Our aim is to make higher education more accessible, flexible and enjoyable than it has ever been and we do this by working with leading universities and educational institutions from all over the world. MORE
While the primary purpose of a customer onboarding process is to educate and train new users and set them up for success, there’s several ways to use your onboarding procedure as a source of feedback to incorporate into your product development cycle. MORE
When working in these environments we should embrace another responsibility as part of our role: educating and getting people around us to be on board with “the right way” of building products 3. MORE
Through talks and discussions with expo exhibitors, I noticed four key challenges the industry faces today: focusing on technology over value, analysis-paralysis in both platforms and security vendors, and the challenge of educating the IoT […]. MORE
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Ellen Chisa has an educational background in engineering and is currently working on her MBA at Harvard Business School. Where a product manager’s skill set lies depends largely on their educational and/or professional background. MORE
Their mission is to help every student realize their full potential through the best fit education their money can buy. Josh McWilliam is a co-founder and Vice President of Product at College Factual. MORE
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Belonging, identity and Third Culture Kids: Life histories of former international school students ; Helen Fail, Jeff Thompson and George Walker / Journal of Research in International Education, 2004 3: 319. MORE
Your job is simply to figure out how the car rental companies plan to solve it and why, and educate the surrogate users (and all other disciplines) to ensure the relevant products in your portfolio are properly aimed. Contributed by John Mansour. MORE
I ended up gleaning my self-education from books like Inspired by Marty Cagan, attending developer and design meet-ups, and shadowing other product managers. 7 years ago, I started working at my first tech startup. MORE
At this point, we needed to get educated (quickly) on how Sales at this company was motivated. A few years ago, I was working for a large company here in Austin. MORE
If the market is better educated, there will be direct benefits to the technology roadmap and product pricing. Product managers can directly impact their own product revenues, customer base, and speed to market through education. My Twitter feed is full of stories of Amazon seizing the lead in the smart home industry. MORE
—Peter Drucker, American management consultant, educator, and author. In a well-run organization, each role has a single orientation; they either support [individual] customers or they support the market. It seems most organizations are unclear on roles and responsibilities. MORE
To break out of stagnant processes, and truly motivate a more “bottom up” flow of ideas, I believe corporates need to change their internal structure, and put in place a system where employees are educated, enabled and empowered to think and work in new ways. MORE
Only a low number of respondents work in the health and education sectors, and in not-for-profit companies; most respondents work for a private company or public company. Since 2012, our friends at Mind The Product have done multiple surveys on the facts and figures of the product community. MORE
With the right answers, you can start to foment actionable solutions – whether that be targeted educational content on how to leverage a particular module, making changes in a future product roadmap that enhance necessary functionality, or going over detailed battle cards on functionality with your account contact that will protect your position in the enterprise. On a recent webinar , we asked participants a somewhat loaded question: do you view exposing shelfware as a revenue risk? MORE
In the spirit of continuing to educate myself as to why consulting works so well for me – and why it may work for you – I’ve done some research into what can bring us fulfilment and happiness at work. MORE
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He’s smart with a solid educational background, and he has the charisma to do great things. I recently became aware of a CEO who believes he’s a great leader. However, most of the people in his organization don’t see him … Continue reading → Leadership commitment decision focus MORE
Social Capital’s work consists of helping solve the world’s largest problems which it does by investing in technology in sectors such as healthcare and education, and companies both within and outside of the United States. MORE
Take for example, Mind the Product’s guide to analytics for product managers, or if you prefer to see the big picture first, big data fundamentals courses are offered at online education spots as varied as Udemy , Cornell , and Coursera. “Big data.” MORE
You had your education, that lasted until you were ready for your career, then you got a job, and you worked, and then you retired. It was very serial in its nature, with distinct phases, and it was assumed that if your time in your career required education, it was provided, and you were encouraged to take it. The convergence of technology to make it all work, to help educate the workforce, giving them options that just a few years ago seemed fantastic. Datestamp: 11/8/2016. MORE
To illustrate this problem, I want to talk about the work of a landmark educational philosopher, John Dewey. I love that A/B testing has become so popular. It’s an important tool in our toolbox. But it frustrates me that we use it so poorly. MORE
For example a “how do I” question means that the customer already knows that something is possible with your product, so it’s not a product marketing or education issue, it’s a user experience issue. MORE
Even if your readers are highly educated, they prefer easier-to-read writing. In my Writing Tips for Product Managers post I suggested making your writing more readable. I mentioned a tool I use called Hemingway. It has both a Mac app and an online version. MORE
He launched the first Scrum team in 1993 and has shephereded its growth into almost every industry: finance, healthcare, higher education and telecom. Contributed by Ellen Gottesdiener and Jeff Sutherland. Deliver Value Sooner. Backlog refinement prepares your backlog for development. MORE
Because I did not have the typical background or education, I wasn’t afraid to ask many questions, or find ways to further my understanding of the industry and role. MORE
By Lisa Sieverts – The BPMA sponsors many different groups that provide practical educational and workshop type events. Product management is one of those disciplines that simply requires continuous education to stay sharp. An Agile Product Open meetup recap. MORE
Her prior experience includes product management at Wayfair, Constant Contact and an educational software startup. Contributed by Cynthia Andre. In 2016, Glassdoor identified Product Management as the #8 best job to have in America, with a job score of 4.5 out of 5. MORE
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Rosemary King educates us on the importance of involving stakeholders (especially those in senior positions) in the research phases of your products. MORE
