Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2022

Product management specializations have trended upwards in recent months. These “specializations” often place focus around a specific set of skills or needs a company has, somewhat creating a division within the product manager role. Are we breaking apart the product manager role a bit too much?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 20, 2019

Although product managers at consumer and enterprise companies have a title in common, the jobs themselves can vary drastically. So, how is product management in enterprise different from consumer tech?

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn.  We need excellent communication so that one group doesn’t step on the other’s changes.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

She took a multi-step, methodical approach to introduce continuous discovery, including enrolling a group of product people in the Master Class , having those participants coach and train others, and bringing stakeholders along for the journey. Sandrine Veillet is the Vice President of Global Product at WebMD.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Guest Post by: Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. Make a list of the scope and the challenges to your product. First Attempt.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. You can read her writing on ProductTalk.org.

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Userpilot

JUNE 29, 2023

This comprehensive guide will enable proactive product managers to figure out exactly how to craft documentation that will help users solve their problems and delight them. TL;DR User documentation describes any kind of helpful material intended for the user of a product. Let’s get you started! User persona example.

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

My career started at Hewitt Associates which was a human capital and management consulting firm that operated 500 offices in 120 countries. We provided consulting, insurance brokerage, information technology and business process outsourcing services. More About The Product Mentor. Better Products. Better Product People.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2018

Product management tends to work with most areas of a company, and product managers should spend much of their time focussed outside walls of the company too. All the while my products suffered abandonment issues. Thought leadership fits well within the established realm of product management.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 4, 2020

In this post, an enterprise (IBM) and a consumer (Google) product manager describe a typical day in their life on the job. While there doesn't exactly exist a "typical" day in product management, you can expect to perform certain tasks based on the stage of your product. Here's a snapshot of my day.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational 'air cover' to product managers to postpone almost all new requests — so that their teams can finish work already underway.    Now.   “ How hard could it be? 

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Challenges due to hypergrowth. Onboarding: A huge number of hirings, from C-Level to PMs and Tech lead Process-oriented, not mission, not goals Purpose lost: make new employees impact the team as soon as possible No feedback-loop with new employees. Regarding continuous delivery: Very technical focus (e.g. Better Products.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 5, 2019

Like everywhere else in the world, digital product managers are in high demand in Asia. Not many people have heard of product management let alone know what it takes to be good at it. So where are the product manager jobs in Asia and what are they like? Location, Location, Location.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Startups, scale-ups, and unicorns get all the press – but there are an awful lot more product people working at large organisations. Katie Saindon, Senior Manager of Product Management at GE Healthcare, is one of them. Katie Saindon, Senior Manager of Product Management at GE Healthcare, is one of them.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Moving from project-based thinking to product-based thinking is an essential part of delivering a successful digital transformation. What are the benefits of taking on such an initiative, and how does product management give you the best possible chance of success? How Does Product Management Enable Digital Transformation?

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The Product Guy

JUNE 25, 2018

This article highlights a few ways to increase clarity and provide better role definition between a manager and a direct report as it pertains to daily situations involving escalations, blockers, and air cover. Given the split responsibility between manager and direct report, alignment and effective communication in these situations is key.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

A startup development team consisting of a product manager and two offshore engineers was facing major challenges in meeting client deliverable deadlines – repeatedly. Since there was no active grooming or planning session with the engineers, daily standups played the role of requirement review meetings. THE CHALLENGE.

