The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I enjoyed in-person meetings, especially in-person product review meetings. Early in the pandemic, this led me to resent virtual meetings, especially virtual product review meetings. This particular product review meeting was a breaking point. I worked in healthcare technology at the time.

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Gainsight

MAY 31, 2023

When evaluating customer success software, review platforms such as G2 and TrustRadius can be invaluable resources. G2 Grid Reports are based on thousands of verified reviews and data from actual users, so you can compare multiple vendors based on real feedback. Top Rated Awards are based entirely on reviews and customer sentiment.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you looking for crucial technical program management skills to become a successful technical program manager? Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. Well, you’re in the right place.

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Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2024

Sam Lightowler’s Advice: Use a Diagram to Demonstrate Value Meet Sam Lightowler, Senior Manager of OTT Operations at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. They received a lot of pushback from the engineers initially because it created complexities around code reviews, tech debt management, release processes, etc.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 15, 2022

In a previous post in our Scrum Assessment Series , we shared some ideas to help catalyze engaging sprint reviews. Here, we take a deeper dive into the topic of awesome Sprint Reviews. The Sprint Review, just like the Retrospective , is an important feedback loop in a Scrum team’s toolbox. Why is the Review so important?

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Ronke PM

JUNE 21, 2023

Table of Contents Sales meetings with potential customers. Customer Success/Relationship Management meeting with an existing customer. Internal Sales and Customer Success/Relationship Management Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) meetings. Customer Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) meetings.

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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. Let’s explore strategies for how we can tackle these challenges. In the product management discipline, cross-functional collaboration is more than a buzzword — it’s a critical strategy.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product. For instance, the marketing strategy, the user experience (UX) design and technology choices have to align to successfully acquire new users, increase conversion, or meet another product goal.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Role Dysfunction in Companies: Unraveling the Mysteries of Organizational Complexity Have you ever found yourself in a meeting thinking: “Wasn’t John in charge of this?” For instance, think of the tech giant, Microsoft. A few years ago, the company faced significant challenges due to role overlap. The feeling is almost palpable.

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Modus Create

MAY 28, 2024

Larry Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President and CTO of OneMain Financial, the leading nonprime lender in the United States, provides insight into how the world’s top executives plan to leverage AI technology. There’s no doubt that a comprehensive AI strategy is critical. There’s no doubt that a comprehensive AI strategy is critical.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

Most associate product managers tend to shadow product managers, learning how to work on the product strategy and own the product roadmap. That includes knowing how to devise a product strategy, a basic understanding of product marketing, and an understanding of the product lifecycle.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

They hold qualified women back from climbing career ladders and reaching a senior product leadership position. Yet, they’re still stubbornly absent from the leadership teams in far too many organizations. The Numbers Don’t Lie in Senior Product Leadership Positions. Paycheck Problems for Senior Product Leadership Roles.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In his talk, Jason talked about how product managers can upskill to meet the challenges in their daily work and how to make sure that their organizations value their work. TL;DR Product managers often don’t get the due recognition for their work and their role is often marginalized by frustrated leadership or other teams.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Throughout the year, we’ve talked with and learned from industry leaders, experts, and innovators about a multitude of topics: from facing the tech slowdown to the dawn of machine learning, from the trends transforming customer support to using human insight to create memorable experiences. For me, two thoughts occurred. “We

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 18, 2024

Something that comes up periodically in my product leadership coaching sessions: “As a Director or VP of Product, how do I get folks outside my immediate span of control to make improvements or do their jobs better or take my advice?”    Strategy and escalations and Board slides can wait a half hour.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Today, more and more businesses are looking for product managers specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. AI product managers share several responsibilities and functions with technical product managers. This is a plus when coordinating with the technical team.

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Use your leadership voice to bring out change. You must have exceptional communication skills to bring your product strategy and vision to fruition. Here are my 15 rules of great product leadership: 1. Therefore, product managers must be empathetic, diligent, and proactive in meeting customers' needs.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Journey Into the World of Strategy. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. After all, many product managers tend to treat a strategy as something that’s scared and driven top-down from the executive management level.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? We also look at: What a UX design strategy is Why it’s important Its core principles and elements A practical example of a company with well-established UX strategies Let’s dive right in! The strategy should also have information about the UX team, processes, and guidelines.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. Do you think you are on track to meet the sprint goal?”

