Empowering Development Teams
Roman Pichler
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
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Don’t let your roadmapping process put you in handcuffs
ProductBoard
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
When people think of product management or product strategy, the first thing they think of is the roadmap. And for good reason. Roadmapping offers a tangible view into the product development process. That’s why you’ll find so much information about how to approach and build better roadmaps. But as valuable as they can be, you need to make sure they don’t handcuff your product development.
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How to use Empathy Mapping to Create Better Digital Products and Services
Emerge Insights
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Companies that create exceptional customer experiences (CX) stand out from the competition. Great customer experiences create value for both customers and the business. It’s a focus on building a win/win relationship. Empathy mapping can be an invaluable tool to help you focus on the right things: Shifting your teams into a customer-centric mindset, identifying what […].
When Your Sprint Planning Meeting Goes Off the Rails
ProductPlan
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Ask a room full of agile product managers what comes out of a sprint planning meeting, and most will list two things. The sprint goal: a written summary of what the team expects to complete during the next sprint. The sprint backlog: a list of items pulled from the product backlog that the team agrees to work on. But there’s a third thing that comes out of many sprint planning sessions: disagreement.
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Be a Director, not a Manager by Fareed Mosavat
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
In this keynote from #mtpcon San Francisco, Fareed Mosavat, Director of Product, Lifecycle, at Slack, shares his early career lessons on creativity from Pixar. He says being a great product leader is about being a director instead of a manager. Products have become much more complex over the last 20 years and an increasingly competitive and crowded marketplace has led to the creation of new roles, different teams, design sprints and methodologies.
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Fundamentals of Product Management – For the Last Time
Sequent Learning
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Fundamentals of Product Management – For the Last Time. People often ask me why I write books and articles about product management. Sometimes I write as an outgrowth of my benchmark research with results worth sharing for the greater good of our community. Sometimes I detect patterns or trends in business performance that would benefit product people with a clarification or a ‘how-to’ guideline.
Empowering Development Teams
Roman Pichler
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Show People that You Care. Empowering development teams starts with taking a sincere interest in the individuals, attentively listening to their ideas and concerns, and empathising with them. This shows that you care and value people’s perspective; it builds trust; and it gives the team members the confidence to step up and take ownership. If people don’t feel safe, they may shy away from accepting additional authority and only do what their job description requires.
Get your team up and over the line with data-driven sales coaching
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Sales has an unavoidable reality: sometimes, your team won’t hit their numbers. If your team isn’t reaching their goals, what are you doing as a leader to help them get up and over the line? Every manager should know how to effectively coach their reps. This coaching helps them drive their team and their company to greater productivity and higher sales.
Three Techniques for Uncovering Root Cause Customer Needs
Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
When it comes to uncovering customer needs, it’s easy to get caught in the trap reacting and developing products and features that they ask for without first understanding the real business need and its value. Here are three techniques you can employ to uncover customer needs at the root cause level before reacting and investing in products or services that may not hit the mark. 1.
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.
2 Big Product Management Trends to Keep an Eye On
The Product Guy
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2018, Brian Crofts. Watch now and see why he is counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. 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.
Personal Growth – the Essence of Your Product Career by Kristina Walcker-Mayer
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
In this talk from #MTP Engage Hamburg, I look at how you can embrace and accept your strengths and weaknesses and at what kind of people should you partner up with to create true value and drive success for your customers, your company, and yourself. Product careers are very complex because they require a very broad and deep understanding of business, different functions, people, trends, and technology.
40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know
First Round Review
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Given the high-stakes nature of every hire, interviewing chops are always in need of sharpening. We’ve spent the past few months reaching out to some of the most thoughtful company builders in our network to pose a simple question: What’s your favorite interview question to ask and why? Here are their answers.
Prioritize Yourself
Ask Benny
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
There is no such concept as no time. It always gets down to priorities. Prioritizing Others If you ask product managers what are they responsible for, you will get various answers depending on the character of that product manager and the company in which they are working. Different product managers in different companies handle different tasks and different responsibilities based on their beliefs and how the company sees them.
