intercom?’ cause the truth is… it depends. Intercom is a multi-faceted tool with a lot of features and use cases ranging from user onboarding (product tours), chatbots (engagement), and customer support. So the question is, what job are YOU looking to get done? If it’s among the three use cases listed above, you will find a very detailed and informative roundup of the best intercom alternatives for these problems + the pri