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Being one of the largest tech companies on the planet, it should come as no surprise that landing a job at Facebook is not necessarily a walk in the park. This is especially true if you're looking to join the technical program management team. The questions are both challenging and Facebook-specific.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

A career in product management requires a wide range of PM skills from business and data analysis to technology expertise. The VP of Product sets the product vision for her team, ensures that product strategy is aligned, and coordinates with other executives to accelerate growth. The answer depends on your background.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

His people-first leadership approach lives on through his son who recognized his father’s skills and ability to lead by example. Share People-First Product Leadership Cultivating a culture of authenticity One begins to wonder when the the culture deck is 100+ pages and/or the whisper network is strong.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

Communication Skills In any leadership position, effective communication is a transferable skill that helps to support teams and encourage feedback and innovation. Technical writing is necessary for providing updates to product owners and senior management alike. Top 5 Scrum Manager Skills Let’s dive right in.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

Leadership support , shared ownership of outcomes, cross-functional training, and celebrating collaboration can encourage PM-PMM alignment. They define the product vision , strategy, and roadmap. PMs are typically more internal-focused and deal with stakeholders like leadership , engineering, and design.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

Sarah Dayan is a staff engineer at Algolia , a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API, and the host of two tech podcasts: Developer Experience and Entre Devs. How would she provide the right technical direction for the company? Brian: Super.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Sticking to inflexible annual planning cycles can introduce significant challenges in the era of rapid technological advancements. The static nature of traditional product planning cycles fails to consider quickly-improving technologies and unforeseen changes in the market. Firstly, you want to review your product vision.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Technical PM Skills A big part of the role of a startup product manager is working with engineers to define and build the product. While you don’t need to know as much about technical product development as an engineer, you should have a good enough understanding and basic knowledge of how technology works.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Lisa and her team were able to convince their leadership to allow them to run a one-month beta launch with a limited set of customers to test out their new feature. Meet Lisa’s product trio at Human API. While Human API is a discovery-friendly company, the tech lead and designer hadn’t done this type of discovery work before.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. Nothing beats meeting real users. Additionally, keep an eye on market developments, new trends and technologies, and the competition. As Superman puts it, “You are much stronger than you think you are.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome back to creating your strategy stack. In Part 2, we dive into establishing your organization's strategy and goals. If you missed Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on the Mission, North Star, and Vision. Subscribe now What’s in a Strategy?

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Technical Skills An eCommerce site or app is a system that connects several different components. eCommerce product managers must know the technical aspects of these components. eCommerce product managers need to participate in and conduct numerous meetings and product demonstrations with customers and provide feedback.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

Then when I heard his backstory in technology leadership roles at Xerox and Experian and the challenges he encountered with product roadmaps, I was eager to invite him to be a guest on this podcast. As the title of this episode conveys, our discussion will weave together topics for aligning customers’ needs and business strategy.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Employees routinely say that the best places to work are some of the big tech companies. To help figure out which internship program (and workplace more generally) is right for you, we created this list of the 8 best tech internships in 2022. Together, they contribute to the technical or business projects currently underway.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Essential Data Science Product Manager Skills Here are essential technical skills for a data science product manager: 1. Educational courses on technical product management can teach you all you need to know to become the best possible PM. Consider our Product HQ Technical Product Manager Course. Otherwise, skip ahead.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Product managers also have essential soft skills such as communication, leadership, empathy, collaboration, understanding customers, and strategic thinking. That said, this position demands proficiency in both technical and social areas within the role. This allows you to gain practice in using essential social skills.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

 Usually the discussion is highly technical: APIs, data transformation, feature ladders.  But This peels off large groups of migratable customers for us to engage, setting aside feature/function blockers so we can focus on commitments, benefits, incentives, technical support, and customer-side politics. and v12.  Free

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