The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Within this leadership role, group product managers oversee the development of a group of products from the beginning, to its testing stages and eventual product launch onto the market. This includes the development and review of the product roadmap to guide the product team toward achieving the company’s objectives.

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Centercode

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In the early 90s, the technological landscape was a very different place. And the idea of a home filled with technology that could wirelessly communicate not only with you but other pieces of technology was, for most, as out of reach as something on the Jetsons. Internet access wasn’t available in the average household.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

They are drowning, with no time for the underlying research and analysis that drive good product outcomes (first-person problem validation, matching end user value to technical features, pricing/packaging, market economics, testable positioning, win/loss and competitive analysis, internal alignment. See Melissa Perri’s product kata ).

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But compared to established departments like sales, engineering, or finance, product management is a relatively new discipline. As the head of product, it’s also important that the CPO provide a clear mission by effectively communicating their strategy and outlining a clear roadmap to success. Sharpen your finance skills.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 20, 2020

The recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “ The Agile C-Suite ” 1 and Forbes article “Agile Isn’t New: What’s New Is The C-Suite Embracing It” have prompted some good discussion around the Agile Velocity virtual water cooler. . The Agile Leadership Team. HBR article setup. Balance from the Top.

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Gainsight

APRIL 2, 2021

Okta provides identity protection and secure technology, utilizing their “Identity Cloud.” Her role is directly involved with leadership and customer success. Part of the resulting roadmap involves Melissa making changes in Gainsight to help the organization become more efficient. .

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

business models, your product/business, finance, sales, marketing, scaling) 4. Iterative development, scrum/agile/kanban, product roadmaps, QA Technology. You can probably get by with a weekly review to be aware of the significant shifts and trends. Finance ?—?“ The fundamentals of business finance.

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Gainsight

JANUARY 18, 2021

Chris revealed that as CPO, he sees his role as having accountabilities for ALL the product strategy, product roadmap, and product execution. Nick wondered if the description has developed and changed due to the varied backgrounds and career paths that many CPOs have, including Chris’s. From finance and investment banking to product?

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Gainsight

APRIL 8, 2020

In those days, traveling was a major part of the job—traveling to California for monthly meetings with my product team; traveling to clients for sales calls or customer discovery; traveling to our corporate offices for sit-downs with other teams such as marketing, support, and finance. How much of this can be done today remotely? Conclusion.

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DISQO

MARCH 28, 2019

According to an article in Harvard Business Review, a study of 57 reorgs found that fewer than one-third produced any meaningful improvement in performance: “Most had no effect, and some actually destroyed value.” The one thing that reorganizations have going for them is that they are definitionally supported by company leadership.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Why should product managers be under any more pressure to make sound decisions than finance managers or sales and marketing teams? Second, the product manager’s delivery requirements will usually be the big development items in an organisation’s technology roadmap. The pressure is on to get it right.

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DISQO

MARCH 28, 2019

According to an article in Harvard Business Review, a study of 57 reorgs found that fewer than one-third produced any meaningful improvement in performance: “Most had no effect, and some actually destroyed value.” The one thing that reorganizations have going for them is that they are definitionally supported by company leadership.

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DISQO

MARCH 28, 2019

According to an article in Harvard Business Review, a study of 57 reorgs found that fewer than one-third produced any meaningful improvement in performance: “Most had no effect, and some actually destroyed value.” The one thing that reorganizations have going for them is that they are definitionally supported by company leadership.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

CHROs finds great talent and creates useful review processes. CEO-level interventions are not ideal for wide-ranging, open-ended conversations — where we explore unmet needs, competitive offerings, deep dives into technical alternatives, quantifiable value or trade-offs among roadmap items. Legal keeps us out of jail.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

  The context: like this recent post , my coachee and I were talking about every product leader’s frustration that our go-to-market-side partners (GTM) and stakeholders have rampant “roadmap amnesia” and assume their next request is easy and are always trying to push 100 pounds more into our 5-pound R&D process. 

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Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Arguably, killing portions of a product is one of the most challenging aspects of leadership. We’ll cover why in the next section, after reviewing examples. Tech costs. has exorbitant technical costs with maintenance example: Twitch tipping streamers through a system of “cheering” called Bits.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Product specialization : “very tailored to solve a specific technical or business need” that becomes complicated quickly. Ultimately, Ben and Blair suggest involving designers early on, ideally already when creating your strategy and roadmap, because, and I agree with that, “good design takes time”. How are we doing? strategy?—?

