The determination to do
Lead on Purpose
JUNE 12, 2017
One of the interesting things I’ve found about life—all aspects of life—is that it keeps moving forward, it keeps changing. Every day brings something new, something different.
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To 10x Your Profits Start With Retrospectives
The Secret PM Handbook
JUNE 16, 2017
20% is boring. As many of you know, there’s a technique called a “ retrospective ” in scrum, or you might call it a debrief. After each sprint the team spends a short amount of time reviewing what went well, what could be improved, and what they should stop doing. The goal is for the team to learn quickly from each sprint. So, let’s say I really wanted my team to start doing retrospectives, and the team is unwilling.
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Ways to Define Success and Measure Value for your Product Features
bpma ProductHub
JUNE 12, 2017
A Boston Women in Product Event Recap. By Garmia Painuly – No matter what the product, our goal as product managers is to deliver value to customers. How do we quantify and measure the value, and incorporate the findings into our product plans and roadmaps? Nearly 60 product professionals attended Boston Women in Product’s event on May 18th to hear speakers present real world examples and varied perspectives on the topic.
Are Agile Frameworks Dominating the Software Product Management Landscape?
Product Management University
JUNE 12, 2017
Some days it feels like Agile frameworks are dictating how product management is done. At a minimum, they seem to be dominating the product management narrative in the software industry. If that’s true, it’s not good for your products and it’s not good for your organization. On the other hand, when product management and Agile are 100% complementary, the end result is solutions that make customers better at whatever they do. .
Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Laura Klein – Introducing the User Map
Mind the Product
JUNE 16, 2017
User research expert Laura Klein introduces ProductTank San Francisco to her User Map tool. In this talk you’ll learn the most important questions you need to answer about your customers. User Research Tools: The Problem With Personas. Who is your product for? You should know who is buying (or not buying) and using your product. If you’re just starting out, you should have a hypothesis about who they will be.
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Workshop: How to Get the Most Out of User Interviews
bpma ProductHub
JUNE 12, 2017
A Hands-on Event on June 14th, 2017. By Garima Painuly – As product managers, we know we should obsess over our customers. Depending on your organization, you may be working with a robust user research team or you may be on your own, finding & conducting interviews to uncover needs and ideas that might delight. But how can we ensure that we’re getting the most out of the time we spend with users?
How Communicating More Can Help You Succeed as a Product Manager
The Product Guy
JUNE 15, 2017
Guest Post by: Lonnie Rosenbaum (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Marc Abraham]. Sharing product information within your company is one of the most valuable things you can do as a product manager. Whether it’s your plans (roadmap), feedback you’ve heard from users, product usage data (analytics), or posing questions — getting what you’re doing and thinking in front of a cross-departmental audience will provide you with input that helps you make better decisions a
Here’s How Amazon’s Alexa Hooks You
Nir Eyal
JUNE 14, 2017
Nir’s Note: This guest post is by Darren Austin, Partner Director of Product Management at Microsoft. Last year we added a new member to our household. I must admit that upon first meeting her, our initial impression was that she was a little creepy. Today though, we can’t imagine life without her. We’ve never seen […]. The post Here’s How Amazon’s Alexa Hooks You appeared first on Nir and Far.
To 10x Your Profits Start With Retrospectives
The Secret PM Handbook
JUNE 16, 2017
20% is boring. As many of you know, there’s a technique called a “ retrospective ” in scrum, or you might call it a debrief. After each sprint the team spends a short amount of time reviewing what went well, what could be improved, and what they should stop doing. The goal is for the team to learn quickly from each sprint. So, let’s say I really wanted my team to start doing retrospectives, and the team is unwilling.
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst
We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
Remember HiPPOs are Humans too…
Mind the Product
JUNE 13, 2017
At every tech or product management talk I go to there is invariably a slide about HiPPOs – standing for the “Highest Paid Person’s Opinions” It’s a term used to describe a senior member of the organisation who is not attached to the delivery team full time, and who is expressing a perspective that the delivery team feels it has good reason to ignore.
Hardest Lesson to Accept in Product Management
The Product Guy
JUNE 12, 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 UX Booth Redesigned Their Homepage With UserZoom
Userzoom
JUNE 13, 2017
“The new homepage design was all ready to go, and we were excited to launch. As the team discussed our rollout plan, we all agreed that testing the design before launch would be the right thing to do—we are, after all, focused on user-centered design. The problem was doing testing in a timely manner, while still gathering enough information to make sure our new homepage would provide a fantastic experience for our readers.” This was the state of things when Marli Mesibov, Editorial D
Tips For Both Setting Your Product’s Price And Then Getting It
The Accidental Product Manager
JUNE 12, 2017
Product managers have to pick the right price and then get people to pay it Image Credit: Michael Summers. If you have a talk with a product manager and you ask them what the most challenging part of their job’s product development definition is, more often than not you’ll get the answer “pricing” As product managers we’d like to maximize the amount of money that the company gets each time it sells our product.
