A Product Manager’s Worst Nightmare
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
What the Social Dilemma on Netflix can teach us Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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Beta Testing Is More Than Just an Insurance Plan
Centercode
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Here’s the universal truth about insurance: you buy it, but you hope you never actually have to use it. We treat insurance as a necessary evil for this reason. Nobody ever looks forward to purchasing or using it. In every case where insurance gets used — be it for your car, your house, or your life — it’s because something went horribly wrong.
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5 Key Responsibilities of a Product Owner
ProductPlan
OCTOBER 1, 2020
If there’s a more widely misunderstood job title than “product owner,” we’d like to see it. As a professional in the product field, you might have some idea of what a product owner does. However, even your understanding of the role might be incorrect—more than on this below. But imagine what the title must sound like to someone entirely outside the product world.
Build What Matters by Rajesh Nerlikar and Ben Foster – Free Chapter!
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
In their new book, Build What Matters (£26.99), Rajesh Nerlikar and Ben Foster introduce you to their methodology for becoming a product-driven company. Through their tested strategies, stories of personal success, and case studies from their product advisory clients at Prodify, you’ll learn how Vision-Led Product Management helps you achieve company objectives by meeting both [.].
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Product Management Skills: Influence Without Authority
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. You somehow have to bring together a rowdy bunch of tech professionals (data scientists, UX and UI designers , software engineers, etc) and make a valuable and functional product happen.
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How Customer Analytics Can Increase User Engagement
Indicative
OCTOBER 1, 2020
In many ways, engaged users are the hallmark of a successful company. According to a Gallup poll , fully engaged customers represent a 23% premium over an average customer when it comes to share of wallet, profitability, revenue, and relationship growth. In some industries, it’s even greater. For example, Gallup found that companies that successfully engage their B2B customers realize 63% lower customer attrition and a 55% higher share of wallet.
Walk a Mile in Their Shoes by Egan Cheung
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, Egan Cheung – Director of Product at Shopify, shares thoughts on how fostering empathy helps us all build better products and become better leaders. Watch the video* to see the talk in full, or read on for an overview of his key points: Why empathy is a critical skill Helping [.]. Read More. The post Walk a Mile in Their Shoes by Egan Cheung appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Top 25 People To Follow On Medium To Level-Up Your Product Knowledge
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Photo by Jessica Ruscello on Unsplash A few people have asked me recently how to cast a wider net on their product knowledge, or simply how to get started with it. It can be daunting when there are so many sources and people purporting to be ‘experts’ ( glances awkwardly at the mirror ), so I thought I’d start with the source I use the most often?—?
Intercom on Product: One for the roadmap
Intercom, Inc.
OCTOBER 1, 2020
On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. We discuss how we’ve approached it historically at Intercom and how this process has evolved with us to make room for a wider audience. If you’re setting out on your roadmap journey it’s important that it reflect the point of the journey that you’re on – having everyone in a startup of 5 or 6 sharing daily tasks each morning makes sense as they work together
Secure SaaS Success: Embedded Finance as a Competitive Advantage
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.
Product Update: September 2020
Indicative
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Hello everyone! We hope you had a strong end to the quarter. Our team has been busy working on new features to help you. Check out what’s new: Add Notes to Any Query. Save context, captions, or clarifications using query notes. Provide key information about your query through text or images. Query notes can be viewed in the query itself, or when your query is saved as a bookmark or to a dashboard.
Marty Cagan on Empowering Teams, Discovery Challenges, Alignment, and More
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 1, 2020
In the latest of our Prioritised AMAs, we were joined by Marty Cagan who took your questions on empowering teams, discovery challenges, Product Owners, transitioning from product role to a leadership role, and much more. If you missed it, you can watch the whole session again, or read on for a transcript* of selected questions [.]. Read More. The post Marty Cagan on Empowering Teams, Discovery Challenges, Alignment, and More appeared first on Mind the Product.
How empathy can re-align our perception of value
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
Photo by Suhyeon Choi on Unsplash So I am on a plane with my family heading home from a summer vacation trip. As I am helping my youngest son get situated, showing him how to select a personalized in-flight movie, my naturally retrospective mind thought back to the days of when you were lucky if the flight you were on had a movie at all. It made me appreciate how convenient entertainment had become on flights.
