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Align your product roadmap to your company strategy

ProductBoard

Let’s hop in the wayback machine and travel back to summer 2014: The Amazon Fire Phone was released to much hype, yet 14 months later the company stopped production and discontinued sales shortly thereafter. While there are many missteps that might explain this product failure, I am sure the team behind the Fire Phone had a fantastic product roadmap.

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Product Innovation with Rick Robinson, VP Product AARP Innovation Labs

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Rick Robinson is the VP of Product Development for AARP’s Innovation Labs. He began his career as a journalist and moved into digital journalism then product creation in the mid ‘90s. In this Path to PM post, Rick and I discuss breaking into product management and how he ended up working in an innovation lab at AARP. How has the product management role evolved for you over time?

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When you Look but Don’t see: Agile as Performance

Mind the Product

While I’ve driven all of my adult life in the US, I’ve not had a UK driver’s license for the five or so years I’ve lived here. This year I decided to change all that and enrolled on an intensive driving course so I could knock it out in two weeks. Sadly after a couple of lessons, it was clear that something wasn’t clicking. I was making a lot of failing-level mistakes.

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3 Critical Skills Preventing You From Becoming a Great Product Manager

280 Group

We often hear the old adage, “forget your weaknesses, play to your strengths!” when talking about the fastest way to get ahead in your career. After all, your strengths are your competitive advantage. It is easier and more enjoyable to work on skills you are already good at and know you can become great at. However, when it comes to a career in Product Management, just focusing on strengths is not going to cut it.

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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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Using the Product Canvas to Define Your Product: Getting Started

bpma ProductHub

By Ellen Gottesdiener – I usually find a diversity of opinion when I ask anyone within an organization what their products are. This is true for product companies whose primary source of revenue is their product and for companies who use products internally to run their business.

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Can Coke Product Managers Make Their New Alcoholic Drink A Success?

The Accidental Product Manager

Chu-Hai is big in Japan. Can Coke join the crowd? Image Credit: Tim. So for just a moment, picture yourself as a product manager for one of the most iconic products out there: Coke-Cola. You’ve done a great job – Coke is one of the most popular drinks available and no matter what country you go to, it is very well known. The company makes an enormous amount of money from your soft drink product every year and in all honesty, traditionally you’ve only had one real competitor – Pepsi.

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Designing for growth: advice for platform creators

Miro

Designing for growth: advice for platform creatorsSimone CiceroCo-founder, BoundarylessGuglielmo ApolloniDesigner and Social Entrepreneur, BoundarylessPlatforms vs. products: what’s the difference?Products are designed for customers. An individual customer has a problem, and you provide a solution. However, this approach assumes that you know the solution.We wanted to challenge this assumption.

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A Brief Guide to Product Management Certification and Training

ProductCraft

If you’re reading this, you might be asking yourself, “Should I get a product management certification?” And I’ll give you the short answer: It depends. In this post, I’d like to share a few perspectives related to this question, along with some thoughts and observations about the vendors I’m familiar with. Finally, I’ll offer my.

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What Playing in a Rock Band Taught Me About Product Management, Part 2

The Product Coalition

In late 2016, I remember reading a great bit by John Vars (now CPO at Qonto, previously Varo Money & TaskRabbit) titled as per the above, which of course immediately grabbed my attention; in the article, he delves into his past as a musician, and draws parallels to his present vocation. Obviously, I highly recommend reading it if you haven’t yet?

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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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Using Slack: How To Be Distraction Free Like It’s Builders

Nir Eyal

The post Using Slack: How To Be Distraction Free Like It’s Builders appeared first on Nir and Far.

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CRO for Bloggers: How to Convert Readers Into Customers

AB Tasty

While not all blogging has the explicit goal of driving sales, most content marketing programs are set up with the. Read more. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as CRO for Bloggers: How to Convert Readers Into Customers.

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SF Design Week recap: Why tech companies invest in brand design

Miro

SF Design Week event recap:Why tech companies invest in brand designAs part of San Francisco’s annual Design Week in June, we wanted to activate the design community around the topic of brand design. Following our company’s own rebrand earlier this year, we were curious: Why is it actually important for tech companies to invest in […]. The post SF Design Week recap: Why tech companies invest in brand design appeared first on MiroBlog | A blog by Miro.

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How great product teams use Story Time to do better work

The Product Coalition

The User Story is the unit of currency in the exchange of ideas between product managers and engineers. Product Managers write the things… 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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Use WebAuthn to log in to Backlog, Cacoo, and Typetalk

Nulab

At Nulab, your security is our priority. We’re always looking for new steps we can take to keep you and your team’s data secure as you collaborate to bring your ideas to life. Today, we’re introducing a new, more secure sign-in option with WebAuthn. What is WebAuthn? In short, WebAuthn is a super secure sign-on that uses the combination of a private and public key to protect users from hackers.

