The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Product managers adopt a lo-fi approach to advertising their products Image Credit: nefasth When we think about how we want to present our products to our potential customers, I think that we can all agree that we’d like to make the product look as attractive as possible.

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The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Product management is a hot, hot profession right now. It’s one of the most important roles in a product company , especially in high tech. If you’re wondering about this, or want to scope yourself against a basic set of guidelines for product managers, this post is for you. Have you built something?

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Ahead of the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 21st and, at a time where digital products are very much in the spotlight, we’re digging deep into accessibility to better understand how we, as product managers, can improve our digital products. Accessibility and Your Product. Conclusion.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 30, 2020

In this ProductTank London talk, Brant Cooper, CEO and Founder of Moves the Needle gives some guidelines for dealing with uncertainty, no matter the size of a company, and reveals what soft skills can help product managers. The post Soft Skills for Product Managers by Brant Cooper appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2022

If you’re looking to improve your team's work, a product management framework can be an excellent starting point. A framework is a set of guidelines or principles that can help guide your team’s decisions and provide a common understanding for all team members. In this article, we continue doing the same.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Measuring the performance of product managers is a real challenge for a number of reasons. When planning the product managers’ goals, this challenge can translate into taking the wrong direction altogether. Here is a new way to look at product management goals, and make them a useful tool for both you and your team.

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The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Product management is a hot, hot profession right now. It’s one of the most important roles in a product company , especially in high tech. If you’re wondering about this, or want to scope yourself against a basic set of guidelines for product managers, this post is for you. Have you built something?

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Product Management University

JUNE 11, 2020

There are plenty of product manager job interview questions out there for hiring managers. Here are three that the product manager (or product marketing) candidate can ask the hiring managers. The Playbook: 2 Guidelines to Set the Tone for the Interview. Relax and Smile! Smiles can be heard.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JUNE 12, 2023

That’s why being a cruise line product manager can be a very good job. Now that they have once again been granted permission to sail, how are their product managers going to go about finding ways to get their customers to come back and travel the high seas with them? Clearly passengers are willing to climb aboard.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 12, 2022

After creating your product manager resume , it’s well worth writing your product manager cover letter if your prospective employer wants one. The proper format for a product manager cover letter The last thing you want is your cover letter to look just like any other.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 21, 2015

If you want to read the story behind the Lean Product Management Manifesto, you can find it here. Over the past few months I have been working with people in the Lean and Agile community to figure out how we can communicate the benefits of a Lean approach to Product Management. The Lean Product Management Manifesto.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

What All Industries Expect from Their Product Managers. Whether the industry is pharmaceuticals, furniture, or food, product managers representing all types of products share a few common high-level responsibilities. They develop a strategic direction and drive the development of their companies’ products.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 21, 2015

In the past few years, I have had a lot of people come up to me and ask about Product Management (lean, agile, waterfall, whatever) and what makes a "good" Product Manager. While these are necessary, I don't see them as the epitome of a "good" Product Manager. Setting the Stage. Excellent question!

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Another downfall of this situation is that even when you do have someone who can excel at both roles, more often than not, the project management takes priority over the product management. Product strategy often lacks “urgency” and gets pushed back to make room for urgent tactical matters like on-time product delivery.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JULY 16, 2018

The job titles product marketing manager and product manager are confusing enough to start raging debates about who does what. But I can give you some guidelines that generalize the areas of accountability. The product marketing role is focused on current products and next products.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JULY 16, 2018

The job titles product marketing manager and product manager are confusing enough to start raging debates about who does what. But I can give you some guidelines that generalize the areas of accountability. The product marketing role is focused on current products and next products.

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Product Club

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Applying the 3 Horizons Framework to Product Management | Michael Rutledge from Michael Rutledge. First presented at Product Tank, a division of Mind the Product, February 2019. This balance is critical not only for product success but also to inspire and motivate teams.

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Sequent Learning

MAY 25, 2021

How Product Managers Get Promoted in 2021. I’ve written in other forums about my research that suggests a large portion of the product manager population don’t know what’s needed to get promoted. I was doing a product management assessment a couple of years ago and I was reviewing the job descriptions for various levels.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

How to build connection and empower product management teams Tami Reiss is with us. She is an experienced product executive who works with tech product leaders and teams to realize their potential by focusing on their strengths to advance toward their goals. 18:23] How can product managers build those relationships?