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.
Managing up as a newbie product manager
Roadmunk
JUNE 15, 2017
I’ve been Roadmunk’s newest product manager for 120 days (give-or-take). And while it’s been a career-changing gig full of growth, it’s also been… peculiar. I say peculiar for a couple of reasons: I joined a product organization as a product manager for a tool for other product managers. Feels like some weird Inception s**t sometimes. Roadmunk is a small product organization, so every day I report to and work with our CEO, Latif Nanji.
Featured Product Job: Purch
The Product Guy
JUNE 10, 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….
What is it like being a remote Product Manager?
The Product Coalition
JUNE 12, 2017
If you are considering applying for the remote product manager position, it is worth noting that this job implies some collaboration challenges which directly affect the quality of the final product. And here are a few to watch out for: #1. 24/7 availability Being of sound mind and lucid memory, you voluntarily agree to indefinite working hours and 24/7 communication: be ready to answer audio/video calls, exchange e-mails or text anytime and everywhere.
Begin your Agile Transformation Journey on the Right Track
Product Club
JUNE 10, 2017
Across the globe, companies are investing in Agile transformations primarily for two reasons — to increase speed, and improve the quality of their technical product delivery. We’ve all been sold “Agile” for over 10 years, told to treat “waterfall” as a curse word to be uttered with disgust in boardrooms. However, migrating from old school methods to new is a process fraught with challenge.
Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing
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Increase Test Automation with Touch ID & Fingerprint Authentication Simulations
Amir Rozenberg
JUNE 13, 2017
The usage of biometric sensors, such as Touch ID or fingerprint authentication, to elevate the security of mobile applications has been proliferating significantly. A key factor in this trend is the convenience and simplicity offered to the end user via onboard sensors. Users and brands are benefitting from increased sense of security in user flows: initially, biometrics were perceived as a credential-form replacement at the login stage.
Here’s How Amazon’s Alexa Hooks You
Nir Eyal
JUNE 14, 2017
Nir’s Note: This guest post is by Darren Austin, Partner Director of Product Management at Microsoft. Last year we added a new member to our household. I must admit that upon first meeting her, our initial impression was that she was a little creepy. Today though, we can’t imagine life without her. We’ve never seen […] The post Here’s How Amazon’s Alexa Hooks You appeared first on Nir and Far.
The Customer Success Maturity Model in 4 Phases
TSIA
JUNE 13, 2017
As more technology companies move toward new “as-a-service"/subscription revenue business models, customer success continues to play a big role in this transition by preventing customer churn and securing crucial recurring annuity streams. But how do you know which stage of development your organization is at, and what is the end goal? To answer that, TSIA has developed the Customer Success Maturity Model , which allows companies to see where they stand against their peers and spot pot
The objects that define us
dscout People Nerds
JUNE 14, 2017
A People Nerds interview with Paula Zuccotti.
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.
Increase Test Automation with Touch ID & Fingerprint Authentication Simulations
Amir Rozenberg
JUNE 13, 2017
The usage of biometric sensors, such as Touch ID or fingerprint authentication, to elevate the security of mobile applications has been proliferating significantly. A key factor in this trend is the convenience and simplicity offered to the end user via onboard sensors. Users and brands are benefitting from increased sense of security in user flows: initially, biometrics were perceived as a credential-form replacement at the login stage.
Psych’d: A new user psychology framework for increasing funnel conversion (Guest Post)
Andrew Chen
JUNE 12, 2017
[Hi readers, my good friend Darius Contractor (currently growth eng at Dropbox) has a brilliant new framework how user psychology has driven growth at companies like Bebo, Tickle, PhotoSugar and of course, Dropbox. Thanks to Darius and the folks at Reforge for putting this together. Hope you enjoy the writeup here! -Andrew]. Increase your funnel conversion by getting users Psych’d – by Darius Contractor.
The Potential of Agile
Tyner Blain
JUNE 11, 2017
The pop-culture concept of a silver bullet – a simple solution to a hard problem – is a dangerous idea. It can be used to over-promise, and doom a team to under-delivery. When an executive, too far removed from what makes creating products hard thinks of “agile” as a silver bullet it becomes difficult to manage expectations.
Product Management Insights: How Usage Analytics Helps Your Developers
Revulytics
JUNE 14, 2017
When I was a product manager, I encountered a scenario that is probably familiar to my fellow PMs here. One of our products had so much killer functionality, it could basically do the equivalent of launching rockets for network security. But as we started to dig into use by our customers, one of the most utilized pieces of functionality was a very minor testing feature, something that accounted for about one percent of the product’s total functionality.
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.
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