Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Most “unicorns”, when they realize that they excel at both vision and tactics, either decide to start their own business, or very quickly get promoted out of the dualist role they’re currently occuplying. 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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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page. Goals are the specific UX objectives the product aspires to achieve, for example, improving usability. The strategy should also have information about the UX team, processes, and guidelines.

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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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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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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

MARCH 4, 2024

Yet this is what the life of a product manager often feels like. Most self-proclaimed product gurus tell you things you already know — keep it up to date, anchor in the vision, and don’t overpromise. Baking the ideal product roadmap through localization Let’s apply our metaphor of the recipe, cook, and dish.

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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

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 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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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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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This is especially true with product strategy, which is still an artifact that most CEOs haven’t seen a great one in action before. Marty created a guideline that resonates exactly with what I see: constant prioritization is needed when there is a lack of strategy. You are an inspiration for a better product world.

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The Product Cafe

MARCH 3, 2024

Hello, all you product-loving folks! 💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, AI, and more. ☕ Hope you're all crafting amazing products and making each day count. Think about it.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Our continuous discovery champion is Sören Weber, a Senior Product Manager on the Search & Flow team at trivago. The product trio collaborating on the opportunity solution tree using Mural. The interview guidelines by Glauco Cavalheiro below offer an overview of how they now run interviews. Tweet This.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

How to narrate a story of your product and make it appealing. A very important skill needed for being a product manager is to be a good storyteller. Over time with some experience, you will become a good storyteller, after all, you are selling your product and your work all the time to different audiences.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

So how do you scale Product Management within start-ups and other organisations? However, it can most definitely be a deliberate, thoughtful process and it certainly has key indicators and overarching guidelines that minimise your risks and amplify the likelihood of your success.”. Scaling is the Holy Grail for most start-ups.

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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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The Product Coalition

JULY 12, 2022

At times it’s just our [product team] issue, in other words— we don’t have the specific experience required to meet the client’s needs. Either a client doesn’t yet have a clear vision for a product, or they don’t need a product to be built at all. It’s a valid question for a manager or entrepreneur.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 21, 2020

Learning how to build a product roadmap is a key requirement to break into product management. Learn how to become a Product Manager. The ability to prepare a great roadmap is one of the must have skills for any Product Manager. There are some guidelines that need to be kept in mind.

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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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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

They work on a fixed schedule and share the vision, product backlog, and roadmap defined by SAFe. Independent agile teams provide the structure and guidelines to align and collaborate effectively. Furthermore, effective teams embrace Agile best practices and use Scrum or Kanban project management methods.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Kate begins by explaining that, as robots become commonplace, we need to think about how we design products so that they can be kind, thoughtful and useful. This, she explains, will require intentional choices from product managers and constant questioning of how we can we prepare humanity for an increasingly tech and data-driven future.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Regulatory and Compliance Management : PLM ensures that products are developed and maintained in compliance with guidelines within heavily regulated industries. The Airbus A350 XWB, a marvel of modern aerospace technology, was born from this vision. Simply getting started was a colossal undertaking.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 26, 2023

What is inclusive product design? Why is it important for product managers ? How can you incorporate it into the product development process? We also look at a few excellent examples of inclusive product design in SaaS. Want to see how Userpilot can help you improve your product inclusivity? Book the demo!

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Ask Benny

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. Even though all of these product managers have years of experience it seemed like the challenge is still fresh as in their first days. Don’t manage your stakeholders from your ego.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. Even though all of these product managers have years of experience it seemed like the challenge is still fresh as in their first days. Don’t manage your stakeholders from your ego.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 19, 2021

But keep in mind, proper planning and execution are key to a successful product launch. For more tips on product management, join our community of 1,000,000+ annual readers today. Creating a brand guide is a great place to start. So before you’re ready to release your brain-child to the world, ask yourself these 7 questions.

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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. The major reason for this challenge is that the roadmap is not just a tool for a product manager to properly plan.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Mastering the craft of product management is no easy task. I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 20, 2019

There need to be specific elements in place before continuous product discovery is even possible. The company needs to have a clear vision and mission and a way to communicate these regularly to each employee. Vision and mission presentation at XING’s yearly kick-off event. Let’s start with the business.

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UX Studio

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Your company’s strategy will succeed only if you can agree on a unified vision together. In this post I will cover how to define: Vision, mission and values, Target audience, Brand persona, Value proposition, and how to maintain these findings with the right documentation and research. . Vision statement examples.

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People-First Product Leadership

MAY 6, 2024

Instead, throughout my newsletters, I recommend ways that you - as a product manager or product leader - can have direct impact. Short term milestones are wonderful as long as they are grounded in a supporting strategy and longer term vision with leadership buy in. Change is never easy.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 4, 2019

These types of approaches provide guidelines for everybody and provide a subtle way of showing team members what’s important to the success of the organisation. This is often called a vision or mission, and it needs to be a strong guiding principle that everyone can buy into. Show People Where You’re Going to Keep Them Feeling Safe.

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. Even though all of these product managers have years of experience it seemed like the challenge is still fresh as in their first days. Don’t manage your stakeholders from your ego.

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Antwak Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

.” Most new businesses are enticed to deliver their product early and frequently. You can gather great criticism from early adopters who know your vision and ignore restricted usefulness. The MVP approach depends on these guidelines. Also to identify what features need to be added to the product.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. Even though all of these product managers have years of experience it seemed like the challenge is still fresh as in their first days. Don’t manage your stakeholders from your ego.

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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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