bpma ProductHub

OCTOBER 2, 2017

How would you assess your own roadmapping process? A new book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched, could help you re-think and re-launch your approach to Product Roadmapping. It’s a real practitioners’ book, written by four Boston-based leaders in Product Management: C. Todd Lombardo, Bruce McCarthy, Evan Ryan and Michael Connors. The 11-chapters are a master class on product roadmapping, and is supported by 65+ interviews from real practitioners.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 2, 2017

A common response—when you ask somebody for their help or their input—is “I don’t have enough time.” This is an interesting response given that we all have the same amount of time – 24 hours in a day.

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The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Have you built something? Have you led a team? Product management is a hot, hot profession right now. It’s one of the most important roles in a product company , especially in high tech. But is it right for you? If you’re wondering about this, or want to scope yourself against a basic set of guidelines for product managers, this post is for you. What I’m looking for in a new product manager.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Why Empathy Matters. Possibly the most profound challenge in product management is to understand the needs of users and customers. Without developing the right understanding, our chances of creating a successful product are slim. While there are numerous techniques available to uncover user needs—think of direct observation, problem interviews, focus groups, surveys, and MVPs, to name just a few—none of them is truly useful, if we do not empathise with the people that will use our product, if we

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I love working as a discovery coach. I work with dozens of teams at several companies spanning many industries. I coach each team—a product manager, a design lead, and a tech lead—for three months, working with them virtually week over week. During that time, we focus on developing their research skills (e.g. conducting customer interviews, running sound product experiments, building rapid prototypes) and critical thinking skills to connect their research activities to their product decisions.

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The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Have you built something? Have you led a team? Product management is a hot, hot profession right now. It’s one of the most important roles in a product company , especially in high tech. But is it right for you? If you’re wondering about this, or want to scope yourself against a basic set of guidelines for product managers, this post is for you. What I’m looking for in a new product manager.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Jonathan Berg, lead a conversation around “Working with Designers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream…. About The Product Mentor. The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions.

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Nir Eyal

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Technology is taking over our lives, especially in the workplace. What can we do to put technology in its place to finally get focused work done? Below are resources, tools, and articles for regaining focus in your digital life. These are tools I use myself but is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Full disclosure […]. The post How to Regain Focus at Work by Slaying the Messaging Monster appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Good innovation should make your company feel uncomfortable. In this inspiring talk from Mind the Product London 2017, Blade Kotelly shares a process that he says will give you the best chance to innovate, although it doesn’t necessarily guarantee success. The process is based around Research, Design, Prototyping and Testing, but it also needs a focus – what Blade calls a “centreline experience”.

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Speaker: Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

Join us for an exclusive webinar hosted by Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, where he’ll explore the significant impact of embedded finance on the software industry! This session is designed to provide you with the strategic insights needed to navigate the future of SaaS successfully, all while gaining a deeper understanding of how these trends can enhance your competitive edge, boost revenue, and deepen customer loyalty.

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Clever PM

OCTOBER 4, 2017

One of the things that I love about the Product Management community here in Seattle is how close-knit we are, so when I reached out to Tricia Cervenan, a fellow Product Manager and General Assembly instructor, for her thoughts on the industry, the role, and what it means to her, I was not disappointed. I […].

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

From The Best Product Person of 2016, Chris Butler, …. Looking Forward. More to Come. 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. Take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2016: Chris Butler. ( tweet ).

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UX Studio

OCTOBER 5, 2017

We get used to home and neighbourhood just like products we use every day. Sensing a sudden change in the environment frightens us. Constant updates inconvenience us and mandate relearning. How could anyone motivate us to update something unknown in our well-inhabited app? This article covers how to communicate product updates and release notes in an app and the importance of articulating them. .

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 4, 2017

All products start with one thing in common: teams face a certain degree of uncertainty about the market they’re targeting. In Lean methodologies, you build an MVP to collect user feedback and confirm your hypotheses, or you learn from your mistakes and pivot. Reducing uncertainty, therefore, comes as a result of learning cycles, and will ultimately allow a product to grow.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Sparking Ice is a diet soda that goes by a different name Image Credit: SweatCor. It turns out that if you are a product manager who works for either Coke or Pepsi right now, things are not going so well for you. The market for their diet sodas is starting to tank. Last year sales of Coke and Pepsi diet drinks fell by 4.6% and 7.7%, respectively and that can’t look good on anyone’s product manager resume.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

If you are a great product person looking for a great product job, or vice versa, check out our job board. Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Each week we highlight some of the recently posted openings. Check out this week’s newest, below….

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Tim Herbig

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Why do Stakeholders always come up with Feature Requests? Because they’re like users – They don’t know what they want. Influencing the roadmap solely with specific feature requests is their way to remain involved in product development continuously. Why do they want to stay involved? Because they’re not convinced that the end results will match their … Continue reading "How Alignment supports you in Stakeholder Management".

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 2, 2017

When I lived in British Columbia, Canada, I used to go running in the forests behind our house. My housemate (appalled at the idea) insisted that I run with his dog to keep the grizzly bears away. At the end of one run I was chatting with a neighbour, a retired Canadian mountain guide with a huge grin and a beard to match: “Ain’t no point runnin’ with a hound,” he drawled.

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Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager

Effective management of multiple product teams necessitates a skillful coordination and guidance with the objective of aligning efforts towards shared goals. This entails constant communication, efficient task management, and ensuring that each team aligns with the broader organizational objectives. We can think about this like conducting an orchestra, where diverse efforts are harmonized toward a unified outcome. 🎯 Proficiency in these skills empowers product managers to navigate comple

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UserInterviews

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Meet Cat Ganim, product manager at Mylestone, a startup that helps you recall your memories through chatting with a personal biographer about your photos.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Why can data generated KPIs limit your product? Product KPI is defined so we can measure how well the new feature works or resolve an AB testing. That’s why it is only natural that when we come to set the KPI for a new product or feature, we start by looking at the data. This methodology fits nicely with the ‘scientific’ and lean approach to product development: we base decisions on data and measurable KPIs rather than ‘soft’ qualitative guess work.

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Amplitude

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Editor’s note: This is the first post in a series exploring what it takes for businesses to survive and thrive in the product-led era. If you’d like us to take on a particular topic under this theme, we’d love to hear from you. Please leave a comment below. Amplitude was founded on the belief that companies are about to enter a new era. And if you’ve been paying attention to the leaders of the world’s largest companies, you might share in this belief as well.

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Hutwork

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

A product roadmap lets you plan, collaborate, and communicate with others about how a product will evolve over its lifecycle. It’s a living document that adapts to changes easily while keeping you focused on the result and aligned with your company’s strategic objectives. Your product roadmap may look different from someone else’s, but they have the same elements.

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Nir Eyal

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Technology is taking over our lives, especially in the workplace. What can we do to put technology in its place to finally get focused work done? Below are resources, tools, and articles for regaining focus in your digital life. These are tools I use myself but is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Full disclosure […] The post How to Regain Focus at Work by Slaying the Messaging Monster appeared first on Nir and Far.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It’s funny, no matter where you go, there are things people may assume about you before you open your mouth. In our everyday life, it can be because of the color of your skin, the way you dress, or even your gender. We all battle these perceptions consciously or subconsciously in order to create a more accepting and progressive society. In our careers, we face a different variable?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. 3 keys to product success the Amazon way. (1) A customer-obsessed culture pays dividends, (2) Big (quantitative) data is great, but innovators need to master “small data” too, (3) Better innovation requires a better process.

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Generation Focus

OCTOBER 2, 2017

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Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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