The Secret PM Handbook

JANUARY 7, 2018

It’s exciting to see the first review of The Secret Product Manager Handbook ! I encourage to you visit Product Bistro , read the review , and check out some of Geoff’s other articles on product management and product marketing ! You can also follow him on Twitter at @prodbistro.

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The Secret PM Handbook

APRIL 18, 2018

The post Storytelling For Product Managers – The TL;DR Version appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. If you start using this structure for telling your stories about yourself, your customers, and your market, your reputation will soar. To learn more about PSR, check my previous post.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 18, 2024

Simplify security • Coda —The all-in-one collaborative workspace — Dalton Caldwell is Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator. Brought to you by: • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • Vanta —Automate compliance.

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The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 5, 2017

One of the most challenging questions about product management has been – in my experience – “What is Product Management?”. We’re called “product” managers. I suspect most of what you’ve learned about product management thus far has revolved around “the product.” The first box in the Secret Product Management Framework.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 27, 2023

Lessons for product managers from PDMA’s Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award Every year the Product Management and Development Association (PDMA) recognizes an organization with the Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award (OCI). Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [3:04] Why was the OCI award created?

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The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Product management is a hot, hot profession right now. 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. What I’m looking for in a new product manager. The point is that he had done a limited version of product management in this project.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

It started as a site to share ideas and lessons I’ve learned in my career as a product manager for enterprise software products. And it resulted in the Secret Product Management Framework , a better way to understand product management. . The primary focus is new product managers. And how do I do it?

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. “If you want to achieve sustainable growth, you have to keep your customers around for as long as possible” That’s why I think it’s so important to have account or relationship managers on your sales team dedicated to building relationships with customers. It’s a difficult job, but an important one.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 27, 2018

The post “I Have An Idea” – How I Evaluate Product Ideas appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. (Check out Finding Market Problems Resources for a bunch of ideas and guides from me and others on how to do that.).

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Unveiling the Profound Benefits of Being a Product Manager and the Path to Excellence Introduction Becoming a Product Manager is a transformative journey marked by multifaceted advantages, and it extends beyond personal career growth.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 4, 2024

Definition “A design system is a set of standards to manage and scale design. Design system books cover Atomic Design by Brad Frost Design Systems Handbook by Invision Modular Web Design by Nathan Curtis Open-Source Design Systems: Open source design systems from real-life companies to learn and get inspired from.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. It put all the activities I do as a product manager into perspective. You Might Be Surprised Which Product Management Activity Is Most Important. What Is Marketing, To Product Managers?

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

What is a Product Manager? The role of a product manager is the linchpin in product development, overseeing the entire lifecycle from inception to market launch. Product managers act as the bridge between stakeholders, engineers, marketers, and other teams. Understanding the Scope: What Does a Product Manager Do?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2023

Design skills can be valuable for Product Managers (PMs) to allow them to understand, communicate with the design team, and effectively contribute to the design process. Photo by Balázs Kétyi on Unsplash I have been scrutinizing and reflecting for a long time, on what a product manager should do and need.

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The Secret PM Handbook

JULY 13, 2018

The post The Secret Truth About Your Methodology and Processes appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. If you like this post, please Like it, tweet it, share it! If you don’t like it, leave a comment and tell me why.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 1, 2024

Insights for product managers on fostering innovation in corporate environments Today we are talking about how established organizations can innovate, resulting in new products and ventures. Joining us is Andy Binns, a management advisor, award-winning author, and speaker on innovation and change.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2021

I credit overengineering for that really complex change management process or that 200 page employee handbook you may have been asked to read. I suspect it has something to do with creativity. It’s not limited to software development either?—?I

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 7, 2023

Aspatore Inside the Minds Series, Leading CTOs Mark Minevich , The CTO Handbook Tom Berray and Raj Sampath, the Role of the CTO: Four Models for Success Werner Vogels – The Different CTO Roles Role of the CTO If you know of more resources on this topic, we’d love to hear from you.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 7, 2018

This article is a follow-on to my overview article on persuasion tips for product managers.). The post Persuasion Tips: Have A Goal appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Understand and articulate what you’re trying to achieve. Every presentation or opportunity for persuasion has a goal, or possibly a few goals.

