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Product Owner vs. Product Manager Exploration

280 Group

Regardless of which role or title you may have, you should have at least a basic understanding of the Product Owner vs. Product Manager comparison; similarities, differences, and overlap. Why? In our recent Product Management Team Survey we found that in companies doing Agile development, 70% indicated that the Product Manager is also the Product Owner.

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From Engineering To Product Management: The Two-Step Career Move

bpma ProductHub

Contributed by John Mansour. The transition from engineering to product management is one of the most difficult. Why? Of all roles that touch the product, engineers are the furthest removed from the market and the customers. It can be done successfully however, as many engineers have already proven. If you’re an engineer with product manager aspirations, make the move in two smaller steps instead of one big leap.

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You’re a leader, he’s a leader, she’s a leader

Lead on Purpose

Guest post by Mirette Ghanem If you are reading this, you’re already flexing your leadership muscle.

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How to Be Customer-Centric at Scale

UserVoice

When you start building a product, you are obsessed with “the customer.” You spend abundant time finding out who they are, identifying their pain points, and addressing them gracefully and creatively. Your world is all about interviews, a/b tests, and nailing a value proposition and user experience that resonates with the market. Once your product (hopefully) takes off, life begins to change.

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

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.

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Elements of a Compelling Product Vision Statement

280 Group

Do I Really Need a Product Vision Statement? According to Les McKeown, CEO of Predicable Success, it is estimated that team members make between 20-200 micro-decisions a day that impact the success of a project. When you do the math on how many team members you have this leads to an astounding number of decisions that are being made daily around your product.

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Don’t Let Friendships Starve to Death: Use This Happiness Hack to Keep People Close

Nir Eyal

Several months ago, I wrote an article sharing a happiness hack my wife and I use to maintain and nourish close friendships. Here’s a SlideShare summary of the happiness hack article. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Quality Friendships Diagram You may also enjoy reading: Happiness Hack: This One Ritual Made Me Much Happier. The post Don’t Let Friendships Starve to Death: Use This Happiness Hack to Keep People Close appeared first on Nir and Far.

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TEI 088: Product management for preparing the next generation of innovation leaders- with Youth Digital - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

My son got to meet his heroes. Not sports players, astronauts, or Marvel comics characters. He met the people behind Youth Digital, his favorite source for online tech courses. We traveled to their headquarters in Chapel Hills, North Carolina. What they are all about is creating the next generation of creators, focused on kids ages 8 to 14. My son discovered their courses when he was 10 and he is devouring them as fast as he can, learning about Java programming, 3D graphics and animation, comput

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Google UX researcher Sara Cambridge

dscout People Nerds

A People Nerds interview with Sara Cambridge.

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How to Protect Your IoT Product from Hackers

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

Imagine this. You are drinking your Sunday morning coffee when you see in the news that hackers took control of a connected device. As the reporter tells the story and recounts the damages, you realize they are talking about your product! Hackers exploited a security hole you didn’t know you have. Things are not looking good for you or your product!

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Behind the Research: Data Analytics

TSIA

At TSIA, we provide technology and services businesses with the insights they need to grow, advance, and achieve their desired outcomes in our rapidly evolving industry. Our robust data analytics program allows us to capture an accurate view of the state of the tech industry, which we use to provide our members with fact-based research and actionable metrics for improving their operations.

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Google Analytics is Dangerous

Product Warrior

Google Analytics is a fantastic and powerfully tool, it can be easily misunderstood and inform bad decisions and investments. I know, its got amazing features, it's really easy to set up, it's a doddle to get figures out of, on the surface it is a great example of superb product management. But is it? Before going any further it must be clear, I am a really big fan of Google Analytics.

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Getting to know UserTesting: Meet our engineers!

UserTesting

At UserTesting, we have a really unique, empowered Engineering culture. We have a mix of Engineers who work out of our offices and others who work remotely from home. About two years ago both Karmen Blake and Jerrod Blavos joined … The post Getting to know UserTesting: Meet our engineers! appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Pricing: The third business skill

Product Bookshelf

Pricing is a critical business capability but is often overlooked and poorly organized. Bringing pricing to the forefront as its own discipline and organization role enables businesses to grow and effectively capture value. Effective pricing requires an integrated approach and a recognition of its creative nature. Pricing: The Third Business Skill: Principles of Price Management by Ernst-Jan Bouter.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Poll Results: Organizational Models for Professional Services and the Cloud

TSIA

At TSIA, we've recently received a lot of questions from our members regarding the typical organizational models tech companies are using to set up cloud or XaaS businesses alongside their traditional consumption models. To get a bit more insight on this topic, we conducted a TSIA Quick Poll where we asked members of our Professional Services community to share their experiences in this area, resulting in us receiving detailed responses from 56 companies.

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10 experts on being a great product manager–and other innovation insights for product managers Sep 9, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. 10 experts share how to be a great product manager. (1) Be a leader. (2) Know when to say no. (3) Protect your team. (4) Drive decisions with a clear product vision. (5) Choose the right tools for your work. Read about these and the other five at https://www.irise.com/blog/pm/how-to-become-a-product-manager.

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Getting to know UserTesting: Meet our engineers!

UserTesting

At UserTesting, we have a really unique, empowered Engineering culture. We have a mix of Engineers who work out of our offices and others who work remotely from home. About two years ago both Karmen Blake and Jerrod Blavos joined … The post Getting to know UserTesting: Meet our engineers! appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Graceful Degradation: Building Planned Failure Into Your App

Split

I find that the best writing on software architecture is often by people who are not software architects. In fact, they may never have written a single line of code. This is because the goal of good software is to fit the needs of the customer so well that the software is invisible (quote repurposed from Donald Norman ). And that is a goal we, software engineers, share with designers and marketers whose perspective is also relevant to the design of software.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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[Infographic] How the Internet of Things is Impacting Hardware Manufacturers

TSIA

In an increasingly connected world, the Internet of Things (IoT) is forcing traditional hardware manufacturers to rethink how they run their businesses. The historical make/sell/ship business model is no longer sufficient now that customers expect providers to help them save money and improve their business outcomes.

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