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.

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Sales Training User Testing Differentiation Customer Experience 170

Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 10, 2022

She cofounded the Radical Product Thinking movement of leaders creating vision-driven change, along with authoring the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [1:56] 1:56] What put you on the path to being a product leader?

User Testing 90

User Testing Product Management Product Manager Vision 90

ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Product operations is an increasingly important part of the product ecosystem. This supporting function enables the success of the product management team. As product operations staffing matures, so has the range of titles, responsibilities, and career pathways in this discipline.

Data Visualization 92

Data Visualization Reporting Tools Analytic Tools Research Software 92

Amplitude

MARCH 11, 2020

Roadmapping is at the core of product strategy and product management. As a product person, and the VP of Product at Yesware , I’ve never come to fully embrace the discussion of what each team would deliver, in what sequence and within a long timeframe. You can sell to the future of where the product is headed.

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Data Visualization User Testing Product Strategy Product Research 100

Mind the Product

AUGUST 20, 2018

Post-launch, the product manager will be responsible for managing the product lifecycle through its growth, maturity and decline phases. From a lifecycle management perspective, the product manager should monitor the following aspects of that exchange: Alignment of sales forecast and business case.

Customer Experience 73

Customer Experience User Testing Management Management 73

Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

 This post lays out a related challenge: finding a scalable way for product management to support sales organizations rather than individual sales opportunities.  So a product manager might have 5% of their time in total for deal-specific sales support.  This is a must-close.”

Information 98

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Why have Product Managers stopped speaking to customers? Very sadly, most product managers I meet today no longer talk directly to customers regularly. I ran a survey with industry insiders and at least 50% of all product managers who responded haven’t spoken to a customer recently. What can be cut first?

User Testing 171

User Testing Weak Development Team Customer Experience Customer Feedback 171