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The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Co-opting product management into sales. My good friend Geoffrey Anderson ( @ganders2112 ) recently wrote about a situation we product managers sometimes find ourselves in. When sales are not going well, company leadership might ask product management come in to help hit the numbers. This can be a bad thing or a good thing.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

A few weeks ago, a friend messaged me for advice on becoming a product manager. I’ve done courses in related areas like software development, marketing and project management but hold almost no formal certifications. Product Management HQ also has a well-established Slack community, though I’ve not tried it.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 7, 2024

Claire has founded and managed two other companies, Pretty HQ and Experiment Engine, the latter of which Optimizely acquired in 2017. Simplify security — Claire Vo is the chief product officer at LaunchDarkly and the founder of ChatPRD, likely the most popular PM-specific AI product out there.

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The Secret PM Handbook

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The definition of the ideal customer – the demographics, the characteristics, the industries – comes from Product Management. Product Management does the research to determine that there is a problem that can be solved. Product Management validates that there are enough people in the market who need your solution and who will buy it.

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The Secret PM Handbook

JULY 20, 2018

In some earlier articles and in a talk I gave at a local product management meetup , I’ve shared about the importance of having a toolkit of mental models. They help with decision making, problem solving, communication, plus every other thing we do as product managers. At my last company we made project management software.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 11, 2017

That’s a question I actually got in a product management job interview a while ago. As product managers, we need to find market problems, create solutions, and take the solutions to market. This is the basics of the “ Secret Product Management Framework.”) appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook.

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The Product Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2024

💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, AI, and more. Enzo Avigo A ten-year veteran in Product Management, focusing on user experience and product strategies. It’s one of the biggest gatherings for product managers out there.

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Sequent Learning

MAY 6, 2021

The Product Manager’s Desk Reference has been updated for a post-Covid world while providing a reliable resource for product managers to excel in their role. This book often referred to as the “bible of product management” was originally published in 2008 and 2014. Tate Atkinson. Sequent Learning Networks. email us here.

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The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

For example, let’s say your product is a project management tool. For example, you can specify that the project will take two DBAs, three Developers, a Project Manager, and a Business Analyst. For example, I always ask about how they expect to manage the association between skills and resources. Oh, That’s A Terrible Idea!

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 18, 2017

Our product was not as strong as some of our competitors for managing agile projects. But as I wrote the recent post on how my various articles align with the Secret Product Management Framework I realized I didn’t have many articles on go-to-market. Portfolio management has always been an “agile” activity.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

How product managers can combine influence and storytelling to achieve success. The author of The Secret Product Manager Handbook , Nils Davis, joins us to discuss his tips for better presentations. The fundamental thing we do as product managers is influence. Training videos for product managers. Innovation Quote.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2017

product management can either be vision-driven, or it can be execution-driven. In other words, ‘good’ product management is a degree of ‘street-smartness’ with which you’re driving your organisation towards it’s business goals. A Traffic Jam Unfortunately, product management does not come with a handbook. Short answer?—?where

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The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 21, 2017

We product managers are always told that we need to spend a lot of time with customers, and with the market, to create successful products. And believe me, many product management organizations are paralyzed in this area. appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Nothing Important Happens In The Office.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

A few weeks ago, a friend messaged me for advice on becoming a product manager. I’ve done courses in related areas like software development, marketing and project management but hold almost no formal certifications. Product Management HQ also has a well-established Slack community, though I’ve not tried it.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 16, 2019

A common mistake that sales ops leaders make is focusing only on managing up. If you can, go on a listening tour to identify the top priorities for each team – your SDRs, AEs, relationship managers and customer solutions folks. Learn from industry leaders who’ve done it before in The Sales Handbook.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 10, 2023

The steps in ranking and valuing Jobs-to-be-Done—for product managers We have talked a few times about Jobs-to-be-Done in past episodes. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [6:03] Can you give an example illustrating why ranking and valuing Jobs-to-be-Done is important? Click here to download the Action Guide.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 19, 2017

If you are visiting this page, there are chances you might be seeking an answer to one of the following questions – Having completed my formal education, how do I start my career in Product Management? Coming from a non-related industry, how do I break into Product Management? How do I learn the necessary traits of Product Management?

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