There is one question I always get during every Product Management workshop: How do I convince/teach/educate stakeholders to work this way? The class has bought in on validation before building, a focus on problems, and defined metrics. MORE
Daniella’s educational background is in mechanical engineering and mathematics, and her professional experience includes operations, engineering, and design roles at several startups. 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. MORE
Armed with this information, your team can work with product management to create targeted educational content distributed through email marketing systems that inform users of the value they’re missing out on, perhaps even distributing it through in-app messaging while they’re engaged in a relevant workflow. MORE
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) took a close look at who was hiring them do what and discovered that they assumed they were in the business of providing coming-of-age experiences to high school graduates looking for a standard college education. MORE
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—Peter Drucker, American management consultant, educator, and author. In a well-run organization, each role has a single orientation; they either support [individual] customers or they support the market. It seems most organizations are unclear on roles and responsibilities. MORE
This ‘fail fast’ process is also educational, as you learn how to build better products. What is Dual-Track Agile? Dual-Track Agile is an IT development methodology where figuring out what to build is as important as the building process. MORE
In-app messaging is a great way to educate our users. What’s more, we can figure out what functionality users leverage the most, and send targeted, rich educational material on how to maximize use – including customer stories, how-to videos and more. You’re sitting in a meeting with leaders from marketing, sales, and a bunch of other important people, listening to the CMO detail the latest marketing trends within your product space. MORE
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There is one question I always get during every Product Management workshop: How do I convince/teach/educate stakeholders to work this way? The class has bought in on validation before building, a focus on problems, and defined metrics.
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Take for example, Mind the Product’s guide to analytics for product managers, or if you prefer to see the big picture first, big data fundamentals courses are offered at online education spots as varied as Udemy , Cornell , and Coursera. “Big data.”
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Through talks and discussions with expo exhibitors, I noticed four key challenges the industry faces today: focusing on technology over value, analysis-paralysis in both platforms and security vendors, and the challenge of educating the IoT […].
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A foundational business education. Speaking of business, a business education can help shape those goals. The Path to Product Management. By John Zilch – I recently stumbled across a thought-provoking question posted on the Boston Product Management Association group page.
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JUNE 21, 2017
By Lisa Sieverts – The BPMA sponsors many different groups that provide practical educational and workshop type events. Product management is one of those disciplines that simply requires continuous education to stay sharp. An Agile Product Open meetup recap.
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JULY 28, 2017
Charlie is also passionate about design education, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at California College of the Arts. For product designers, most of their work of the last ten years has been for a glass rectangle of some form (smartphone, laptop, smartwatch). In the next decade, it’s like their work will increasingly be on a canvas that is larger, more immersive and distributed – and possibly even autonomous in behavior. What is the role of a designer in this world?
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Because I did not have the typical background or education, I wasn’t afraid to ask many questions, or find ways to further my understanding of the industry and role.
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Even if your readers are highly educated, they prefer easier-to-read writing. In my Writing Tips for Product Managers post I suggested making your writing more readable. I mentioned a tool I use called Hemingway. It has both a Mac app and an online version.
bpma ProductHub
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Your job is simply to figure out how the car rental companies plan to solve it and why, and educate the surrogate users (and all other disciplines) to ensure the relevant products in your portfolio are properly aimed. Contributed by John Mansour.
bpma ProductHub
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
He launched the first Scrum team in 1993 and has shephereded its growth into almost every industry: finance, healthcare, higher education and telecom. Contributed by Ellen Gottesdiener and Jeff Sutherland. Deliver Value Sooner. Backlog refinement prepares your backlog for development.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 9, 2017
If the market is better educated, there will be direct benefits to the technology roadmap and product pricing. Product managers can directly impact their own product revenues, customer base, and speed to market through education. My Twitter feed is full of stories of Amazon seizing the lead in the smart home industry.
Under10 Playbook
MARCH 23, 2017
—Peter Drucker, American management consultant, educator, and author. In a well-run organization, each role has a single orientation; they either support [individual] customers or they support the market. It seems most organizations are unclear on roles and responsibilities.
Amplitude
JUNE 8, 2017
Social Capital’s work consists of helping solve the world’s largest problems which it does by investing in technology in sectors such as healthcare and education, and companies both within and outside of the United States.
Mind the Product
MAY 22, 2017
Is it the false sense of security that you’re setting yourself up to deliver a list of features based on untested assumptions and educated guesses? Can’t get your boss to part ways with a time-based feature roadmap? Then sell them on the risk.
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At this point, we needed to get educated (quickly) on how Sales at this company was motivated. A few years ago, I was working for a large company here in Austin.
Revulytics
JULY 28, 2017
With the right answers, you can start to foment actionable solutions – whether that be targeted educational content on how to leverage a particular module, making changes in a future product roadmap that enhance necessary functionality, or going over detailed battle cards on functionality with your account contact that will protect your position in the enterprise. On a recent webinar , we asked participants a somewhat loaded question: do you view exposing shelfware as a revenue risk?
