Mon.Oct 29, 2018

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Making Roadmaps More Agile

Johanna Rothman

Last August, back at the Agile 2018 conference, I had a chance to record a podcast with Howard Sublett. Howard is a terrific interviewer and a good friend and colleague. We spoke about Making Roadmaps More Agile. We had a blast. Several times, I surprised him with some of my thinking and experience. (Since I’m an extrovert and need to speak in order to think, I’m always surprised.

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The no Product management Product – A Cautionary Tale

The Product Bistro

When starting a new job as a product manager, you are occasionally handed the reins on a product that has never had ANY product management, whatsoever. There are many reasons for this. In this specific case, it was a hardware technology product that came out of a small startup. My then current company provided some […].

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Embracing the deadline: How engineers benefit from delivery dates

Intercom, Inc.

People sometimes shudder at the thought of working to a deadline. They can be seen as stressful, constraining and often arbitrary. It can feel like delivery dates are chosen on a whim and imposed randomly. When working to a deadline, however, you should never feel that the number of hours worked between now and then is all you can vary to effect the outcome.

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5 Tips To Re-Engage and Retain Valuable Employees

Lead on Purpose

Guest post by Brett Farmiloe The two-year itch. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the feeling you get after being at a job for a couple of years.

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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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Developing Strategy for Product Managers

The Product Guy

What is Product Strategy and how can Product Managers develop it. In this talk Vikas also shares some concepts in Strategy and how Product Managers can apply them to make their products more successful. In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation on this topic. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world.

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Managing Feedback: Do you start with a No?

Mind the Product

Do you start with a “No”? Defining your process for feedback will save time and improve feedback quality. My seven-year-old son has the gift of positioning, a trait he comes by honestly as his mother is a sales professional. He knows that, given the opportunity to present his case the likelihood of approval increases. Lately, he has started off his requests with the phrase “Don’t say “No” yet…”.

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Google Product Managers Look For The Next Big Thing

The Accidental Product Manager

Google product managers need to find out what everyone wants next Image Credit: PROid-iom. I’m going to assume that by now we all have some form of a smartphone in our possession. No matter what type of smartphone you have, they can all do a lot: take pictures, surf the internet, and run countless apps. However, what comes next? Over at Google, the company that become famous for making it easy to search the internet, they also happen to make phones.

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5 Examples of Email Remarketing Campaigns to Get Inspiration From

AB Tasty

Email remarketing consists of capturing and using information about your customers in order to achieve better marketing results through personalized email marketing campaigns. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as 5 Examples of Email Remarketing Campaigns to Get Inspiration From.

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TEI 200: Deliver great products that customers love – with Valerio Zanini

Product Innovation Educators

Empowering product teams to create an agile culture with a customer focus. This podcast is named The Everyday Innovator and I call the people who listen Everyday Innovators. That has meaning. Everyday Innovators see the world a little bit differently. We actively look for problems and unmet needs, recognizing that those are opportunities to create value for customers.

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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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A guide to finding your next PM Job

The Product Coalition

Find a role you are excited for Long before any company is interviewing you for a job, you as a candidate should have already screened a ton of other companies to help decide that this one is worthy of your time and effort. Searching for a job take time and patience. I usually spend about 2–3 weeks browsing through job descriptions and researching company backgrounds.

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6 Powerful Cognitive Biases Used in Marketing to Sell More

AB Tasty

Psychology is one of the most powerful tools that marketers have at their disposal. Discover 6 cognitive biases used in marketing to sell more. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as 6 Powerful Cognitive Biases Used in Marketing to Sell More.

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Advice for successfully leading a distributed development team

The Product Coalition

“We just pushed it live,” the release manager belts out, to a team fresh off the battlefield that is software product development. We had successfully released our new feature to hundreds of thousands of users, after what seemed like an eternity?—?ten sprints, copious amounts of planning sessions and retrospectives, and the quintessential grouping of stand-ups.

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Statistical Significance: Definition & Understanding Key Concepts

AB Tasty

Statistical significance is a widely-used concept in statistical hypothesis testing. It indicates the probability that the difference or observed relationship between a variation and a control isn’t due to chance. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as Statistical Significance: Definition & Understanding Key Concepts.

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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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Advantages of Kotlin vs Java for Android Development

The Product Coalition

Originally published on Scalable Path by Abdurahman on October 24th, 2018. Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».

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Fake Certainty Article Posted on AgileConnection

Johanna Rothman

Many product owners and customers believe they know the problem they want to solve. That fake certainty causes them to define solutions, instead of solving the problem at hand. John Le Drew and I pair-wrote an article describing this problem and how to solve it. See Eliminate Fake Certainty and Solve the Real Problem. Yes, I’ve been experimenting with other pairs for writing.

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Building Operating Cadence With Remote Teams | Wade Foster, Zapier | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

Wade Foster, CEO & Co-Founder, Zapier. Wade Foster and his co-founder started Zapier (it rhymes with ‘happier’) back in 2011 during a hackathon. Now, the company has over 160 employees and no office. Zapier is a fully-remote company, and has no intention of changing that. Here, Wade shares his processes for running a fully remote organization – how Zapier goes about hiring and onboarding their employees, how they run meetings, and how they work to continuously improve their