The Product Guy
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Originally posted to Alpha UX Blog (written by Nis Frome) and reblogging to further share the great evening we had discussing the Future of Product Management and Product Career Development (Finding / Hiring / Recruiting). As organizations recognize the value of customer-centricity as a mindset and discipline, they’ve begun to invest in a dedicated product organization.
Street Smart Product Manager
DECEMBER 12, 2016
One of the biggest lies in product management is agile. That may sound like heresy, but hear me out… I actually love agile. It’s a great approach to reducing the risk of developing and shipping software. It’s a better software development methodology. But on its own it doesn’t solve the problem of providing a capital […]. The post As a product manager, you need to do just two things appeared first on Street Smart Product Manager.
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Mind the Product
DECEMBER 12, 2016
It’s that time of year again – No, I don’t mean financial planning or strategy reviews – I mean it’s a chance to reflect on what we’ve achieved, how we’ve achieved it, and think about whether we’re being the best product person we can be. As the craft of product management evolves , and we learn more about how to build products that people love, we need to be able to adapt and evolve at the same time.
svpg
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Five years ago I wrote an article arguing that it is essential that the product manager is also the product owner. My motivation, which I made no secret of, was that I was worried about this point because more than a few companies were using the relatively new role of the product owner as an excuse to once again separate “the business person” from the “the person that talks with the developers.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
The Product Guy
DECEMBER 14, 2016
More segments from our conversation with Adam Warburton — and shedding some light onto just exactly what makes Adam truly The Best Product Person of 2015. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.
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Mind the Product
DECEMBER 15, 2016
It starts with “Can you just …?” “What about …” or “Don’t kill me but …?” What comes next is a new idea, feature, or request that hasn’t come up before. This conversation happens all the time and it causes a lot of grumbling about “scope creep”. But if you consider learning and discovery to be a natural part of the software development process, there is truly no such thing as scope creep.
Pragmatic Marketing
DECEMBER 13, 2016
By Dave West. Everyone wants to see the product roadmap. Sales wants to use it to drive bigger deals, engineering wants to know what is coming next to make technology decisions and other teams want to feel like they are part of a long-term strategy that will take the organization to the next level. But, the market is fickle, with an ever-changing set of priorities and needs.
The Product Guy
DECEMBER 13, 2016
We recently just held the global Session 5 closing for The Product Mentor where everyone shared highlights of their experiences and what they learned. All the mentors and mentees did a great job over the past 6 months. Some exciting stats…. 80% of all OKRs Completed (Mentee’s Goals for the Session) 4 Mentees Promoted >60% of Mentees had career progressing conversations with their C-Suites.
Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2016
There are a lot of articles making the argument that Product Managers don’t need domain knowledge. By domain knowledge, I mean specific experience in an industry or vertical. For example, experience in eCommerce, Energy, Finance, Healthcare, etc. These articles claim that as long as a PM knows how to understand users, prioritize features, create a roadmap, and work with engineering, then […] The post 7 Ways to Get a Product Management Job when You Lack Industry Experience first appea
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Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 12, 2016
David Hawdale is an Experience Architect with a background in experimental psychology and cognitive science. At ProductTank London, David unpacked the science of decision making and suggests that Product Managers can make their products more appealing by designing with the ‘moment of decision’ in mind. System 1 and System 2. What do we know about what shapes our choices and how can we use this to build more desirable products?
Pragmatic Marketing
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Our Pragmatic Marketing training courses are chock full of tips, tools and best practices you can start to implement immediately. It’s actionable and it’s inspiring, but it can also be a little overwhelming deciding where to start. But not anymore. In this podcast, our very own Stacey Weber⎯long time Pragmatic Marketing instructor and practitioner⎯is going to breakdown what you should do first into three simple steps and walk you through how to master each.
The Product Guy
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Nominate a great product manager you know today @ [link] ! Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel @ [link]. Thank you to everyone who made it to our latest roundtable meet-up of The Product Group at Digital Ocean , as well as to our other sponsors, Yext , BKLYN , InVision , SUMMIT , Balsamiq Studios and Sunshine Suites. Over the course of the night a few of the highlights were… Featured Product: Outbrain exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from destiny to dna (thanks
Street Smart Product Manager
DECEMBER 12, 2016
One of the biggest lies in product management is agile. That may sound like heresy, but hear me out… I actually love agile. It’s a great approach to reducing the risk of developing and shipping software. It’s a better software development methodology. But on its own it doesn’t solve the problem of providing a capital […]. The post What a product manager really does appeared first on Street Smart Product Manager.