10 Rules for Managing Apache Cassandra
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Inspiration from Adversity
The Product Guy
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
Often the best product ideas and approaches are borne out of great adversity. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Mihaela Draghici.
Rapid Prototyping – Philip Pantelides on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
For our first episode back after a summer break, we chat with Philip Pantelides, who takes us on a journey through Japan, Indonesia and beyond. (er, Bristol.) As the Head of Product for Premium Services at Cookpad, Philip has become known for his unstinting attention to detail, and taking rapid prototyping to a whole new level. Quote of the Episode.
40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know
First Round Review
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Given the high-stakes nature of every hire, interviewing chops are always in need of sharpening. We’ve spent the past few months reaching out to some of the most thoughtful company builders in our network to pose a simple question: *What’s your favorite interview question to ask and why? *Here are their answers.
Prioritize Yourself
Ask Benny
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
There is no such concept as no time. It always gets down to priorities. Prioritizing Others If you ask product managers what are they responsible for, you will get various answers depending on the character of that product manager and the company in which they are working. Different product managers in different companies handle different tasks and different responsibilities based on their beliefs and how the company sees them.
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
Types of product managers
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
A short guide that will help you find your career path in product management Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».
How to Avoid Market Feedback Traps
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
If you were to ask me whether you, as a product manager , should you always listen to market feedback? My answer would be yes, definitely. Sometimes. Here’s why. Henry Ford is famously quoted as eschewing market feedback by saying that if he’d listened to his customers, they’d have asked for faster horses. Interestingly, I learned that Ford’s “faster horse quote” was never actually said.
Customer feedback examples from 10 leading companies – Google, Facebook, Amazon…
Usersnap
AUGUST 31, 2019
We’re glad to see more and more big companies putting customer feedback at high priority, so today we want to share the top 10 customer feedback examples with you to help you get started in your own feedback process. What to take note on these customer feedback examples. You want to be careful when asking customers for feedback, or you may end up wasting their time.
Prioritize Yourself
Ask Benny
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
There is no such concept as no time. It always gets down to priorities. Prioritizing Others. If you ask product managers what are they responsible for, you will get various answers depending on the character of that product manager and the company in which they are working. Different product managers in different companies handle different tasks and different responsibilities based on their beliefs and how the company sees them.
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Telecommuting in Japan: Growing Demand for Online Conferencing Software
freshtrax
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Telecommuting, a working style that allows employees to work remotely is no longer a new concept in the United States. According to OwlLab , 52% of employees in the United States work remotely at least once a week. However, that’s not the case in Japan. According to research conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications , only 13.3% of the respondent companies allow employees to telecommute and only 8.2% of employees have telecommuted before.
Socially Preferable by Nathan Kinch
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
In this ProductTank London talk, Nathan Kinch, CEO at Greater Than X, examines the issues of ethics, privacy, and trust. He looks at how product managers can kick-start their ethics journey and ship products that make life better for everyone. The Edelman Trust Barometer is a resource that measures levels of trust in different contexts. It shows us that in 2017, trust levels were the lowest they have ever been.
Which participant recruitment method should I use for user research?
Userzoom
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Technically there are an infinite number of ways you could attempt to recruit participants for your user research. But instead of putting a QR code on confetti and unleashing it at a stadium, or renting a plane to fly along the beach with a URL floating behind it, how about we take a look at the most common and effective methods for participant recruiting, as well as the pros and cons of each.
TEI 245: How the best product managers make better use of their time – with John Cutler
Product Innovation Educators
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Product managers can say “no” with grace so they focus on making progress. This interview is about making better use of our time as product managers and it is with John Cutler, Product Evangelist at Amplitude. For the sake of time, let’s get right to the interview. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [4:30] Why is time management important as a product manager?
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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