10 tips for new leaders
Lead on Purpose
JULY 31, 2017
Leading a new team comes with challenges. You have a group of people who have grown accustomed to doing things a certain way. They may or may not have liked their departing manager.
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Women in Product Management Series: Sarah Gaeta, VP and General Manager at Tivo
280 Group
AUGUST 1, 2017
As a continuation on our series of interviews with women leading product management teams, I reached out to Sarah Gaeta, currently VP and General Manager in Software and Services at Tivo. I was curious to learn how an undergraduate degree in Italian and a teaching degree from Harvard led her to a career in Product Management. In this interview, Sarah shares her path, missteps and lessons, and offers advice for new Product Managers.
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A New Focus On Product Management Opportunity
The Secret PM Handbook
AUGUST 4, 2017
Looking through to the next stage. A long work in progress. This blog has been going for a long long time. It started as a site to share ideas and lessons I’ve learned in my career as a product manager for enterprise software products. Recently a bigger theme has started to emerge and coalesce. It’s more ambitious than my initial (lack of) vision.
The power of a well-timed NO…and how to give one to your boss
UserVoice
JULY 31, 2017
Saying no is a true art. First off, it’s in our nature to say yes – humans are eager to please, seeking positive confirmation from those we respect. This can be traced back to our prehistoric ancestors, who viewed belonging to a group as a survival tactic while facing the hardships of Ice Age living. And it didn’t die off with wooly mammoths.
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.
Eat, drink, and product: Sharing lessons from the field
bpma ProductHub
AUGUST 1, 2017
If you’ve been in product management for a while, you have the scars to prove it. The process of developing and bringing products to market is as unique, different and varied for every business and product as there are food choices in a supermarket. And with this variety comes challenges to success in every size, shape and color. BPMA and BWP offer a wealth of networking events that allow you to connect with experienced product managers that are willing to share their valuable field tested expe
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This Framework Gives You Product Management Super Powers
The Secret PM Handbook
AUGUST 4, 2017
Breakthrough! The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. It put all the activities I do as a product manager into perspective. We find and validate market problems for which customers will pay for a solution. We then guide the creation of solutions to the problems. And then we take the solutions to market.
Gleaning Product Insights from Your User Onboarding Process
UserVoice
JULY 31, 2017
The customer onboarding process is a vital stop on the path to customer happiness and product success. Ensuring that your customers know how to use your products and don’t encounter any major obstacles to utilizing all of its features and functionalities is the big win for most parties involved, but onboarding also represents a great opportunity for your product organization to gain more insight into your customers, how they interact with your product, and how you can improve across the bo
How to Differentiate Your IoT Product: Provide Insights Not Data
Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog
AUGUST 1, 2017
IoT products are known for producing large amounts of data. Some people even argue that the reason to deploy IoT products is to produce and collect all this data, that the data in itself is what provides the value. I don’t think so. In this post, I describe the importance of having a data strategy and […]. The post How to Differentiate Your IoT Product: Provide Insights Not Data appeared first on TechProductManagement.
Agile Transitions – Managing Expectations
Clever PM
AUGUST 2, 2017
We live in a day and age where there’s a ton of information and mis-information out there about pretty much every topic imaginable, and Agile development is certainly not immune to this phenomenon. In fact, anyone who looks for help in pushing through an Agile transformation in their organization is immediately confronted with a vast […].
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.
A New Focus On Product Management Opportunity
The Secret PM Handbook
AUGUST 4, 2017
Looking through to the next stage. A long work in progress. This blog has been going for a long long time. It started as a site to share ideas and lessons I’ve learned in my career as a product manager for enterprise software products. Recently a bigger theme has started to emerge and coalesce. It’s more ambitious than my initial (lack of) vision.
Managing Product Managers – Building Trust
The Product Guy
AUGUST 3, 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 ).
How Curious: Mindset of a Product Manager
Mind the Product
JULY 31, 2017
Being a product manager encompasses many things; vision, organization, analysis, and communication, to name a few. But in my experience there is one universal trait that permeates almost everything a product manager does – curiosity. In the context of product management, I see curiosity as a desire to fully understand a problem from all angles, to want to gather information from a diverse range of sources, and additionally to understand how outcomes would have an impact on success.
How to Measure a Product’s User Experience
UX Studio
AUGUST 1, 2017
Of course, your goal is to get more and more users and engage them with your application. But how can the user experience of your product help? How can you measure if your users are engaged? And how can you find out why they are not? Measuring design and utilizing data are essential steps towards creating a sustainable product. UX metrics are the solution.
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.
This Framework Gives You Product Management Super Powers
The Secret PM Handbook
AUGUST 4, 2017
Breakthrough! The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. It put all the activities I do as a product manager into perspective. We find and validate market problems for which customers will pay for a solution. We then guide the creation of solutions to the problems. And then we take the solutions to market.
Reconciling Product Management and Product Leadership
The Product Guy
AUGUST 1, 2017
Guest Post by: Lamia Benhaddou (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Amanda Ralph]. A Product manager tasked to lead and manage her team while still providing product management capabilities; that was my position when I was selected to be part of the product mentorship program and paired with Amanda Ralph, my new mentor. Amanda had 18 years of product management experience and was able to clearly foresee the obstacles I might encounter in my new role.
