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Working Remotely? 5 Ways to Help Your Product Team Thrive

Product Talk

Product teams should be co-located. This is an often-repeated “truth” in our industry. Today, in response to COVID-19 , many companies are instituting mandatory work-from-home policies. This is making co-location impossible for many teams. Thankfully, this “truth” was already on its way to being retired. In fact, it was never true for many companies.

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5 Reasons Why Customer Success Is Existential During A Downturn

Gainsight

If you’ve spent any time on any social media these last few days, the responses to the current coronavirus crisis range from: All the way to: In response to these highly polar emotional reactions, many may believe the sensible path is cold reason—set aside feelings and take the rational path. In defense of “emotional” decisions. I truly believe that emotions are completely valid signals, and any call to ignore them ignores not only a part of what connects us and makes us human,

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7 Tool Tips for Your Newly Distributed or Remote Team

Johanna Rothman

Yesterday, you worked in an office with everyone else. Today, you're supposed to work from home—and so is the rest of your team. And not just for the next few days, but for the next few weeks. What tools do you need? My list of the most important tools: A good microphone and headset so you can hear people, even in somewhat noisy environments, like a home with other people.

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About Harpal's Product Management Journey

The Product Guy

Excerpts from our conversation with 2019’s TPMAS winner of The Best Product Visionary, Harpal Singh. Watch now and see why they are counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. Thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, interviewed, AND passed on the word! The nomination period for The Product Management Awards 2020 has begun!

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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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This Founder Built Startups in 2008, 2016 and 2018. Here’s What He’s Learned About Resiliency

First Round Review

Bob Moore's first brush with life as a founder started in 2008—three days before Lehman Brothers collapsed. Since he cut his teeth as a first-time founder in turbulent times, he's gone on to build two other companies. Here, Moore shares the lessons he's learned along the way, from weathering bear markets and losing out to the competition, to finding (and falling out of) product/market fit.

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Remote Work COVID-19 Special Edition: Distributed systems of work specialist Tim Buzza

The Product Coalition

If you, your team, or your business has rapidly decided to introduce a mass work-from-home policy in response to the COVID-19 issue, you need to listen in to this episode to discover what to do and not do, for this to be successful. I’ve put this special edition podcast episode together, in less than 24 hours, to ensure you, the global Product Coalition community , stay safe and well while working from home.

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Product Management in Times of Crisis

Ask Benny

The role of the product manager is to focus the team even and especially in time of crisis Human Behavior. While we all watch the world as it handles the crisis of the coronavirus in various ways including all the different ways we human beings are used to respond to events, it is an amazing opportunity to reflect how similar things happen in our organization in the face of even small events.

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EU Tour | Remote Work COVID-19 Special Edition with distributed systems of work specialist Tim…

The Product Coalition

EU Tour | Remote Work COVID-19 Special Edition with distributed systems of work specialist Tim Buzza If you, your team, or your business has rapidly decided to introduce a mass work-from-home policy in response to the COVID-19 issue, you need to listen in to this episode to discover what to do and not do, for this to be successful. unsplash Listen in to the live stream with decentralised and distributed systems of work specialist, Tim Buzza and myself, Jay Stansell.

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Product Management in Times of Crisis

Ask Benny

The role of the product manager is to focus the team even and especially in time of crisis Human Behavior. While we all watch the world as it handles the crisis of the coronavirus in various ways including all the different ways we human beings are used to respond to events, it is an amazing opportunity to reflect how similar things happen in our organization in the face of even small events.

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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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You need to unlearn your product every day as a product manager

The Product Coalition

Product Managers (PM) are responsible for the growth of the product from the very first day. If the product succeeds, the whole product team gets the credit but if it fails, the PM takes complete responsibility for its failure. In this drive to make their product successful, PMs need to spend a lot of time with their product to make it simple and valuable for their users.

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Product Management in Times of Crisis

Ask Benny

The role of the product manager is to focus the team even and especially in time of crisis Human Behavior While we all watch the world as it handles the crisis of the coronavirus in various ways including all the different ways we human beings are used to respond to events, it is an amazing opportunity to reflect how similar things happen in our organization in the face of even small events.

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The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager

ProductPlan

A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. PMs have a unique role that brings together a synthesis of exploration, analysis, and strategic development. Not many jobs allow for this kind of professional variance or fusion.

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Developer Documentation

The Product Coalition

How to write a dev doc that fulfills your reader’s deepest needs. Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».

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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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6 templates to help you transition to (effective!) remote meetings

Miro

6 templates to help you transition to (effective!) remote meetingsCommunication is crucial on any team. But it can be trickier when your team is working remotely. That’s when visual frameworks come in handy. Here are six templates you can use to streamline your daily routines and run better meetings remotely. Kristin LeitchTemplates Product Marketing Manager at MiroKristin has worked in brand, […].

