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Building and Managing an Effective Remote Product Team

ProductCraft

For 30 minutes three times a week, the team at 15Five gets together for all-hands meetings. Wednesdays start with a 5-minute meditation. And Fridays are reserved for questions and storytelling—the opportunity to connect as human beings working toward the same goal. If that seems like a lot of getting together for a software company of. The post Building and Managing an Effective Remote Product Team appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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A Strategy Map

Roman Pichler

Maps are the Foundations on which Adventures are Built. When I was a little boy, I truly loved all things pirate. Even as an adult, I very much enjoyed reading pirate books with my children. One of them even came with a separate treasure map that could be unfolded to discover a hidden treasure. Coming up with a set of tools to capture important strategic decisions reminded me of treasure maps: It should guide you to product success, bearing in mind that not all treasure is silver and gold, as Ca

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The magic of goal setting: A simple framework for managers and teams

Intercom, Inc.

How can you make sure, on a Monday, you’re doing the right things all week long – not just as an individual, but as a manager, across your team and organization? How do you help your team focus and make meaningful progress, so that at the end of the week, you go home knowing you spent energy on the most important work? Finding the answers to these questions and putting them into practice is critical to scaling your impact as a manager and individual.

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User Research and Psychology by Mona Patel

Mind the Product

Mona Patel is the customer experience expert behind the UX-led innovation and design company Motivate Design. She uses her knowledge of design research and ergonomics to deliver “mind-spinning” solutions to companies with customer-related research problems. But how does she spin their minds? How does she find the insights inside their data? She naturalises the research contexts.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know as a Data or Product Professional

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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5 Reasons Not to Be a PM

The Product Coalition

Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash OK, I am not fond of lists like this. Every item on a “not to” list you can typically turn around and you have a “to” list. I’m trying hard for that not to be the case, but I might fail. Product management is a tough profession. So there is some value in thinking specifically about why it’s tough. Even if you can indeed turn every item on this list around.

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Preparing for the Associate Product Manager interview—Hamsa Pillai, Google APM

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Hamsa Pillai is a senior at Duke University and will be heading off in the fall to join Google as an Associate Product Manager. In this Path to PM blog post, Hamsa and Stephen discuss how to ace the undergraduate associate product management interview. Tell us about your current PM career. I’m still a senior in college at Duke, but I’m going to be an associate product manager (APM) at Google starting this fall.

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Agile Transformation Secrets Series Posted

Johanna Rothman

I just finished a series for my Pragmatic Manager newsletter about Agile Transformation Secrets: Part 1: Manage for Change. Part 2: Emphasize Collaboration. Part 3: Principles Over Practices. I wrote this series because I find that many people get a little confused about an agile transformation. They think an agile approach will work because they can predict and commit better.

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To build a great product experience, prioritize delighting your customer

ProductBoard

Scott Baldwin is someone who absolutely enjoys life. In our eBook, The Path to Product Excellence: Stories and Advice from the Field, Scott talks about his most delightful day, which includes a jazz-filled evening with wine and friends. As a product manager, he’s also always on the lookout for how to replicate that sense of delight in the products he builds.

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Restaurant Product Managers Discover Too Much Of A Good Thing

The Accidental Product Manager

Product managers need to be aware of the impact of changes to their product Image Credit: Monito – Money Transfer Co. As product managers, the one thing that we’d all like to have is more customers. We dream of the day that we’ve created a product development definition that will cause our customers think about our product and then as quickly as they can take action to get their hands on it.

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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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TEI 219: How Cisco innovates to beat competitors and deliver value – with Alex Goryachev

Product Innovation Educators

The surprising ways middle managers can drive innovation and product management. I love hearing how companies improve their innovation capabilities and foster a culture of innovation. Anytime I hear such stories, I always find lessons for how other organizations can also improve their capability. In my experience, this best occurs by enabling the largest number of employees to participate in innovation activities.

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Business Acumen Grows Where Soft Skills Thrive

Business Acumen Institute

Business Acumen and Soft Skills Relate. Several reports in recent years tell the same story: The business world is desperate for a serious uptick in soft skills. Employees with stellar work histories are not enough to help businesses achieve the degree of business acumen they need to succeed in today’s increasingly collaborative-driven workplace. When a Google survey of its management found soft skills ranked number-one as the skills most lacking by employees, David Payton , VP of FedEx Services

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Preparing for the Associate Product Manager interview—Hamsa Pillai, Google APM

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Hamsa Pillai is a senior at Duke University and will be heading off in the fall to join Google as an Associate Product Manager. In this Path to PM blog post, Hamsa and Stephen discuss how to ace the undergraduate associate product management interview. Tell us about your current PM career. I’m still a senior in college at Duke, but I’m going to be an associate product manager (APM) at Google starting this fall.

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Amplitude is a Launch Partner for the AWS Digital Customer Experience Competency Program

Amplitude

In the digital product-led era users expect seamless and exceptional experiences from the products they integrate into their lives. Digital has become the fastest, and often only, growth opportunity for enterprise companies and disruptive competition has never been more fierce. In order to succeed companies have to systematically build for growth and be prepared for rapid adaptation to user needs and trends as they change.

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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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Business Acumen Grows Where Soft Skills Thrive

Business Acumen Institute

Business Acumen and Soft Skills Relate. Several reports in recent years tell the same story: The business world is desperate for a serious uptick in soft skills. Employees with stellar work histories are not enough to help businesses achieve the degree of business acumen they need to succeed in today’s increasingly collaborative-driven workplace. When a Google survey of its management found soft skills ranked number-one as the skills most lacking by employees, David Payton , VP of FedEx Services

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Build the right software in less time, a Q&A with UserTesting’s VP of Product, Tanya Koshy

UserTesting

Recently, I hosted a webinar with Forrester Sr. Analyst Chris Condo. We discussed how Product Managers can remove the guesswork from their process and build the right product in less time. I’ve learned the hard way that the days of … The post Build the right software in less time, a Q&A with UserTesting’s VP of Product, Tanya Koshy appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Web Designer vs  Web Developer – How do they differ?

UX Studio

Web designer vs web developer – as a UX designer, I counter this match daily. But truly, the phrases don’t stop here, we have visual designers, front-end developers, back-end developers, UX designers (like me), et cetera. We will shed a light on what each of these roles mean. A developer friend of mine met with a client a couple of months ago.