Revulytics
JUNE 27, 2017
In-app messaging is a great way to educate our users. What’s more, we can figure out what functionality users leverage the most, and send targeted, rich educational material on how to maximize use – including customer stories, how-to videos and more. You’re sitting in a meeting with leaders from marketing, sales, and a bunch of other important people, listening to the CMO detail the latest marketing trends within your product space.
Under10 Playbook
MARCH 1, 2017
—Peter Drucker, American management consultant, educator, and author. In a well-run organization, each role has a single orientation; they either support [individual] customers or they support the market. It seems most organizations are unclear on roles and responsibilities.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 1, 2017
Daniella’s educational background is in mechanical engineering and mathematics, and her professional experience includes operations, engineering, and design roles at several startups. 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.
Folding Burritos
JANUARY 21, 2016
When working in these environments we should embrace another responsibility as part of our role: educating and getting people around us to be on board with “the right way” of building products 3.
Under10 Playbook
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
In some cases, they’re looking for “purple squirrels”—candidates with the perfect combination of skills, education and experience, who will work for peanuts. Adapt this to yourself: For [software vendors in Virginia focused on education].
Product Talk
JANUARY 13, 2016
To illustrate this problem, I want to talk about the work of a landmark educational philosopher, John Dewey. I love that A/B testing has become so popular. It’s an important tool in our toolbox. But it frustrates me that we use it so poorly.
Mind the Product
MAY 11, 2017
Rosemary King educates us on the importance of involving stakeholders (especially those in senior positions) in the research phases of your products.
Mind the Product
MAY 15, 2017
Their mission is to help every student realize their full potential through the best fit education their money can buy. Josh McWilliam is a co-founder and Vice President of Product at College Factual.
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
To break out of stagnant processes, and truly motivate a more “bottom up” flow of ideas, I believe corporates need to change their internal structure, and put in place a system where employees are educated, enabled and empowered to think and work in new ways.
Mind the Product
APRIL 3, 2017
Our aim is to make higher education more accessible, flexible and enjoyable than it has ever been and we do this by working with leading universities and educational institutions from all over the world.
Mind the Product
MARCH 9, 2017
Ellen Chisa has an educational background in engineering and is currently working on her MBA at Harvard Business School. Where a product manager’s skill set lies depends largely on their educational and/or professional background.
The Product Bistro
JANUARY 17, 2017
You had your education, that lasted until you were ready for your career, then you got a job, and you worked, and then you retired. It was very serial in its nature, with distinct phases, and it was assumed that if your time in your career required education, it was provided, and you were encouraged to take it. The convergence of technology to make it all work, to help educate the workforce, giving them options that just a few years ago seemed fantastic. Datestamp: 11/8/2016.
Revulytics
MAY 19, 2017
Armed with this information, your team can work with product management to create targeted educational content distributed through email marketing systems that inform users of the value they’re missing out on, perhaps even distributing it through in-app messaging while they’re engaged in a relevant workflow.
Mind the Product
MARCH 22, 2017
I ended up gleaning my self-education from books like Inspired by Marty Cagan, attending developer and design meet-ups, and shadowing other product managers. 7 years ago, I started working at my first tech startup.
Mind the Product
APRIL 4, 2017
This ‘fail fast’ process is also educational, as you learn how to build better products. What is Dual-Track Agile? Dual-Track Agile is an IT development methodology where figuring out what to build is as important as the building process.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 2, 2016
For example a “how do I” question means that the customer already knows that something is possible with your product, so it’s not a product marketing or education issue, it’s a user experience issue.
Amplitude
APRIL 4, 2017
What level of education does each stakeholder need to be successful? This is a guest post from Al Harnisch from Prolific Interactive , an Amplitude Solutions Partner.
Product Bookshelf
MARCH 2, 2017
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) took a close look at who was hiring them do what and discovered that they assumed they were in the business of providing coming-of-age experiences to high school graduates looking for a standard college education.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 17, 2017
In the spirit of continuing to educate myself as to why consulting works so well for me – and why it may work for you – I’ve done some research into what can bring us fulfilment and happiness at work.
Mind the Product
APRIL 7, 2017
Education with character.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 28, 2016
Suzie’s post both educates and entertains and is full of practical advice and, as Suzie says, its point is “to empower you and inform you about technical practices that are meant to be business-relevant”.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 16, 2016
In this thought-provoking closing keynote from #mtpcon Jeff Veen , design partner at True Ventures and former VP of Design at Adobe, shared how important a creative culture is, how it allows you to build better products, and what organizations need to do to craft that creative culture.
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Only a low number of respondents work in the health and education sectors, and in not-for-profit companies; most respondents work for a private company or public company. Since 2012, our friends at Mind The Product have done multiple surveys on the facts and figures of the product community.
Mind the Product
MARCH 7, 2017
Belonging, identity and Third Culture Kids: Life histories of former international school students ; Helen Fail, Jeff Thompson and George Walker / Journal of Research in International Education, 2004 3: 319.
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