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Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 16, 2016
In this thought-provoking closing keynote from #mtpcon Jeff Veen , design partner at True Ventures and former VP of Design at Adobe, shared how important a creative culture is, how it allows you to build better products, and what organizations need to do to craft that creative culture. Veen began by asking the audience to picture themselves in a boat on a still lake at sunrise.
Sachin Rekhi
DECEMBER 11, 2016
Listen: SoundCloud | Apple Podcasts. I recently joined Ravi Sapata on Yours Productly , a podcast where he interviews various product leaders on their lessons learned developing successful products. We talked at length about what I've learned regarding how to best build a continuous feedback loop that allows you to consistently learn from your customers.
The Product Guy
DECEMBER 16, 2016
More segments from our conversation with Adam Warburton — and shedding some light onto just exactly what makes Adam truly The Best Product Person of 2015. The Best Product Person (TBPP) ris the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.
The Accidental Product Manager
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Olay is simplifying their product offering in order to revive their brand Image Credit: WindyWinters. For some odd and strange reason, each and every one of our customers is different from all of the others. What this means for us as product managers is that we often have to tweak our product offering in order to make our product appeal to a specific set of potential customers.
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Mind the Product
DECEMBER 13, 2016
In this talk at Product Tank NYC, I describe how a class project turned into my first major product build. As head of product management at UncommonGoods, I have used the wish list redesign and its success to demonstrate the value of customer feedback, data analysis, and iterative development. It has since served as the driving force in the proliferation of the PM discipline throughout UncommonGoods.
TSIA
DECEMBER 16, 2016
As the year draws to a close and companies are finalizing their strategic and annual plans, it pains me to be the bearer of this bit of sobering news: on average, 9 out of 10 of your strategic plans are going to fail. The good news is that there are still ways to improve their success rate, as long as you know how to spot common problem areas ahead of time.
dscout People Nerds
DECEMBER 15, 2016
dscout + privacy: How we protect our scouts’ information.
Mironov Consulting
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Dave Saboe hosts the Mastering Business Analysis podcast series. This episode is called “ Product Management – Build the Right Thing ” and includes discussion on: Product Managers and Product Owners. Getting out from behind our desks to better understand customers and markets. Output versus outcome. Driving actual value or savings among users, rather than just spreadsheet estimations.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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Mind the Product
DECEMBER 14, 2016
My product is store stock management. I product-manage multiple apps which allow store workers at retail giant Tesco to manage stock and provide an excellent customer service. Tesco store apps include all the stock control routines: deliveries, reductions, counts, waste, training, product search and so on. I was surprised to learn (less so when I saw the ugly interface) that these apps had been built as long as 10 years ago and never redeveloped.
TSIA
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Despite the healthcare industry experiencing steady growth year over year, many HHIT (Healthcare & Healthcare IT) providers are beginning to see the cracks in their traditional business models. This infographic outlines the various ways HHIT organizations can embrace the Internet of Things (IoT) through smart, connected products to capture new revenue streams, including optimized customer processes, and improved business outcomes.
dscout People Nerds
DECEMBER 13, 2016
A new bundle of research services from dscout helps support your research needs.
TSIA
DECEMBER 14, 2016
If you're having difficulty selling project management, it could be an issue with how well your sales team understands its value. At TSIA, we've received a lot of inquiries from our members who are having a hard time selling project management with their professional services engagements. In looking at our data and speaking with services sales people, we've found that this issue is just one part of a much larger problem: the value a mature project management capability can bring to a
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As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.
TSIA
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Through TSIA's comprehensive benchmarking program, you can measure your company's performance against your industry peers, identify your strengths, and see where you can improve to ensure future success. For a sample of the type of insight you will receive by taking advantage of this valuable resource that comes with TSIA membership, take a look at this slide deck featuring 3 key research trends from TSIA's Customer Success Benchmark Study.
dscout People Nerds
DECEMBER 16, 2016
Episode One: Voters who broke the mold.
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