Daniella Patrick – Innovation Lab Product Development
Mind the Product
AUGUST 1, 2017
Daniella Patrick is an Innovation Lab Product Manager at Accenture, which is one of the largest global consulting firms in the world, with clients and partners like Microsoft, GE, HP, and IBM. Accenture now has over 400k people employed, and offices in over 200 cities across 55 countries. Daniella’s educational background is in mechanical engineering and mathematics, and her professional experience includes operations, engineering, and design roles at several startups.
How to Differentiate Your IoT Product: Provide Insights Not Data
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AUGUST 1, 2017
IoT products are known for producing large amounts of data. Some people even argue that the reason to deploy IoT products is to produce and collect all this data, that the data in itself is what provides the value. I don’t think so. In this post, I describe the importance of having a data strategy and […]. The post How to Differentiate Your IoT Product: Provide Insights Not Data appeared first on Daniel Elizalde.
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.
A New Focus On Product Management Opportunity
The Secret PM Handbook
AUGUST 4, 2017
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What Would It Be Like To Be A Product Manager At YouTube?
The Accidental Product Manager
JULY 31, 2017
YouTube product managers have some real challenges ahead of them Image Credit: redsoul300. Every product manager dreams of being in charge of a successful product. You can well imagine what a great job it must be to be a product manager who works for YouTube. The online YouTube service has over 1 billion users! However, their biggest challenge right now is that they basically are not making any money.
Design tips to make your roadmap boardroom-ready
Roadmunk
AUGUST 3, 2017
A roadmap should—and this is going to sound banal—be pretty. Roadmaps are communication tools. We’ve said before that a roadmap isn’t just for you. They’re created and presented to get all stakeholders, executives and your entire team aligned on one strategy. Projecting an ugly, hard-to-read roadmap onto a boardroom wall will obscure your strategy, muddle your objective to achieve buy-in and bottleneck your execution.
Microsoft Application Insights vs. Revulytics Usage Intelligence: Play the Game You're Best At
Revulytics
AUGUST 4, 2017
In 1994, after winning 3 NBA Championships (and 3 NBA Finals MVP awards), Michael Jordan famously left the NBA for a year to pursue professional baseball. He landed on the Birmingham Barons, a lower minor league team for the Chicago White Sox. Jordan had his ups and downs with the Barons and never made it out of the minors in his 1 year in the league.
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.
This Framework Gives You Product Management Super Powers
The Secret PM Handbook
AUGUST 4, 2017
Breakthrough! The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. It put all the activities I do as a product manager into perspective. We find and validate market problems for which customers will pay for a solution. We then guide the creation of solutions to the problems. And then we take the solutions to market.
Why Most Companies Fail At Moving Up or Down Market
Brian Balfour
AUGUST 3, 2017
This is part five in a series about 4 Frameworks To Grow To $100M+. Subscribe to get the rest of the series. In the introduction I explained there are two types of companies: Tugboats, where growth feels like you have to put a ton of fuel in to get only a little speed out. Smooth sailors, where growth feels like wind is at your back. The difference between these two are not the common mantras of build a great product, product market fit is the only thing that matters, or growth hacking.
Traxo uses productboard to unite the world’s travel data
ProductBoard
AUGUST 1, 2017
productboard helps teams resurface key user insights “You know, I had something like productboard in mind before I found you guys…” Matt Griffin sat down with me recently and discussed their old systems for logging feature ideas: As the SVP of Product at Traxo, the corporate travel data platform, Matt’s role was to focus the fast-growing organization’s efforts.
Welcome New TSIA Members! July Edition
TSIA
JULY 31, 2017
At TSIA, we are dedicated to helping services organizations both large and small grow and advance in the technology industry. We'd like to take the opportunity to welcome our newest members, as well as acknowledge companies already a part of the TSIA community who have recently expanded their membership to include additional research areas TSIA has to offer.
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.
Getting Design Agencies and Engineering Teams to Work Together
Mind the Product
AUGUST 2, 2017
Someone I know is about to kick off a big project with separate companies managing the design and development. I’m sorry to say I’ve seen this arrangement fail far more than I’ve seen it succeed because I’ve been the one called in to fix it. Design agencies and engineering teams are filled with talented and experienced people. The challenge is that they have different mindsets, skill sets and processes.
How frequently do product managers run experiments and ship new features?
DISQO
AUGUST 2, 2017
When it comes to building digital products, there are essentially two ways to get feedback and iterate. You can structure an experiment to prototype and test a product concept with prospective users, or you can measure how a product performs after launching it. Most product managers do some combination of each, and new data sheds light onto why. In our recent survey of 140 digital product managers , we evaluated how frequently respondents develop new features and run experiments.
Traxo uses productboard to unite the world’s travel data
ProductBoard
AUGUST 1, 2017
productboard helps teams resurface key user insights “You know, I had something like productboard in mind before I found you guys…” Matt Griffin sat down with me recently and discussed their old systems for logging feature ideas: As the SVP of Product at Traxo , the corporate travel data platform, Matt’s role was to focus the fast-growing organization’s efforts.
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