Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2021

You’ve just landed your first VP of Product Management job and expectations are sky high. And all they’re going to do is give you the saltier version of what’s wrong with product management. VP of Product Management: Your 7-Point Plan for Playing Offense. Congratulations! No pressure!

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bpma ProductHub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

We find that Product Owners and development teams need advanced skills and training in backlog refinement. With a keen focus on value and conducting Structured Conversations using the 7 Product Dimensions, you greatly improve your ability to go from vision to value. Refinement Is about Readying. Start and End with Value.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Looking to become a technical product manager? According to Salary , the average technical product manager in the United States earns as much as $123,609 a year. Hence, a technical product manager is one of the most rewarding careers. Steps to become a Technical Product Manager Let’s dive right in.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The product management function in any given industry has both similarities and differences. In all cases, product managers drive the development of products and are ultimately responsible for the success of those products. Moreover, they communicate the product vision to the organization.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This guide to portfolio product management and marketing answers the following seven questions. What is Portfolio Product Management and How Does It Differ From Traditional Product Management? What are the Core Principles of Portfolio Product Management? There are five key best practices.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Overengineered products are difficult to use, filled with bugs, and instead of improving your users’ lives, they make them unnecessarily complicated. In this article, we look at different ways for product managers to avoid falling into the overengineering trap. But worry not! What are the greatest PM sins?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

The product manager career path is an exciting one with lots of possible on- and off-ramps. According to LinkedIn, interest in product management has doubled in the United States in the past 5 years. What is the Product Manager’s Career Path? Typical Product Management Roles. Product Manager.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Curious to know how to advance your career as a long-term product manager as either s group product manager or principal product manager? Product managers are responsible for establishing a product’s vision and long-term business strategy while ensuring that all stakeholders are aware of said strategy.

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Ronke PM

AUGUST 16, 2023

Table of Contents Technical Support Customer Success/Relationship Managers Marketing Sales Team Data Scientist Finance UX Researcher UX Designer Content Designers and Conversational Designers Engineering Legal Security (IT) PMO (Product Management Office) (Bonus!)

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Ask anyone in the technology world, “what is product management,” and you’ll get a fairly consistent answer. Ask this same cohort to define product operations—and how it differs from product management—and that consistency begins to fade. Many lack a clear picture of product operations’ role in general.

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If If software is leading the world, then product managers are the modern-day businessmen and women,” says Brian Crofts, Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Pendo. That’s a big part of my day.”. The burden of bias.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 31, 2021

I’ve spoken with so many product managers who have a dream of becoming an entrepreneur or launching their own product one day. After a decade of working with others to launch successful SaaS products, I took the plunge to launch a startup in 2013. 4 Ways Product Managers Make Better Entrepreneurs.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 31, 2021

I’ve spoken with so many product managers who have a dream of becoming an entrepreneur or launching their own product one day. After a decade of working with others to launch successful SaaS products, I took the plunge to launch a startup in 2013. 4 Ways Product Managers Make Better Entrepreneurs.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

The product manager career path is an exciting one with lots of possible on- and off-ramps. According to LinkedIn, interest in product management has doubled in the United States in the past 5 years. What is the Product Manager’s Career Path? Typical Product Management Roles. Product Manager.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 21, 2021

Drawing a clear line between a product owner vs. product manager can be tough, given their varying roles from company to company. Despite any difference in roles, both the product manager and the product owner share a common goal: building products that create value for the stakeholders. In a hurry?

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

  Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan?  12 months) that choices are meaningful and actionable Lends itself to OKRs or metrics Not just an airy 5-year vision with all things for all people.    Product management malpractice.  

