Mind the Product

MAY 27, 2019

Neville started with a “nine dots” exercise (you must link all nine dots using four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen). He explained the rules and challenged us to complete the exercise. His strategy was planning and positioning, and his tactics were his sequence of moves. Develop Your Pieces. Opening Game.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As guides, we want so badly to steer our teams in the right direction and toward the best possible outcomes. Other times it means you’re starting from scratch and need to move the team into alignment. Activities to try: If you need to focus or align the team, I recommend starting with this Playing Field exercise.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. Clarity enables the team to translate the choices into a functional product that creates value. So as you make choices, package the strategy into a document, and share it with the product team, keep four words in mind?—?a A yes with a weak how or a no receives a zero.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 21, 2019

From page 1 of Obviously Awesome: How To Nail Product Positioning So Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It , it was clear that the team at Business of Software needed to read April Dunford’s new book. 1 – Positioning is the difference between ‘So?’ Positioning changed the ‘So?’

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

To help hiring managers and recruiters, like myself, decide whether or not to interview you, it can be a great exercise to treat your resume like a professional product. Ultimately, your resume should itself signal that you have the skills required to be a successful product manager on any team. If you’re. Storytelling.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 31, 2022

When it comes to the product team’s organizational structures and strategies, product operations is the hot new thing. More and more teams realize the value of having an operationally-focused professional. Teams must carefully consider if product operations solve the core problems and challenges.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Most companies hire a product manager (and other positions) too late. It takes time, but from my experience, great people are quick learners, so that it could turn into a positive ROI quickly.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This year I developed a new reading approach, in which I read several books in parallel, usually from different topics. It is an exercise in centralized power used to overcome the natural workings of a system. And, paradoxically, accepting one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2019

Sure, there are some junior positions out there that can be reached with a few months’ experience and a prestigious certification. However, most of the time professionals who undertake the transition aim to build the following story with their resume: their gradual acquisition of product skills across different positions and functions.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 3, 2023

Most common friction comes from the regular team meetings that can be all over the place for historical “that was the only slot that worked for everyone back in 2018” reason. For example, with one product team, we started doing standups right before lunch, at 11:45 am. However, not all meetings are bad.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

A lot of them worked in other positions before moving to product management, like engineers, analysts, marketers and project managers, and learned by taking on extra responsibilities. How to learn by doing it and lead a new team at the same time? How to plan for future growth for oneself, the product team and the products overall?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But many, many products are developed without knowing from the start that people want the solution, or even care about the problem. Jobs To Be Done has given us a better way to approach customer development. How do we build and position a product that is nearly irresistible for the people we want to serve? Why does this happen?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a result, the team struggled with how to prepare. I made it no longer than three minutes into the presentation and got this subtle feeling that the team was unprepared. Yeah, I was seemingly in a bad mood. The team was shutting down. I apologized to the team and said we would pick it up next week.

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Mind the Product

MAY 16, 2018

But, when asked about the greatest moment of the turnaround, Mulally says it was when his executive team started being comfortable enough with him to tell him the truth. Poor-performing companies’ employees were 79% more likely to have low overall self-awareness than those at firms with robust ROR. What is Self-Awareness Anyway?

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 21, 2016

When I am happy and content, everything seems OK—even an nagging problem with my website isn’t that bad and can wait. But when I am discontent, tense, or tired, small things can seem big and bad. Secondly, a major success factor for every product person is to develop empathy for the users and customers. Creativity needs space.

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Product Solving

JUNE 10, 2020

Join hundreds of other entrepreneurs, product managers, and developers in leveling up your product building skills. This isn’t a bad thing, you want everything about your product to be perfect. But perfectionist tendencies can get in the way of enabling your team to flourish. Bad product managers put out fires all day.

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Gainsight

MARCH 19, 2020

Let’s start by acknowledging that Customer Success teams always have the coolest people in the company. They develop a deep understanding of the customer’s problems and how the company can offer a better overall solution. So why are Success leaders often second-class citizens on the executive team?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Distinguishing between bad vs. good vs. great answers is key , and seems like an underserved area Write down a framework for how you tackle these problems. It took a week, but the feedback came back overwhelmingly positive. Having a clear framework helped me develop an ok answer. Suddenly, I could see myself joining the team.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. Influence without authority is the skill of driving product development and ‘telling people what to do’ without formally being authorized to do so.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To establish the Product Vision, I recommend taking time as a Product team to reflect both on the past and on the future. How can you empower the Product team and cross functional stakeholders to think big? How can you empower the Product team and cross functional stakeholders to think big? What ground has been covered?