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Prepare Yourself Against Executive Shiny Object Syndrome

ProductPlan

Do you find yourself continually diverted from your product’s itinerary to delve into your boss’s new favorite subject? Are you having to explain why your product’s not using blockchain or the Internet of Things or artificial intelligence? Does your management team appear to occasionally have the attention span of a fruit fly in a farmers market? You’re probably dealing with leadership suffering from shiny object syndrome.

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5 Best Telemedicine Apps of 2020

Arkenea

Today, you can easily receive remote healthcare services from a doctor with telemedicine apps — without having to step foot in their medical facility. We’ve prepared a list of the 5 best telemedicine apps that ranked high in quality, user ratings, and overall reliability to get you started. Get your own telemedicine platform developed, instead […].

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A No Compromise Approach To SaaS Data Security

Qrvey

When it comes to moving your company’s data into the cloud, data security is always top of mind. In fact, most companies that have resisted moving to the cloud thus far often cite security and privacy concerns as their top reason for waiting. Data security and privacy appears again this year in our Top BI. The post A No Compromise Approach To SaaS Data Security appeared first on Qrvey.

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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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For Sales Teams, No Letter in LAER Stands Alone

TSIA

TSIA’s Land, Adopt, Expand, Renew (LAER) customer engagement model has become the most prominent framework for how to grow and keep revenue in the XaaS world. However, if you’re not careful, each of these functions, and the organizations who perform them, will start to serve their own needs rather than those of the company and the customer.

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Collapsing and Expanding Horizontal Dividers

CardBoard

Horizontal dividers can be used for many things within CardBoard. One of which is for slicing out releases or to show work in each sprint you are doing. There is always more work to do than can be done. So one way to deal with this is to do incremental releases. You can do this by using a horizontal divider across your board. As your boards fill up, and you sketch out several releases, you may want to consolidate cards, and focus on the current release or sprint you and your team are on.

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3 Telemedicine Types for Every Healthcare Organization

Arkenea

Since making its debut in the late 1950s, telemedicine has greatly contributed to transforming the healthcare domain. According to the latest available data, in 2018, the global Telemedicine Market size was valued at 31.46 Billion USD and it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 19.28%. However, healthcare organizations across the globe still seem […].

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Data-Driven Product Management: Achieve Global App Growth

UXCam Bluespace

Building data-driven product management into your roadmap is a strong methodology for earning loyal customers.

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Platform Product Management Beyond Features: Introducing B-MAP for Platform Ecosystem Success

Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.

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This Founder Built Startups in 2008, 2016 and 2018. Here’s What He’s Learned About Resiliency

First Round Review

Bob Moore's first brush with life as a founder started in 2008—three days before Lehman Brothers collapsed. Since he cut his teeth as a first-time founder in turbulent times, he's gone on to build two other companies. Here, Moore shares the lessons he's learned along the way, from weathering bear markets and losing out to the competition, to finding (and falling out of) product/market fit.

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Our Commitment to Community Safety and Continued Service

Amplitude

We hope that you, your families, and your colleagues are staying safe and healthy during these precarious times. We want to share with you what additional precautions we are taking to safely and effectively continue providing our services to all customers during this time of uncertainty. Our cloud service providers and business-critical vendors have assured us that they are prepared and plan to provide service without disruption.

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Priority Poker 2.0: A New Way to Collaboratively Prioritize

airfocus

Priority poker is a game for collaboratively prioritizing items, be they features, backlog estimations, goals, business objectives, and among other things.

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Build Better Products – Laura Klein on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

Nobody rants quite like Laura Klein. Others have tried, but we’ve yet to find anyone else with her depth of experience (spanning stints as a developer, designer, researcher and product manager), her empathy for both users and stakeholders, her experience as a teacher, and her sense of humour. She’s author of Build Better Products: a Modern Approach to Building Successful User-Centered Products ( US / UK ), the funniest trove of practical advice we’ve come across, as well as UX

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Key Product Manager Goals For Successful Product Development

The Product Coalition

If somebody asks what’s the job of a product manager, the only correct answer is?—?pretty much everything. In traditional businesses, the product manager’s role is spread evenly across several departments or individuals. In the world of SaaS (software as a service) it usually comes down to one person who devises a strategy for developing and unraveling a perfect product.

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Cultivating a robust app ecosystem

Intercom, Inc.

Building an app ecosystem is a big challenge, as we all know, but what does the long, hard work of maintaining that ecosystem look like? For the past year, we’ve been focused on cultivating a robust, enduring ecosystem of apps for the Intercom App Store. One of the problems we’ve been trying to address is the case of apps that break break or become non-functioning.

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Stories From the ProductTank Community – Richmond, US

Mind the Product

From seasoned product people to those who simply want to learn more about product practice, Richmond ProductTank organisers, Travis Bjorklund and Jessica Allison tell all about their thriving community, how they came together, what they want to know and why they’re proud of their ‘kickin’ little city’ What is it that motivates you to run ProductTank meetups?