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 31, 2019

If you’re new to a product management job then it can often be very hard to get access to all the information you need. But I’ve found that by building relationships, setting the future vision, and having faith in your capabilities as a product manager you can carve out a place for yourself.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The “Accidental” Product Manager?—?what what skills are required to be a great PM PM Meowalot Product Managers can come from various paths?—?from from Engineering to UX to Marketing to Project Management, Sales, Business Analysts, Entrepreneurs, Customer Service, and sometimes Marketing.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Do commercial metrics, like “monthly recurring revenue” matter to product managers, when product metrics, like “monthly active users” already paint a good picture? CEOs are therefore more accountable for overall company profitability and product managers are more accountable for metrics further down in Lead Edge’s hierarchy.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 17, 2018

A good product manager generally has a keen instinct for human behavior. However, the best product managers have learned how to incorporate the science of human behavior in a more rigorous way than just relying on instinct. A Good Behavioral Product Manager Applies Basic Human Behavior Principles to Product Principles.

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BrainMates

APRIL 2, 2019

We know Product Management is a tough gig. So many articles have been written about this multifaceted, multidimensional role encouraging us to continue to fight the good Product fight. But what about quitting Product Management? How does this relate to Product Management? So I let go of skiing.

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Mind the Product

MAY 14, 2018

It was only after director and screenwriter James Gunn sent out this tweet that I realised the same can be said of product management: It’s worth reading his whole thread but essentially his point is that, while people don’t die if you act badly, to act well you need years of training, practice, experience, and honing your skill set.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Product managers, have you ever wondered what user story mapping is? User story mapping is a simple method for converting your vision of a product into a roadmap that allows broad team collaboration and enables your entire team to see the bigger picture, how everything connects, and how to plan the minimum viable product.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. Craft Competence ?? Market Competence ?????

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Ben Horowitz (of Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz) was one of the first to suggest that a Product Manager should be the “CEO of the product”. What a Great CEO Does The heart of most criticism can be paraphrased like so; “product managers don’t have the authority to just tell people what to do”.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the product management discipline, cross-functional collaboration is more than a buzzword — it’s a critical strategy. Essential functions like legal, compliance, marketing, and finance often get overlooked, considered as mere support rather than integral parts of the process. Challenge #2: Leadership versus Decision-Maker ?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2020

Steering stakeholders towards a common vision in the highly cross-functional product manager role doesn’t have to be daunting when working remote I’m used to having the discipline of planning my life around work in the office. As a product manager, you’re probably always having people stop by with questions.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

One of my goals at Product Talk is to showcase what good product management looks like. Today, I’m excited to introduce a new series, Product in Practice, where I’ll profile product managers doing great work. To kick off the series, we interviewed Rachel Allen , Director of Product at Omnitracs.

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BrainMates

MARCH 23, 2020

Product Management legend Marty Cagan shared his insights on ‘real’ Product Management in a Q&A session with Product Women Sydney at a March meetup. As Marty explained to the Product Women group, during their working week, a Product Manager will be found: Working with designers.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 19, 2021

A recent article from Product Coalition explains why landing your first job as a product manager will be a challenge. As the author points out, competition is fierce, and most hiring managers want to see several years of experience. One suggestion Product Coalition offers is to take product manager courses.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. But why is working in enterprise software now different?

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Sequent Learning

JULY 25, 2022

” Have you been paying attention to your professional development as a product manager? Regardless of your situation, whether you’re a new product manager or one with a few years of experience, you probably should put professional improvement on your agenda. These clusters include: Market and product.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For many product managers, the role of Chief Product Officer is the pinnacle of a career in product management. But what exactly does a Chief Product Officer do? The Rise of the Chief Product Officer. Many companies are still getting used to a product executive with a seat at the c-suite table.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

According to The Product Management Body of Knowledge, Product Management is: “A discipline that provides managerial focus to products that in turn will generate measurable business benefits.”. Product Managers are often described as “the CEO of the product”. Product Management is hard.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2023

A clear vision for the end goal is important, but it is also necessary to be realistic about the current situation and identify the necessary steps to reach that goal. ? It is important to remember that an organisation is a living system and that product management is just one aspect of it. ?

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 31, 2020

In this blog post, I’ll explain why product managers need to solve user problems in a way that offers a great experience and makes them feel as though they’re understood. Take for example the process of buying a car – my focus at my current job as a product manager for an online marketplace.

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