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The Product Interview?—?A Technical Exercise

The Product Coalition

A Technical Exercise In this post, I’ll offer my idea of the sort of technical abilities expected from a product manager. But is a surprisingly small amount of materials about the technical aspect of PM work. The Product Interview?—?A There’s been so much written, including by myself, about product management interviews.

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My favorite UX design workbooks: develop your skills by solving exercises

UX Planet

DESIGN WORKBOOKS How to put design theory into practice in an efficient way My favorite UX design workbooks: develop your skills by solving exercises Learning design theory is a good step towards becoming a better designer, but it is also important to put the things you’ve learned into practice.

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Product Breaking Point To Breakthrough: How To Drive Successful Product Reviews

The Product Coalition

I enjoyed in-person meetings, especially in-person product review meetings. Early in the pandemic, this led me to resent virtual meetings, especially virtual product review meetings. This particular product review meeting was a breaking point. I struggled to figure out how to run the product review meeting effectively.

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Ask the Community: How Do You Shift From Functional Teams to Value-Driven Teams?

Product Talk

They received a lot of pushback from the engineers initially because it created complexities around code reviews, tech debt management, release processes, etc. The top diagram is how the team was structured to complete the technology transformation project mentioned earlier. Expose tech and organization dependencies early.

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How one tech exec used Feedly to power his passion project

Roy Madden

Steve, a long-time tech executive (Disney, Nike), is an engineer with a passion for streamlining his workflow and feeding his mind. Back in the day Steve, a tech old-timer, stayed up to date via blogs. “The process has kept me in tune with what’s going on around me with technology. It’s good mental exercise. ”.

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A Realistic Day of a Product Manager’s Life at Microsoft

The Product Coalition

Without going into actual project-related detail, any sync I have in the AM would fall in the “catch-up,” “quick sync” or “review bad livesites” category. I’ll make my last cup of joe, visit coworkers in their offices, or review personal items like emails or messages from friends. If I went into the office: 8:30 AM is when I wake up.

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A Product Leader’s Top 3 Learnings from ProductWorld 2024

ProductPlan

I am deeply familiar with their common refrains of endless roadmap review meetings, repetitive PowerPoint presentations, and the strain of constant context shifting. Their importance shouldn’t be overlooked or dismissed as not technical enough. This creative thinking exercise encouraged everyone to consider a new market.