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bpma ProductHub

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The mentorship program at the Boston Product Management Association and how to make the best out of it. Here in Boston, the Boston Product Management Association is on a mission to continue this tradition by organizing mentorships programs specialized for Product Managers and Product Marketing professionals.

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NextBigWhat

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

So while product management at HubSpot is different than it is at other companies, these are universally valuable guidelines that I think can help candidates leave strong impressions anywhere. Christopher O’Donnell, VP of Sales Products at HubSpot, has taught us to look for a maker when we interview PM candidates. [

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Product managers are forever students; they are constantly seeking to learn and grow their skillset and knowledge. As the technology industry continues to grow, so much product managers so they don't fall behind. What better way to do so than by reading! Have fun reading away! - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.

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Mind the Product

MAY 16, 2022

In this #mtpcon Digital Americas session, Cris Valerio, Product Manager at Instacart, shares her thinking on why user insights are important for making product decisions and provides some guidelines for gathering the right user insights.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

A common saying in the valley when describing the product manager role is that we are the “CEO” of the product. Let’s assume that is the intended role of the product manager. The answer is anything and everything that is needed to get the product out the door and keep your users happy.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

They will also train a machine to produce screens based on typography, color, components, and design system guidelines. I asked ChatGPT to follow the Google Material Design guidelines to add styles. Due to Google Material Design’s popularity, ChatGPT knows its guidelines, so it added the Google Material Design styles to the form.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Yet this is what the life of a product manager often feels like. Baking the ideal product roadmap through localization Let’s apply our metaphor of the recipe, cook, and dish. The roadmap recipe, the best practices, and guidelines for roadmap creation are time-tested methods for preparing a delicious dish — the roadmap in a lab.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

There is no one perfect roadmap towards optimizing a Product Management department. Every company has their own strategy, and every team operates under their own guidelines. This article was originally published on The Product School blog. Many of these tips revolve around demonstrating measurable impact.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2020

Product operations is an emerging function. How does it help modern product management organizations to scale effectively? Similar to the emergence of design ops in the last five years, product operations fulfills a need to streamline a scaling function. What Product Managers do. What is Product Operations?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 16, 2017

As a product manager who has managed offshore development teams, I’ve learned that it’s not easy, and that having engineering teams on the other side of the world is not always congruent with delivering great products. Work with your manager and co-product managers to get their input on what’s worked best for them.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 2, 2020

What All Industries Expect from Their Product Managers. Whether the industry is pharmaceuticals, furniture, or food, product managers representing all types of products share a few common high-level responsibilities. They develop a strategic direction and drive the development of their companies’ products.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

Second, a learning roadmap allows you to leverage your product roadmapping skills and use them to create an actionable learning plan. For example, the guidelines I have developed for the GO product roadmap template directly apply to the roadmap in figure 1. Creating the Learning Roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 3, 2023

Product Management Technology If you’re unfamiliar with software development, you may not have heard of Scrum. Scrum is an Agile methodology that can help teams work together more efficiently to develop products. Increment: A potentially releasable product that the Scrum team creates at the end of each sprint.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

But what about in product management? Should there be a code of ethics for Product Managers? Being a Product Manager isn’t like being a therapist, doctor, or lawyer. So maybe now is the perfect time to collectively create a Product Management Moral Code. Why should companies care about ethics?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 3, 2017

which is how our role as a product manager is perceived. If I were to join another company today as a product manager, what would they think about me before I even walk into the room? you’re the PM trying to launch a new product, and you’re facing tough deadlines to get it out by a certain launch date.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2019

Trading and product management decision-making are more alike than you might think. Decision-making is part of every product manager’s toolkit. Think about what it would mean to have effective guidelines or laws for better decision-making. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [6:03]Risk:

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

What No One Tells You About Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup Over a year ago, I asked around, searched for books or articles, went to several talks but found very little advice on being a product manager at an early-stage startup. We didn’t have any documentation, processes, or guidelines to refer to.

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BrainMates

MAY 28, 2019

After hearing Rich Mironov talk about the slippery slope of sales-led companies , they decided to learn about Product Management. Immediately after the course, the company invested in six months of organisational product coaching with myself, Brainmates’ New Zealand Product Coach , to help embed the new product mindset.

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