Why we need to re-think learning
Lead on Purpose
MAY 22, 2017
Long-time readers of Lead on Purpose have seen this quote by Eric Hoffer: “In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future.
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How do I get into Product Management?
bpma ProductHub
MAY 22, 2017
The Path to Product Management. By John Zilch – I recently stumbled across a thought-provoking question posted on the Boston Product Management Association group page. Justin asked: “Is an MBA a pre-requisite for Product Management?” I thought that was a fascinating question. My instinct was to reply “No, of course not!” But then again, if you look at any job description for a product role, an MBA is either a pre-requisite or preferred qualification.
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How to Sell Your Boss on Roadmaps Without Timelines
Mind the Product
MAY 22, 2017
Can’t get your boss to part ways with a time-based feature roadmap? Then sell them on the risk. I wonder what it is about feature roadmaps that is comforting to the C-suite. Is it the false sense of security that you’re setting yourself up to deliver a list of features based on untested assumptions and educated guesses? Is it the delusion that locking your organisation into a plan a year in advance equals a competitive edge?
Agile at Scale – Outcome Driven (or Broken)
Tyner Blain
MAY 24, 2017
Taking agile, a process otherwise optimized for small, cross-functional, collaborative teams and making it work at scale is fascinating. You have to change some elements, and retain others, as you redefine the context. Being outcome driven, is one element you must retain – or even elevate in importance, or you fundamentally break the system of delivery.
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.
IoT World Conference and the State of the IoT Industry
Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog
MAY 22, 2017
Get an inside look at the state of the IoT industry, as reflected in the IoT World conference and expo last week. Through talks and discussions with expo exhibitors, I noticed four key challenges the industry faces today: focusing on technology over value, analysis-paralysis in both platforms and security vendors, and the challenge of educating the IoT […].
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The Move From Product to a Service Mindset
Mind the Product
MAY 26, 2017
In 1999, the economist Joseph Pine wrote a prophetic book which outlined a fundamental change in the way we live our lives. He provided ammunition for an emerging field in digital design, potentially signalling the death of product-centric thinking. Pine saw that it was becoming easier and easier to create products. The barriers, tariffs and specialist skills that were once used to build highly defensible products were disappearing or being democratised.
Getting Started at a New Product Manager Job
The Product Guy
MAY 25, 2017
Out of the hundreds of nominations, and amazing finalists, the 7th annual winner of The Best Product Person is … Chris Butler. 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 ).
Pragmatic Marketer - Spring 2017 Issue
Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 25, 2017
What kind of power does your brand have? How do people feel about it, describe it to others and interact with it? And what can you do to strengthen your brand and its impact? In this issue of Pragmatic Marketer we tackle these questions and introduce "Pragmatic Implementation," a new column that expands our brand promise to deliver practical, actionable training and best practices.
How to Hire a Product Analyst
Amplitude
MAY 25, 2017
The six things you need from a great product data scientist and how to find them . Product Analytics is one of the most high leverage roles in a company that’s investing in software development. Having millions of touch points with your customers gives you a plethora of opportunities to learn from mistakes faster and build the conviction to take moonshots.
Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing
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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.
Product Leadership Book Review? – What we Learned
Mind the Product
MAY 23, 2017
The long awaited book Product Leadership is finally about to hit our Kindles, iPads and possibly even our hands. Anticipation has been building given the high-profile nature of the authors, including Mind the Product’s very own Martin Eriksson. It’s a book that shows product leadership to be a mentality and style, rather than a set of rules. By drawing on a vast number of experts and their own experiences, the authors have created a book that will become the touchstone for leaders working their
Users vs. Thought Leaders
The Product Guy
MAY 21, 2017
In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Jordan Bergtraum, lead a conversation around “Users v. Thought Leaders”. 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 Decis
Where Does Product End and Brand Begin?
Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 23, 2017
You don’t go to Starbucks for the coffee. Coffee is what you walk out the door with, but it’s not what keeps you returning to Starbucks (or to another favorite coffee shop). Given the landscape of retailers brewing and selling what essentially amounts to the same commodity, the fact that we pledge our loyalty to one roaster over another is further proof that the coffee is not the “thing” we’re after.
How To Find More Customers For Your Product
The Accidental Product Manager
MAY 22, 2017
In order to find more customers, you have to know how to search for them Image Credit: Jeffrey Beall. Just exactly what does a product manager job description say that we have to do? Yes yes, we are responsible for creating our product development definition, managing it, and delivering our product. However, is that where things stop? Could it be possible that we also have a responsibility to go out and find new customers for our product?
Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)
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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.
Julie Zhou – Building a Culture of Growth
Mind the Product
MAY 25, 2017
Julie Zhou , Director of Growth at Yik Yak, tells ProductTank San Francisco how to build a culture of growth. When a startup or new product starts to get some traction, there often comes a decision to hire someone to manage growth without a full picture of what that will actually entail. Julie Zhou leverages her experience in exactly that role to tell us how to develop that culture – in the context of a play in three acts.
Latest #prodmgmt Opportunities Around the World
The Product Guy
MAY 20, 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….
Are We Doing Content Marketing Right?
Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 23, 2017
A few months ago, during a content marketing panel at the Texas Marketing Summit in Houston, I came to the conclusion that our understanding of content marketing is still in its infancy, much like social media was eight years ago. We have a lot of opportunity for improvement and much to learn as marketers. And it sometimes feels as if we are failing.
Upcoming Events; Product Management Technology; SiriusDecisions 2017 Summit recap
Good Product Manager
MAY 25, 2017
Upcoming Events. Summer is shaping up to be a busy one for me, with lots of presentations and events already booked. Here’s some of what’s coming up in the next few weeks — hope you can join me at one of them! June 7 webinar: The Perfect Product Team. You can listen in when I’ll be a guest on the Product Lunch webcast series, talking about what a best-in-class product management team looks like.
Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Product Leadership Book Review? – What we Learned
Mind the Product
MAY 23, 2017
The long awaited book Product Leadership is finally about to hit our Kindles, iPads and possibly even our hands. Anticipation has been building given the high-profile nature of the authors, including Mind the Product’s very own Martin Eriksson. It’s a book that shows product leadership to be a mentality and style, rather than a set of rules. By drawing on a vast number of experts and their own experiences, the authors have created a book that will become the touchstone for leaders working their
Building a Growth Team from Zero to Fifty
Brian Balfour
MAY 24, 2017
Growth is still an emerging discipline, and not everyone has a structured growth team within their org. But, let’s say you get to start from scratch and build the ideal growth team. What people and roles would you start with? Andrew Chen and I recently sat down to look at a few configurations to consider as you're scaling up a team around growth. We've broken up the conversation into three videos, with notes below each video.
Is the Product Manager CEO of the Product?
Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 23, 2017
When someone calls the product manager CEO of the product, what does that mean? And is it a helpful analogy? The product manager as CEO of the product sounds powerful and strategic. It brings to mind strong leadership skills, influence and accountability, all key traits of successful product managers. But when people hear product manager as CEO of the product, many also jump to the conclusion that the product manager is then the product decision-maker, that this person will oversee all the areas
Upcoming Events; Product Management Technology; SiriusDecisions 2017 Summit recap
Good Product Manager
MAY 25, 2017
Upcoming Events. Summer is shaping up to be a busy one for me, with lots of presentations and events already booked. Here’s some of what’s coming up in the next few weeks — hope you can join me at one of them! June 7 webinar: The Perfect Product Team. You can listen in when I’ll be a guest on the Product Lunch webcast series, talking about what a best-in-class product management team looks like.
7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production
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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.
What does it mean to operate in “Day 1” every day?
DISQO
MAY 24, 2017
In the last three years, we’ve powered countless experiments and generated tens of thousands of user insights for Fortune 500 product teams. Time and time again, we see Amazon products and services perform astonishingly well in a range of industries and markets. Product leaders routinely ask us about what makes Amazon so consistently innovative. It turns out, we don’t need to look too hard to find the answer.
OpenView Labs: Is Your Data Deluding You? Driving Real Results with Relevant Metrics
Revulytics
MAY 24, 2017
It’s one of the chief challenges we face as we build our ideas into businesses – how do we drown out the noise to focus on signals – to make business decisions and create products that, in a sense, are so irresistible that they sell themselves? For start-ups, that’s a proposition complicated by the pressure to show traction and gain a foothold, before we slump into irrelevance.
10 Tips for Getting to Know Your Buyers and Users
Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 23, 2017
In this world where smart + connected is becoming the new ordinary, our job is to understand how people (customers, buyers and users) will experience new technologies and how these technologies will shift the experiences of their daily life. Officially titled principal engineers, we are experts respectively in human factors and cultural anthropology.
Upcoming Events; Product Management Technology; SiriusDecisions 2017 Summit recap
Good Product Manager
MAY 25, 2017
Upcoming Events. Summer is shaping up to be a busy one for me, with lots of presentations and events already booked. Here’s some of what’s coming up in the next few weeks — hope you can join me at one of them! June 7 webinar: The Perfect Product Team. You can listen in when I’ll be a guest on the Product Lunch webcast series, talking about what a best-in-class product management team looks like.
Platform Product Management Beyond Features: Introducing B-MAP for Platform Ecosystem Success
Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.
The Internal Tug-of-War for Service Dollars
TSIA
MAY 25, 2017
The technology industry has been creating service offers for decades. These service offers have helped customers stand up technology and make it available for use. At TSIA, we call this the "technology availability" value proposition. However, customers want more. They don’t just want the technology to be available, they want technology providers to accelerate their ability to unlock value.
What does it mean to operate in “Day 1” every day?
DISQO
MAY 24, 2017
In the last three years, we’ve powered countless experiments and generated tens of thousands of user insights for Fortune 500 product teams. Time and time again, we see Amazon products and services perform astonishingly well in a range of industries and markets. Product leaders routinely ask us about what makes Amazon so consistently innovative. It turns out, we don’t need to look too hard to find the answer.
How to Change Your Culture Using Market Data
Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 23, 2017
I remember how excited I felt about what I’d learned after attending my first Pragmatic Marketing course. What I didn’t immediately realize was how quickly I could harness that enthusiasm and use market data to make a real impact on my company culture. Shortly after training, I had a meeting with customer support. The conversation went something like this: “We have this terrible error.
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