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BrainMates

JULY 31, 2023

Products logically step through a gestation or development period within the organisation and an introduction period in the marketplace, and then consequently move from growth to maturity and eventually decline. This approach is a costly exercise and can be likened to ‘gambling’. Why Bother Innovating? Every product has a lifecycle.

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Gainsight

MARCH 9, 2020

Let’s start by acknowledging that Customer Success teams always have the coolest people in the company. They develop a deep understanding of the customer’s problems and how the company can offer a better overall solution. So why are Success leaders often second-class citizens on the executive team?

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Mind the Product

MARCH 26, 2020

You go beyond developing a solution and like to be involved in the definition of the solution itself, giving your perspective and suggesting appropriate changes. It’s not just about developing a feature, you also make sure that is robust enough, so it doesn’t cause a bad impression. You care about quality.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes. Initially we worked with a team from ThoughtWorks for 12 weeks. Initially we worked with a team from ThoughtWorks for 12 weeks.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. A Growth PM is also part of Platform team as the focus is to improve the experience to increase top of funnel and optimum onboarding experience. QA + Rework.

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ProductPlan

MAY 25, 2021

The strategy, by way of a roadmap, is the document that drives team alignment. When a group of people adopts a strategy, it transforms the product strategy from just a piece of paper to something that drives team success. Consistent strategic results are essential because as teams scale, wasting time and resources gets easier.

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UserVoice

JULY 31, 2017

First off, it’s in our nature to say yes – humans are eager to please, seeking positive confirmation from those we respect. Saying no isn’t a bad thing—if we didn’t say no our products would never be released because they would include thousand of features and support every use case imaginable. “An Saying no is a true art.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

Hi I'm Kevin Wei, a product manager (aka an offering manager -- I can get into that in a bit) on IBM's data + AI team. We also use that time to work on an incubator project in small teams comprised of offering managers, developers, designers, and researchers. How did it go after you submitted your digital exercise?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

There is a framework for almost every stage of our Product development lifecycle, but one of the only transversal things is that we need people to make things happen. We have to develop an appetite for generating fresh ideas. Embrace diversity and give voice to every team member. It is the only thing”.

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SidsAvenue

MAY 31, 2020

Being in Leadership position is all about decision-making. this is generalization The vaccine thus developed will help in curing the maximum number of patients. Lets say we were not able to get the data about all the symptoms and we developed a vaccine. The development team is also confident about completing it in time.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Work With a Positive Company Culture. One of the first steps to striking a solid work-life balance is through finding an organization that offers a positive company culture. As a product manager, you have to define product management for yourself and develop a plan with which you’ll take ownership of a portion of your company's growth.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 24, 2018

Setapp provides Mac users with a way to use and discover new apps, and developers with a new way to reach customers and generate extra revenue. We didn’t know know if our sales predictions were good or bad. What is our positioning? Problems with Customer Development. from the book “Crossing The Chasm”, by Geoffrey A.

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Modus Create

JULY 11, 2019

People with strong personalities habitually play devil’s advocate — a habit which, on its own, is actually not bad. People who fit this description are often people in positions of power. Again, the ability to rally a team around a common goal is a great quality in a leader. Marty is the lead designer on a design team.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The OKR methodology can be a powerful motivator for high performance and product excellence within teams and companies. The focus then shifts towards outcomes and individual and team authority and ownership. Moreover, they boost employee engagement and nurture strong team collaboration. Develop a Work Environment Built on Trust.

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Tyner Blain

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Jobs of the Problem Statement This article continues a series on the three critical flaws in most product development processes a problem statement exists to address. To reduce the confusion, delays, and waste teams face as a result of not knowing why something is being asked for and not knowing what good enough looks like.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 2, 2022

While behavioral interviews are guaranteed for most tech positions, they're often overlooked in interview prep. The number and style of behavioral inquiries will differ per position, but expect a lot of them! Google and Google Cloud want to make sure you have the skills, expertise, and core competencies for the position.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 26, 2021

The second stage refers to gathering data so that the Scrum Team can have data-informed Retrospectives. As I have observed in practice, many Scrum Teams either limit the data gathering part of the Retrospective, thus lacking vital information. The Scrum Team identifies the most helpful changes to improve its effectiveness.

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