Identifying and Addressing Common Biases in Product Management
ProductCraft
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Product management is “thinky” work. As a product person, you need to bring about organizational alignment through product strategy while also keeping things running smoothly with product operations. I don’t need to tell you this is a delicate balance. And without time to sit and think, you’ll end up making rash decisions based on your. Read more » The post Identifying and Addressing Common Biases in Product Management appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
10 Rules for Managing Apache Cassandra
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From Data Literacy to Trust: Dealing with the Pitfalls of Any Data Strategy
Indicative
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
All data strategies start with excitement. This is the dominant emotion during kick-off calls with my clients and it can feel amazing. You’ll finally know exactly what is going inside your product and what growth levers you should be pulling. This excitement can dissipate as teams find themselves stuck with data they don’t trust, tools they don’t know how to use and overwhelm with the sheer volume of their data.
How Real Companies Make OKRs work: Mind the Product and Neo Culture Investigates
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Like all tools, OKRs can be powerful if they’re understood and used correctly and so, in an attempt to help you get the most from the process and to better understand the benefits, effects, and challenges of OKRs, we’ve decided to investigate. In collaboration with NEO Culture, Mind the Product is conducting a short survey, [.]. Read More. The post How Real Companies Make OKRs work: Mind the Product and Neo Culture Investigates appeared first on Mind the Product.
As Precious As We Treat Them
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
A real-life story and a great lesson that taught me to love the products I work on and treat them accordingly. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Is It Time to Kill This Feature?
ProductCraft
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
We all have regrets. When I was a teenager, I had a friend who was a genius with all things technology. He gave me recommendations for my computer setup, developed websites as a side hustle, and was just an inspiring individual overall. Yet one day, I decided to not take him up on his offer. Read more » The post Is It Time to Kill This Feature?
How To Manage Multiple Product Teams For Successful Development & Delivery
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
How Do I Choose The Right UX Research Method?
UserInterviews
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Our quiz can help you get a UX research method recommendation in four clicks or less. Plus a framework to choose a good UX research question and maximize your research resources.
Accelerate Your Product Development – William Treseder on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
In our previous episode, Adam Thomas introduced how he uses a military technique (BLUF) for prioritisation. This week, former US Marine William Treseder – now co-founder and SVP of Product at innovation consultancy BMNT – joins us to talk about how he works with Government, Defense, Academic and Corporate clients to transform their innovation culture. [.].
Your Product is as Strong as Its Weakest Links
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Where does your product need you the most? Credits: [link] The cost of strengthening the strengths is sometimes, ignoring the weakness. But, the price of weakness is sometimes your customer loyalty. An interesting problem statement Twitter was trying to solve was?—?“How to display to its users, the most interesting part of an image on Twitter”. This would ensure high visibility to most likely areas of interest.
How to Build and Sustain Organizational Resilience
Agile Velocity
OCTOBER 1, 2020
After reading the Gallup Group’s article “ Remote Agile: Sustain Performance While Working Remotely ” a few things floated up in my mind. To keep those things from bouncing around too much, I thought I’d write them down and share them out. In case you haven’t read the article, here are Gallup’s key points and recommendations for sustaining performance for remote and distributed teams at a glance: The need for remote Agile happened overnight amid the pandemic.
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To Manage or Not to Manage? Leveling Up Your UX Research Career with Amber Davis, UXR Director at Audible
UserInterviews
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
How to decide if management is the right next step, set yourself up for success, and who can help you get there.
Roadmaps & Prioritisation – Lessons Learnt the Hard way, by Ren Yi Hooi
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
In this ProductTank London talk, Ren Yi Hooi – then Product Director at RailsBank, shares her experience of prioritization challenges in a fast pace organisation. Watch the video to see the talk in full, or read on for an overview of her key points: The challenges of prioritization in all stages of a product lifecycle Suggestions of [.]. Read More.
7 Tips to a Successful Product Management Career
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Not too long after landing a job as a software engineer at Information Builders in 1999, my boss told me we had to talk. He wanted me to… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
TEI 302: From product manager to founder – with Ryan Frederick
Product Innovation Educators
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
What product managers need to know to build a product into a successful company. When I’m working with a group of product managers to help them move towards product mastery, I always ask them to introduce themselves by sharing what they love about product management. Among the numerous answers, in the last year the most frequent response is to create value for customers.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production
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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