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My journey from Software Engineer to Product Manager

Mind the Product

ADVERTORIAL Throughout my career, I’ve met many people looking to make a jump into product management from a variety of other roles. I try to give them whatever advice I can, but the transition I can speak to the best is that of Software Engineer to Product Manager, as it’s the career move I made [.] Read more » The post My journey from Software Engineer to Product Manager appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Five Product Owner Myths Busted

Roman Pichler

Myth #1: The product owner must ensure that the stakeholders are satisfied. Stakeholders can be powerful and influential individuals. But the value a product creates is ultimately determined by its users: No product will be successful in the long run if it does not solve a specific user problem, create a tangible benefit, or help the users achieve a specific goal.

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Four Things as a Head of Product, I Learned from Leading a Team Remotely

The Product Coalition

In March 2020, due to the covid outbreak, Aircall’s employees started working remotely. Two weeks later, I joined the company as Head of Product and manager of a team of 15 people I have never met before and I would not meet in person for at least the next 3 months. In this article I’m sharing three challenges and learnings from joining a new company remotely as Head of Product. 1.

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Five Product Owner Myths Busted

Roman Pichler

Listen to this article: [link]. Myth #1: The product owner must ensure that the stakeholders are satisfied. Stakeholders can be powerful and influential individuals. But the value a product creates is ultimately determined by its users: No product will be successful in the long run if it does not solve a specific user problem, create a tangible benefit, or help the users achieve a specific goal.

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How To Get Promoted In Product Management

Speaker: John Mansour

If you're looking to advance your career in product management, there are more options than just climbing the management ladder. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about highly rewarding career paths that don't involve management responsibilities. We'll cover both career tracks and provide tips on how to position yourself for success in the one that's right for you.

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Free Product Management Course: Outcome-Based Enhancement Process

Product Management University

Implementing an Outcome-Based Product Enhancement Process in 5 Steps. Learn how in this free product management course. It’s your first step to eliminating constantly changing priorities and creating a culture of customer value across product, marketing, sales and customer success teams. Enroll in the Free On-Demand Course Who doesn’t want to hijack your roadmap?

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The 1% Trap: Product Managers, Stop Building Features Just for Your Power Users!

Userpilot

It’s a sad state of affairs when you dig into app metrics. A quarter of all mobile apps are only used once – and 85% of us use 5 apps regularly. Think about your own day, how many apps do you use and how many have you tried once and then never opened again? Although these are Mobile App statistics, other consumer products or freemium/free-trial B2B SaaS products aren’t that much better.

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So, You Want To Become a Great Product Manager?” Q&A with Jackie Bavaro

Nir Eyal

The post So, You Want To Become a Great Product Manager?” Q&A with Jackie Bavaro appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Using Serial Position Effect in UX Design

AB Tasty

UX designers leverage the serial position effect to improve their designs and create a better experience for consumers. Learn how to use it. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as Using Serial Position Effect in UX Design.

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Are You Managing A Project Or Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro?

Clinton M. Padgett

Some might argue the experience feels one and the same. Project planning is very much like climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. The “easy” part is sitting on your couch routing your climb, outlining the things you’ll need, and identifying the support team you’ll need to complete the ascent. But what happens once you start climbing? Everything changes. If you are three hours into your climb, and you find the path you’ve taken is washed out, you’re not going to give up on your goal, so you have to find a d

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Design Principles

Bryce York

Hard to read? Find the same content below. Like what you see? Product snacks delivered fresh to your inbox. Get bite-sized visual articles like this one delivered straight to your inbox. Send me product content. Design principles are one of the most used tools in my product management toolbox. Think of a design principle as a pre-established guideline to help shape your product solutions.

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Meet Mindy Kaling: Pulse Everywhere Keynote Speaker

Gainsight

When tasked to write a biographical blog about Mindy Kaling, I jumped at the chance. I have long admired her as an actress, producer, director, and best-selling author. What I find compelling about Mindy is her longtime groundbreaking presence as an advocate for women, diversity, and inclusion in Hollywood. I began by researching her life statistics.

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Cutting the cord on inappropriate customer conversations

Intercom, Inc.

At Intercom, we support our customers through conversational, messenger-based support. Supporting our customers primarily through our Business Messenger has many advantages, such as helping us build personal relationships with our customers and providing them with the fast, meaningful resolutions they need. But sadly, and inevitably, there will be people who abuse their access to your team.

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Why I Switched From Spreadsheets to a Roadmap Tool, Featuring Product Director Jay Hum

ProductPlan

Not every product manager is lucky enough to work with a purpose-built roadmapping tool. But those that do seldom return to their old methods of managing the product roadmap. The great benefits outweigh other roadmapping options such as spreadsheets and presentations. When we asked Jay Hum, Director of Product for Autonomic, the first open cloud-based platform for connected vehicle data, about his experiences during a webinar ‘ ‘What’s in Your Product Stack: Roadmaps ,” h

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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Infographic: “The Dangerous Animals of Product Management”

ProductBoard

Picture this. You are a forward-thinking product manager with a clear product vision, a value-driven prioritization framework, and a context-rich roadmap. You make it a point to listen to customer needs and incorporate feedback from many different perspectives. Then along comes the CEO, a target-chasing salesperson, or another well-intentioned stakeholder with an idea for a feature, fix.