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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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

roadmaps?” If you haven’t gathered from my past posts on product topics, I’ve worked with ‘interesting yet easily annoyed’ colleagues many times. Executing a product roadmap requires more. It involves significant orchestration well beyond the boundaries of the product. Changes that you must reflect in the roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

When creating your roadmap, you need to consider what’s important to the company (not just to the product) and what is the best way to make progress across these multiple needs. These are the exact questions you need to ask when creating your roadmap. In startups, it is actually the company roadmap.

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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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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 21, 2020

These two questions form the basis of any good product roadmap. Learn how to create the best product roadmap. Learning how to build a product roadmap is a key requirement to break into product management. Learn how to become a Product Manager. We will cover these guidelines below.

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Ask Benny

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. It will be built-in into the process.

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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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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. It will be built-in into the process.

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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. Next products assure growth and future products assure long-term viability. Who Does What?

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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. Next products assure growth and future products assure long-term viability. Who Does What?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. My mentor and I started in our usual spot, talking start-ups, and new products in the healthcare industry. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed. An hour flew by.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Goals are the specific UX objectives the product aspires to achieve, for example, improving usability. The plan, often depicted in a UX roadmap, outlines the work necessary to achieve the goals. The strategy should also have information about the UX team, processes, and guidelines. Key elements of an effective UX strategy.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

, How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. ,, The Roadmap Challenge. I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by. On top of that, your roadmap is also your commitment to your customers. Involve your Stakeholders.

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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! For more information, visit bainpublic.com or call 514–442–8487.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 28, 2018

In the meantime, I’ve been busy blogging… Helping Product Managers Triumph in an Agile World: The SiriusDecisions Agile Engine for Product Management. Sales Is Trying to Change My Product Roadmap! Sales Is Trying to Change My Product Roadmap! , Upcoming Events.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 28, 2018

In the meantime, I’ve been busy blogging… Helping Product Managers Triumph in an Agile World: The SiriusDecisions Agile Engine for Product Management. Sales Is Trying to Change My Product Roadmap! Sales Is Trying to Change My Product Roadmap! , Upcoming Events.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

your roadmap), and then adjust the capabilities it can leverage to complete your task (e.g. For example, you can upload your roadmap, your company values, your career ladders, etc. Refine new product copy “We built a UX GPT Writer trained on all of our writing, brand guidelines, and product nomenclature.

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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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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. Rather than focusing on the end goal of a product launch or sprint, set daily and weekly tasks for each member of your team.

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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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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. It will be built-in into the process.

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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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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 1, 2018

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. It will be built-in into the process.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As product managers, the product roadmap is at the core of everything we do. The product roadmap is a key point of reference to keep product strategy, business objectives, and execution aligned. Today we look at a few simple tips for product roadmap presentations. Tell a story.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

What is product operations (ops)? How is it different from product management ? And what role does it play in a product-led organization? In this article, we’ll go over what the product ops function is, the responsibilities of a product ops manager, and why it’s important for your product team.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 21, 2021

Product owners might want to change the roadmap as often as every 1-10 days, but I don't see that often. I more often see POs want to change the roadmap between three and six weeks. However, the team might not be able to decide on the roadmap by itself. Some Centralization for the Product Roadmap.

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Product Culture

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If you follow these guidelines, you are likely to come out with more durable alignment on a set of objectives that you can use to develop a product strategy, roadmap, backlog, or any other sorts of plans you need. This person will have “a track record of managing technical SaaS products and their P&Ls successfully.”

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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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The Product Guy

MARCH 16, 2017

Guest Post by: Avinash Bajaj (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Nis Frome]. So, you did whatever it took to become a Product Manager. Either you stumbled your way into product management, or you planned your way through. If you want to become a Product Leader, act like one, NOW!

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Part 2 of series on experimentation When should product managers experiment? 10 guidelines to design high impact experiments. Running Experiments has become one of the most valuable tools for Product Managers to validate ideas, de-risk releases and measure the impact of their work. And when are experiments invalid?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 23, 2023

The push for features is especially prevalent around annual budgeting in most companies that have yet to move to product-based budgeting and even in some that have. And even when a product manager pushes for outcomes, finance pushes back. Does anyone experience a conversation like this as a product manager?

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The Product Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2016

Last month, at the SVPMA ‘s monthly meeting it was a treat to have Steven Haines, a luminary in the field of product management to conduct a cross functional product team meeting role play. While this might indicate that experienced product managers will not benefit from reading it, that is patently not the case.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 22, 2019

So, are you a software engineer interested in becoming a product manager? Software engineering is one of the most common starting points when transitioning into a product management role. In fact, I transitioned into product halfway through an undergraduate software engineering internship.

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Sequent Learning

APRIL 22, 2019

Product Managers and product leaders continually search for engaging resources to contribute to their knowledge and effectiveness. To help you reach this level of success, we have recognized a mix of books from both our portfolio and many others that can help increase your product management acumen.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Leveraging marketing, customer service, and customer communities to build better products. 16 guidelines for product managers. build products customers want and love.

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Folding Burritos

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In my previous post , I described a way to think about our internal product communications, and how that can help us optimize our time and make us more effective as Product Managers. Remember the timeframe we’re addressing here: present , recent past and near future. Progress / Status.

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