Thu.Sep 27, 2018

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Plan Your Build, Don’t Build Your Plan: Get the Most From Your Retrospective

Mind the Product

It was a Friday afternoon and I was feeling nervous. I was about to meet our biggest customer, an established enterprise owning some of the world’s most valuable brands. As our product helped companies, well, build their brand, it was a big deal. The meeting was planned to take only 25 minutes, so we got straight to the point. There had been a serious legal incident with celebrity images published outside of the license agreement, and the customer was now facing catastrophic claims.

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How to Shape Remarkable Products in the Messy Middle of Building Startups

First Round Review

Behance founder and Adobe's Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky believes the hardest and most crucial part of any bold venture is the middle stretch of company building. Here he zeroes in on what startups must do to iterate and improve products mid-flight.

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Certifications — Are They Worth It?

Clever PM

I’ll be attending my second formal training this year, getting my Certified Scrum Master certification to match the Certified Product Manager certification that I picked up earlier this year. After 15 years in the business, you might wonder why I’m just now getting around to being “certified”, and I hate to say it but the […].

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How to organize a local meetup remotely

Miro

Even if you like your job, it’s great to have some space for professional exploration, inspiration and education without the pressure of daily work tasks. Conferences cost money and require a day or more of your time. Meetups, on the other hand, are a perfect social and professional activity: monthly or weekly events with a […]. The post How to organize a local meetup remotely appeared first on RealtimeBoard Blog.

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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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How to Make an Impact on the Product Management Community in 15 Minutes

The Product Coalition

PMs working together raises everyone Over the years, Product Management Festival has had the privilege of meeting many product managers from around the world. Despite product managers coming from different geographies, industries, and company size, we heard the same question from them: “What are other product managers?—?of my level?—?doing?” And these people desired greater awareness in how their peers addressed some of the toughest questions for their organisations like areas to invest, balanci

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The Best Products Feel Familiar

The Product Coalition

Many companies and product teams today are derided for idea theft. It’s not uncommon to hear people say “oh Instagram just stole the concept for Stories from Snapchat” or “that company is just another Uber for X”. There are a lot of business reasons behind why completely copying a company is a bad idea. Sure, great artists steal, but it’s difficult to ’steal’ the marketplace effects of Uber, or have the ability to drive eyeballs in the way that Instagram has been able to do with Stories.

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Experiment 07 — iPad, Power Search, and Paged Scrolling

Roy Madden

Experiment 07 comes with 5 different parts we want to share and discuss with you: iPad/Tablet Preview, Power Search, Settings, Paged Scrolling, and Pro upgrade – all on both Android and iOS. iPad and Android Tablet. After twelve weeks of phone exploration, it is time to shift our focus to the tablet and see how some of the innovation translate to a bigger screen.

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Welcome New TSIA Members! September Edition

TSIA

At TSIA, we are dedicated to helping technology and services organizations both large and small grow and advance in the technology industry. We'd like to take the opportunity to welcome our newest members, as well as acknowledge companies already a part of the TSIA community who have recently renewed or expanded their membership to include additional research practice TSIA has to offer.

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3 Qualities I Look For When I’m Hiring

StubHub

By Marilyn McDonald, Senior Director, Product, Design & TPM Digging out after a snowstorm. We’re not in Arizona anymore. When I was 22 and fresh out of college, I sold everything I owned and bought a secondhand Volkswagen van from a roadside seller. I loaded it up with my belongings and set off on a one-way road trip from Arizona to California. My big plan was to learn how to snowboard.

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee

As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.

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Scaling Start-Ups with Product Management

BrainMates

Scaling is the Holy Grail for most start-ups. From the heady rush of launch to securing investors, scaling is the principle that underpins start-up business the world over. So how do you scale Product Management within start-ups and other organisations? When is the best time to scale? And how do you avoid the worst pitfalls, to ensure that scaling is strategic, invigorating and, ultimately, profitable?

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Inside 'Jobs'

dscout People Nerds

How Jobs-to-be-Done pioneer Tony Ulwick used a “humiliating failure” to fuel a career helping companies innovate to meet customer needs.

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6 Steps to Stronger Customer Loyalty

Alchemer Mobile

Customers have endless options when it comes to choosing new brands and services, which means their expectations are high. Immediacy, personalization, responsiveness, and product quality are a handful of the primary reasons customers will choose to be loyal to one brand over another. But one major component holds the key to earning and solidifying customer loyalty: correctly leveraging customer feedback.