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Mind the Product

MAY 20, 2020

If you can really get all of the potential out of (group decision making), there’s nothing better, it makes for the best quality decisions. Managing groups. Julia at Leading Design London, talking about 6 common group dynamics that get in the way of good group decision making . * Making decisions.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 27, 2018

When I started my current product role last September, I had a textbook definition of what makes a great product manager. From my participation in the program and the lessons I’ve learned from my mentor, I now have a wider perspective on the challenges that come to every product manager.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 19, 2020

Product Management is notoriously difficult to get into. This challenge is especially augmented for those just graduating from college with minimal exposure to product management. Thus, companies have developed entry-level product management roles, known commonly as Associate Product Management (APM) roles.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 23, 2017

We’re delighted to announce our first three speakers, who will share their unique insights on building products in SaaS, how to be more creative and innovative, and how to change enterprise culture; Tickets are on sale now! At Macromedia she was responsible for new products and businesses that leveraged the Flash Player.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2022

After the overnight success of Chat OpenAI, it’s no wonder predictions related to using AI and machine learning to increase our understanding of user behavior , greater automation of low-level tasks , and GPT-4 dominate Product Managers’ and Marketers’ projections for the upcoming year.

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Department of Product

JULY 29, 2022

Product Positioning for Product Managers Why an understanding of how your product is positioned is critical A key responsibility for Product Managers is to define how their products are positioned in the market. This is the result of unique product positioning.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Truly understanding your customers and finding ways to improve your product is an overwhelmingly daunting task. Customer discovery is key to informing product strategy and there is a mountain of techniques and methods available for conducting customer discovery. More About The Product Mentor. Better Products. Jeremy Horn.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

This article delves into the importance of UI UX research, particularly for enterprise customers and B2B companies. UX research is an integral component in creating user-centric products. The importance of UX research for enterprise customers and B2B companies cannot be overstated, particularly for mature SaaS providers and startups.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

Product Managers are often called “Product CEOs” or “Mini GMs”, but they rarely have direct control over the inputs that lead to successful products. Bachelor’s in Marketing, an MBA, or a technical degree depending on which company you’re targeting.) Technical expertise. You need to work on a product.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Both Pendo and Heap support funnel analysis which allows product managers to identify friction points and optimize the product to help users experience value in less time. The majority of Heap's clients are large enterprises, like Uber or Salesforce. This allows product teams to group users who meet certain criteria.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 4, 2024

How do you navigate an organization that is limiting the growth of the product org? I feel limited in my growth as there is not upward opportunity as a Senior Product Manager. How would you approach working with new team members in a different country, specifically to grow empathy and connection, due to cultural differences?

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Userpilot

APRIL 10, 2024

Group content into modules and categories. A knowledge base is a centralized self-service library of information about a product or service. A customer might use a knowledge base to learn more about navigating a user interface, look into technical specifications, or get help with a specific feature. Create granular content.

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Mixpanel

JULY 28, 2022

For example, when employees need to be trained on an internal tool, that effort might come from the company’s technical team that built it. As companies expand, the costs to maintain the internal tool will also grow as new features and technologies are added.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 19, 2020

Product Management is notoriously difficult to get into. This challenge is especially augmented for those just graduating from college with minimal exposure to product management. Thus, companies have developed entry-level product management roles, known commonly as Associate Product Management (APM) roles.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 9, 2021

One of them is location, so this time we reviewed the top companies to help you find the right UX agency in London. The team consists of experts in product management, strategic thinking, and agile transformation. There are a lot of factors businesses take into consideration when looking for a UX design agency to work with.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2024

Primary market research gathers specific data directly from the target audience using tools like surveys and focus groups, while secondary market research utilizes existing data from various sources to provide broader market insights. For SaaS product managers, market research, including competitive analysis, is crucial.

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Userpilot

JUNE 29, 2022

This data enables product managers, customer success, and marketing teams to detect friction points and unravel product growth opportunities. Let’s dig a bit deeper and discover what customer data and actionable insights you can derive from dividing customers into different groups. Demographic segmentation data.

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B2B Product Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Getting confused between what to do as a B2B Product vs B2C Product manager role? Let us start with understanding the difference in those two types of products. It is important to understand what B2B and B2C products are. And B2C products are products or services that are sold directly to consumers.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Online reviews to understand attributes that customers value most, such as specific features, ease of use, customer support, pricing, and so on. Competitor reviews to identify where your competitors are delighting or disappointing their audience. You can tailor your products and services to meet user’s individual needs.

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