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Putting Together The Best Possible Product Manager Resume

The Product Coalition

Product management is a field with a lot of possibilities. It’s one in which you can find yourself coordinating a workflow for a product which is fascinating and gives you an extremely large amount of power, even if you aren’t directly connected to the product itself. The amazing thing about management is that your skills will likely be so different from the people who you are managing.

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TEI 237 Flashback: Effectively pitching your ideas and influencing others – with Nancy Duarte

Product Innovation Educators

The simple way product managers can clearly communicate anything and increase their influence. During the month of July, 2019, I’m sharing some of the most favorite and valuable discussions from the first 100 interviews. If you haven’t come across this one yet, it will make you a better communicator! It was originally episode 076. —– The 2016 Annual Product Management and Marketing Survey identified four skills that are responsible for a significant increase in personal i

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What is Product Marketing? A Data-Backed Definition

The Product Coalition

An insight into Product Marketing roles, responsibilities and KPIs after interviewing dozens of Product Marketing Managers. The New Age of Product Marketing The evolution of Product Marketing is one of the newest and most important trends in software marketing today, so it’s important to understand it and know how to apply it for your career or company.

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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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Get the Business Outcomes You Want Even Faster with TSIA Strategic Services

TSIA

Today's technology and services organizations rely on TSIA to provide them with the right business frameworks, best practices, deep industry insight, and the data they'll need to overcome top business challenges, achieve specific business objectives, and thrive in a rapidly changing market. TSIA’s advisory solutions, called TSIA Strategic Services, are designed to help companies like yours achieve your desired business outcomes even faster.

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Product Innovation with Rick Robinson, VP Product AARP Innovation Labs

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Rick Robinson is the VP of Product Development for AARP’s Innovation Labs. He began his career as a journalist and moved into digital journalism then product creation in the mid ‘90s. In this Path to PM post, Rick and I discuss breaking into product management and how he ended up working in an innovation lab at AARP. How has the product management role evolved for you over time?

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10 Real Estate Landing Pages Nailing Customer Experience

AB Tasty

It’s fair to say that customer experience is an important focus for any company: it drives growth while nurturing current. Read more. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as 10 Real Estate Landing Pages Nailing Customer Experience.

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Software Equity Group Q2 2019 SaaS M&A Update

DevelopmentCorporate

The Software Equity Group has published their second quarter 2019 SaaS M&A update. It includes information about transaction volume, valuation multiples, and a host of other topics. The post Software Equity Group Q2 2019 SaaS M&A Update appeared first on Development Corporate.

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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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Dear Strategy: 090 Balancing The Old and The New

Dear Strategy

On this week’s episode, host Bob Caporale , founder of Strategy Generation Company and author of Creative Strategy Generation , answers the following question: Dear Strategy: “In a rapidly changing marketplace, how should teams balance the need to support the core business and the need to tackle innovation? What tactical steps can allow an organization to succeed at both without segregating people into separate teams?”.

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10 of the Most Common Mistakes Every Product Manager Should Avoid

airfocus

A list of 10 mistakes that every product manager should be sure to avoid, and what you can do to safeguard against them.

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Dear Strategy: 090 Balancing The Old and The New

Dear Strategy

Dear Strategy: “In a rapidly changing marketplace, how should teams balance the need to support the core business and the need to tackle innovation? What tactical steps can allow an organization to succeed at both without segregating people into separate teams?”. . In the last episode , I addressed a question about how a company can maintain some level of balance between approaching a new future while still respecting its own successful past.

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Reducing the Intercom Messenger bundle size by 65%

Intercom, Inc.

Businesses put the Intercom Messenger on their websites because they want real-time communication with their users. To help the Messenger load as quickly as possible on the web, we recently worked on reducing the bundle size of our Messenger. A fast load time is important because it makes the Messenger feel like a natural part of the websites they’re on, rather than an add-on.

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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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The Blockchain Revolution: How Is It Changing Business

The Product Coalition

If you’ve been following banking and investing in the last decade, you’ve probably heard of blockchain. By definition, it’s a growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked using cryptography. It’s a complex technology, but the idea is very simple. Basically, it’s a distributed ledger that stores all transactions information in a transparent, yet very secure manner.

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Release Notes: June 2019

Amplitude

Uncover more insights about user paths with a new and improved Pathfinder. Available for all Scholarship, Growth, and Enterprise customers. Pathfinder shows you the paths that users take within your product leading up or starting after important product actions. We’ve made several exciting updates to Pathfinder this month! Explore up to 15 steps: Now you can uncover more meaningful insights about your user paths.

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Product manager, problem finder

The Product Coalition

I get it. You really like to see things get done. It’s so rewarding to make things happen! And you have the power to make it happen! You want to be helpful, and people are asking for your help all the time, you have the answers and you love it, you want to be a good team player! Moreover, you’ve got skills, you have that flare when speaking with customers and that passion for UX design, you know the product like anyone else and you seem to be the natural candidate to put out fires.