The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. In some jobs, you can get by with just Competence, but in the unkempt, fuzzy, team-oriented domain of Product Management, you need both. Here are 2 actions you can take to develop your Craft Competence: Craft Competence ?? and others feel that.

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ProductPlan

MAY 22, 2020

It’s not necessarily bad when product management adapts to each company’s specific needs. Below is the discussion Melissa Perri had with John Cutler and Jim Semick on why teams that are scaling need product ops. Processes & Practices: The more product teams grow and multiply, the less homogenous they get.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. Doing this right means a lot more than simply supporting your team. a product leader.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In fact, some methods are pretty poor. Some product managers make poor decisions because they don’t have the right skills. When I worked at Trustpilot, we had solid evidence that consumers wanted to read reviews about products. Currently, Trustpilot only shows company reviews). Your Skills Resume: Can you Identify Profit?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2022

Chris’s team worked for a logistics service that tracked the ocean containers coming in and out of the ports. Their team set up the infrastructure and prepared the environment waiting for prospective accounts, which never came. And so I was there for about a year and a half and got an exciting experience”.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. It was clear the team needed a talent growth plan.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

It is not that those books are bad. In a time when there was very little acknowledgment about the importance and the role of design, when design was mainly done by developers and with very little user awareness. Summing it up: Sprint describes how to include design in your product development. little about product design.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 22, 2021

Not only do you need to demonstrate your technical prowess and experience with designing complex systems, you also need to showcase your soft skills in people management. Managing Individuals How do you run 1:1s with your team? How do you handle poor performers? What questions do you ask candidates who want to join your team?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

It is important that these friendly connections represent the target persona market you have outlined, as otherwise, the feedback loop is likely to be weak. The “ Jobs to be Done ” framework is a useful resource to help frame the context from their side of the fence. Do they indicate any issues with their current approach?

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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. Implementing a goal-setting framework that sets the bar high sounds like a no-brainer, right? The focus then shifts towards outcomes and individual and team authority and ownership.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Seven slides showing product metrics that required data pulled from six different systems be graphed and heavily footnoted eliminating any confusion on what the numbers represent. Such meaningless metrics lack business impact or are too nuanced for the team to act on. Google’s HEART framework is a great place to start.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. We made key decisions based on the following considerations: ZB Enterprise’s Business model was to serve senior living homes; (a model to serve a B2C market did not offer the economies of scale due to a multitude of reasons beyond this article).

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

So let’s dive into some old and new methodologies that companies use to implement, develop and balance the three pillars. I’ll review four methodologies: waterfall, Lean, design, and Agile. The outcome of a project is well defined, so there are few surprises in what the team delivers.

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bpma ProductHub

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Currently at Pragmatic Marketing, Paul helps companies build product teams by teaching their managers and marketers how to become market-driven. Most companies and product teams have to find the right balance between investing in the new and supporting existing products. On Innovation vs. Execution in Product Management.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. This often goes unnoticed as the pace of development and deadlines increases.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 26, 2022

Data science will only continue to expand as well as more teams begin to use data to make decisions, not just engineering. There will likely be data science professionals working on most marketing and cross-functional teams in the very near future. This type of job may work on a team or lead a team of others.

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UX Studio

MARCH 11, 2024

Business understanding, effective communication and systems thinking. I realized that that wasn’t really gonna happen I’m very very bad at competition. And like the warmups and practice, I could see that I was kind of… you can kind of know how good you are on the team [00:04:00] in the warmups.

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Userpilot

MARCH 18, 2022

Having a product messaging framework is important because it sets the precedence for how the market and your potential customers will see your brand. Product messaging is important because with the right message you can define your company and present yourself in the exact way you want to be seen.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

The Power of the Elastic Product Team—Airbnb’s First PM on How to Build Your Own. Learn how Airbnb created an elastic product team that helped them get to where they are today. While he talks mainly to entrepreneurs about slow, steady progress and growth for their companies, you can apply his tips and advice to product development. #5

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. This often goes unnoticed as the pace of development and deadlines increases.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

It is not that those books are bad. In a time when there was very little acknowledgment about the importance and the role of design, when design was mainly done by developers and with very little user awareness. Summing it up: Sprint describes how to include design in your product development. little about product design.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They can use these templates as a framework for how their own roadmaps could be built and function as a great jumping-off point. Regarding how easy it is to build and edit roadmaps within each tool, let’s refer to Capterra, a popular site for software reviews and comparisons. Is the information presented legibly?

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They can use these templates as a framework for how their own roadmaps could be built and function as a great jumping-off point. Regarding how easy it is to build and edit roadmaps within each tool, let’s refer to Capterra, a popular site for software reviews and comparisons. Is the information presented legibly?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2020

Remote Agile (Part 5): Retrospectives with Distributed Teams TL; DR: A Remote Retrospective with a Distributed Team We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by exploring virtual Liberating Structures, how to master Zoom as well as common remote agile anti-patterns.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

While simultaneously “keeping the lights on” for dozens of systems. The complexity and scope of IT systems have elevated their importance within every organization. Avoid a bad IT strategy. When it’s handled independently, information silos develop. First, what’s the state of your IT Services strategy?

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 19, 2020

STATIK (Systems Thinking Approach To Implementing Kanban 1 2 ) can be a great technique to help teams get up and running quickly, even teams that are using Scrum. . Applying this approach designed for Kanban can dramatically accelerate the forming and improvements of a Scrum team. What is the current way of working?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Most concerningly, 19% of respondents reported that their top source of ideas comes from senior management, who are often disconnected from both customers and the product development process. Why do product teams become feature factories?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Building effective teams with people from different disciplines can be challenging due to various circumstances. Teams with multiple functions are instrumental towards staying competitive and succeed. Conversely, to rely solely on a single-function team for brainstorming is a recipe for failure.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

The Best Product Managers use Product Management Software for: We’ve broken down this list into four stages of the feature life cycle that contributes to building the product value: opportunity identification and validation, design and prototyping, feature development, and launch and iteration.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. However, many firms fail at successful implementation due to common pitfalls. This strategy rejects traditional competitive business frameworks focused on outperforming rivals.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2020

So I decided to write a complete guide on getting your team from where they are, to fully using OKRs in 30 days. How to have meetings with the team, what to cover, how to get low performing teams back on track and then how to persuade everyone in the company to use them too. I also make sure to cover the more human elements.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. However, many firms fail at successful implementation due to common pitfalls. This strategy rejects traditional competitive business frameworks focused on outperforming rivals.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A/B tests, multichannel CJMs and customized content: everyone starts doing it Source: State of Digital Marketing 2019 (by Altimeter) This report provides an update on how companies use digital marketing to drive growth, what goals they set, what practices, metrics, platforms, frameworks they use, and what challenges they face.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Creating a concise, specific, and relevant front end developer resume is key to landing your next job in tech. For front-end developers, it is important to craft your resume in a way that highlights your skills, experience and programming language knowledge. We created this guide for both junior and senior front-end developers.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

What are people doing right now?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A GTM strategy provides direction for all team members, reduces your product’s time to market, and helps you cut costs. Design a launch plan before the product is ready and assign clear roles to team members. And create goals for tracking your team’s success with the product launch.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 8, 2020

It is usually up to the product manager to develop this strategy for their product, because they know the most about the opportunities and threats that are present for their particular market. It would not be my first choice for a single product within a large company, because several of the elements in the model may not be present.

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