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

I’ve written a lot about the organizational and conceptual gap between product/engineering teams and the “go-to-market” or sales/marketing side of tech companies.  (See  Or letting one big customer define our technical architecture.  Or Horribly wasteful and frustrating!  At Enough preamble.  Here’s

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Excellent leadership skills, a fundamental understanding of product management, and a strong portfolio of success are the recipe for success. At times, tech companies that require a master’s degree also accept people who are in the process of completing their master’s program. If you don’t, you need to start with one.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Maintaining a prioritized backlog that aligns with available Engineering capacity and maps to an overall solution roadmap. Secondly, become an advocate for the product team to senior leadership.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With company leadership, product management sets the strategic direction for the product(s). The term “financial services” encompasses a wide range of products: Mortgage and real estate financing. Personal finance, banking, and credit. Evolving technologies in financial services. Lending and underwriting.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies.  That   “ BNP Paribas is the largest bank in France.  We

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Maintaining a prioritized backlog that aligns with available Engineering capacity and maps to an overall solution roadmap. Secondly, become an advocate for the product team to senior leadership.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They can then connect the dots to the process improvements and technology to get the job done and the right people and teams to help make those changes. Manny focuses on process transformation, often partnering with teams like HR and Finance. Review value delivered, align on the roadmap, and discuss roadblocks/risks/issues.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 19, 2022

We’ve helped provide them with the product leadership consulting, coaching, advice and support they need to bring their entire technical roadmap to the next level. Blaise has been working with Bain Public since 2019, after meeting them at Techstars Montréal AI Accelerator. This round allowed the company to raise $2.4

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies.  (See  Clients own the IP and provide much of the technical direction.   A glance at a tech company’s website immediately tells me which kind they are.  

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

Product Leaders who claim the title without actively seeking formal leadership learning and coaching are doing a disservice to those who serve their people and this great profession. While learning is a necessity for great leadership, the love, passion and drive of Product Leaders to lead people are equally important.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

There may be a sales strategy, a marketing strategy, and product strategy, and operational strategy, an technology strategy, etc. It it at the intersection of customer, tech, and business which means that everyone function in an organization is impacted by the product. Sales has to sell it. Marketing has to talk about it.

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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 26, 2022

" "Here is another one-line ticket written by non-technical users who don't understand their problem or our system.  We'll  Finance and Operations focus on cost reduction and internal efficiency.  Legal  And execs can't spend 70 hours reviewing 70 sets of product docs.  So

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ProductPlan

APRIL 23, 2019

Roadmaps. / Sales is selling it, customer service supports it, engineering is building it, QA is testing it, marketing is positioning it, and finance is counting the money it brings in. Other than executive leadership, no other part of the company is as focused on big-picture strategy like the product team. Agile Roadmap.

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

Product Leaders who claim the title without actively seeking formal leadership learning and coaching are doing a disservice to those who serve their people and this great profession. While learning is a necessity for great leadership, the love, passion and drive of Product Leaders to lead people are equally important. Product Managers.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

I graduated with a degree in finance, I didn’t want to work at a bank. That wasn’t my, I don’t know, I just got a degree in finance because I felt like I could I was good at it. And then you just lose track of who’s doing what and what’s due when and you don’t know where the feedback is.

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Bryce York

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Get the paper cut problems onto your roadmap. You wouldn’t have to look very hard to find 100 articles on roadmap prioritization. One standard approach to roadmap prioritization is to take all the things you want to work on for the quarter/year and rank them 1-to-n. Take a balanced portfolio approach. Slow down to speed up.

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Above: For most of the missions for a growth team, you need many different functional roles to help – from Product, Marketing, Engineering, Data, Ops, Finance, etc., Growth PM: A product manager that’s responsible for the experiment roadmap. Above: What are people doing within all of these roles? And everything in between.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 1, 2017

This is where medium-to-large companies have product managers sprinkled around, but without a single point of leadership or concentration. We’re writing user stories and submitting roadmaps, but without much strategy. Are we pushing templates and review processes instead of strategy? No single point of escalation.

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