Tue.Jan 29, 2019

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The only thing that matters when planning a Sprint

The Product Coalition

A clear and overarching Sprint Goal Boxer Mike Tyson once said: “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”?—?Mike Tyson In military warfare a similar saying exists: “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.”?—?Helmuth von Moltke the Elder No matter how much time you spend planning, you can never make a plan that covers everything.

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Four Keys to Successful Remote Product Management

ProductCraft

I recently moved across the country from Raleigh to Seattle. Along with my worries about whether my wine glasses would make it there in one piece, I had yet another major concern. As a product manager, would I continue to be successful while working remotely? How much harder would my job be now that I. The post Four Keys to Successful Remote Product Management appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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Developing team member skills

Lead on Purpose

As you progress on the journey of building great teams, you create the vision, build a strong foundation of trust and motivate your team to reach beyond what they thought they were capable of doing.

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Why Listening is Crucial to Product – and How to do it Better

Mind the Product

As a recovering product manager turned executive coach, I’ve found that there’s actually quite a bit of overlap between building and launching successful products and supporting individuals in gaining self-awareness and building leadership skills. In both worlds, it’s critical to understand the system, have a solid strategy, be able to provide ongoing support, and measure results.

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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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Focus your Focus

The Product Guy

Good product management advice can be hard to come by. Tips from a great product person are priceless. Watch as we learn more from product management expert, Jordan Bergtraum.

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The Value of Product Feature Comparisons

Product Management University

How valuable are product feature comparisons? Product feature comparisons are highly overrated in B2B. They only tell you HOW a competitive product works. They don’t tell you WHY buyers do or don’t prefer it. Whether verbalized or not, most buyers want an explicit answer to the question, “Why should I buy from you?” Solution providers typically answer with product capabilities but never answer the real question.

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Inside the Google Empathy Lab

dscout People Nerds

Behind the scenes with the team at Google, helmed by Danielle Krettek, that’s moving beyond design thinking to design feeling. .

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Our 6 Must Reads for Hiring Tactics that Break the Mold

First Round Review

Hiring at early-stage startups isn't getting easier. And while there's plenty of advice out there, it's tough to find tactics that make a mark. We've assembled the best tips from leaders who've gone off the beaten path in search of unconventional practices and fresh perspectives for every stage of the hiring process.

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Richard Jhang ?on running a consulting business with remote teams

Miro

Reading time — 9 minRichard Jhang on running a consulting business with remote teamsSpeeding up iterations at a remote consulting team1.Into the world of consulting2.Designing a distributed business3.Beyond tools and techniques4.Managing a distributed startupModern consulting firms face many challenges. Hiring top professionals often relies on building distributed teams, and clients can be located anywhere in […].

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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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Our 6 Must Reads for Hiring Tactics that Break the Mold

First Round Review

Hiring at early-stage startups isn't getting easier. And while there's plenty of advice out there, it's tough to find tactics that make a mark. We've assembled the best tips from leaders who've gone off the beaten path in search of unconventional practices and fresh perspectives for every stage of the hiring process.

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Birst Smart Analytics: Using AI to Operationalize BI

Birst BI

How do you deliver more insights out to more people? Operationalizing BI and analytics – that is, putting the power of data in the hands of everyone across the enterprise, not just analysts and data scientists – has always been the mantra for Birst co-founder Brad Peters. According to research from Eckerson Group, when an organization deploys a BI and analytics system, roughly 10% of employees have the skills needed to produce insights from corporate data and deliver them to decision makers.

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Defining objectives and key results for your product team

ProductBoard

A lot has been said about avoiding the feature factory approach to product management. No one wants to work on a product as though they’re “sitting in a factory, cranking out features, and sending them down the line,” without knowing if they’re actually having any impact. It’s the definition of aimless busywork. It’s jumping straight from one project to the next, with no evaluation of whether past efforts made a difference.

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Why Product Management is NOT Project Management

The Product Coalition

Everything we know about work changes with technology. For a long time, most of us worked following the rhythm of harvests and seasons. Then, the invention of technology and modern work required the development of management processes. This is because companies seek to be efficient: to make as much profit as they can, with the smallest investment possible.

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee

As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.

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68 Product Management Conferences in 2019 You Should See

ProductBoard

Find the product management conferences you can’t afford to miss in 2019 with this complete list of every product management conference by region and date. Product management conferences and events are an excellent way to learn product management best practices and network with your fellow product managers. That’s why we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all the conferences you should watch out for in 2019.

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Premium Fonts

Roy Madden

Feedly Labs has been a really interesting experience for us because it has helped us get a deeper understanding of who the Feedly community is and how we can better serve you going forward. One of the insights we learned last fall is that the community seems to care deeply about typography. Conversation with the Lab community about fonts. ITC Charter vs Merriweather.

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Understanding Personas That Power the Age of the Side Hustle

dscout People Nerds

How income-building app Steady developed foundational user personas through longitudinal research with dscout Diary.

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Deduplication Skill – Leo

Roy Madden

Leo can detect that multiple articles are near exact duplicates of each other and cut the noise from your feeds. It’s frustrating to be skimming through your feeds and run into duplicat e articles. This happens, for example, when you have overlapping keyword alerts where two different keywords exist in the same article. It also happens when some sources publish the same articles into different RSS feeds.

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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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A Checklist For The Perfect Product Management Resume

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

After reviewing thousands of resumes at PMLesson , we've compiled a definitive checklist for what the best of them have in common. Run through this brief checklist to be sure you're putting your best foot forward. Overall Design Notes on the overall design of your resume. One-page. This is by far the most common blunder. As a product manager, you need to know how to prioritize, and that, unfortunately for many, includes your resume.

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Get Success Strategies from Tech Industry Experts at TSW San Diego 2019!

TSIA

Technology & Services World conferences are where Services, Sales, and Product Management leaders come to stay current on the latest technology industry trends and get actionable insights for future success. Our upcoming spring conference will be taking place May 6-8 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, the premier waterfront hotel in beautiful downtown San Diego.

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3 Key Habits of the Modern Product Manager

ProductPlan