The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We’re well overdue a conversation about Product Managers and technical skills. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the industry tries to reassure newcomers that you don’t need to be a full stack software engineer to be a good Product Manager. Product development is the process of building tech.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At times, product professionals fail to realize the similarities and differences between thought leadership vs people leadership. A compelling thought leader most likely started as a people leader, such as a manager or a director. The Start of Thought Leadership. Product management is complex.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

SaaS product managers are crucial for an organization’s software-as-a-service business model to succeed. They are responsible for the product’s growth, development, and implementation. SaaS product managers must create a profitable and cost-effective plan for the SaaS company.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. out of 5 stars. 54 global ratings. Where to buy?

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a B2B Product Manager? This career guide offers a detailed overview of the best B2B product management training options. It also describes valuable skills you need to learn and career paths within product management, among other things. Well, you’re in the right place.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

Top 5 Scrum Manager Skills Let’s dive right in. Communication Skills In any leadership position, effective communication is a transferable skill that helps to support teams and encourage feedback and innovation. There are numerous frameworks to choose from that help develop these technical skills.

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Sequent Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Product Management for Non-Software Products. JJ Rorie is a thought-leader and practitioner who has spent her career helping companies optimize their product management and marketing functions. Listen to Masters of Product Management Podcast Episode 067. I am a product management junkie.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes. No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. The best product managers are in a continuous state of discovery and know that?—? neither the product nor roadmap are ever static.

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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. You would interfere with and damage the team’s self-management.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Software engineers have the option to stick to software development at higher and higher levels. Or they may decide to move into management later in their careers. Different software engineers work on different kinds of technical projects.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Want to become an AI product manager? This guide shows you how to prepare for a career in AI product management. Today, more and more businesses are looking for product managers specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. If so, then you’ve come to the right place.

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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. In the product management discipline, cross-functional collaboration is more than a buzzword — it’s a critical strategy. Challenge #2: Leadership versus Decision-Maker ? Challenge #6: Overcoming Blame Culture

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience. And you had to own all the servers. And you had to own all the servers. Nightmare, right?

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2018

From high school to business school, and throughout my professional career, I was supremely comfortable with it , and reveled in solving problems, to the appreciation of my managers, colleagues, and teachers. Management guru, Peter Drucker had said, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. 2) What should I solve?

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Startup Product managers are in charge of setting up the foundation for product management at a new company. Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. According to Airfocus , an optimized product manager boosts profitability and sales, by 34.2

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

switching from analytical work or coding to running a meeting). A study by Cornell University and Qatalog found that almost half of people surveyed said that context switching makes them less productive and causes fatigue. Review your time : review where your time went. Plan your time: deliberately plan your time.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If you manage AI products, the answer is probably “many”. AI product management is a unique beast that can be quite challenging, but there are ways to make it easier. Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels In 2014, at the ProductX conference, I won second place for my presentation on time management for busy product managers.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

All those new features might look good on a product comparison matrix and give salespeople a new angle when pitching reluctant prospects, but none of it matters if those features aren’t solving real customer problems. Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Why do product teams become feature factories?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 23, 2023

The latest average base salary of product analysts in the United States is $77,090 annually, with an estimated total pay of $94,308 annually. But aspiring students are advised to study the following under a bachelor’s degree – business management, statistics, economics, or computer science. What do product analysts do?

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Guest Post by: Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. Make a list of the scope and the challenges to your product. Second Attempt.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

A reliable technical program manager oversees a program from initiation to completion. A technical program manager differs from a product manager because technical program managers work more closely with the software development teams.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. If defining project scopes, reviewing solutions, and generating reports interest you, this is the perfect career. Organizations may not require you to perform hands-on coding.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Guest post by Angus McDonald, Senior Product Manager at Terem Technologies, and Kayla Li, Delivery Manager at Terem Technologies Word from Scott: Over the years we’ve helped many different teams uplift in different ways. Mindsets Are the right mindsets in place for successful product development?

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Data science has traditionally been an analysis-only endeavor: using historical statistics, user interaction trends, or AI machine learning to predict the impact of deterministically coded software changes. So here are a few tips for product managers who may be pulling data science – and data scientists – into our product processes.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 12, 2022

After creating your product manager resume , it’s well worth writing your product manager cover letter if your prospective employer wants one. The proper format for a product manager cover letter The last thing you want is your cover letter to look just like any other.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

How product mangers can improve collaboration in cross-functional teams Today we are talking with Maziar Adl, the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an organization that creates product roadmap management software. In product management, I often saw silos coming from top to bottom. It’s evolving so fast.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond. He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. Kenneth Chin, CPO Seek Asia.

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The Basics of Product Management

JULY 21, 2020

We will review each smart glass available today, including the newest entrant, Jio Glass. However, it is important to note that the market for these products is still unproven. The right product strategy is necessary to make the smart glass product a success. You never know what product eventually clicks.

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Product manager courses are everywhere. Product management is one of the most diverse disciplines and requires an extremely broad set of skills. Additionally, the product manager role drastically changes with your seniority. Beginner product manager. Mid-career product manager.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 3, 2022

The product management career path can be incredibly fulfilling as you build and work on products used by millions of users around the world. The success of a product, or even an entire company, rests on the product team. Building impactful products is exciting! Are you cut out for product management?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Often people stumble into the Product Management career without any Technology background. When I was at Hutchinson Telecoms, I was a Product Manager within the Marketing function. I never had to deal with developers on a day to day basis?—?the Again, I was the “ Accidental” Product Manager.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A great roadmap helps PM’s achieve the following: 1, It ensures the product team understand what they are working towards, by aligning the product to the company’s short term and long term goals. Image credit: ProductPlan Roadmapping sits in the Product Strategy phase of a Product Management It’s very different to a Product Backlog.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

I think serious product discovery and end user validation may be stuck in this cultural/conceptual gap.  Product and are then re-assigned elsewhere, leaving orphaned software that is quickly discarded without essential bug fixes or v1.1 But this is deeply counter-intuitive to non-engineering executives and their departments.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 14, 2018

Mike got me thinking; should product managers also require a licence do their job? After all, we’re a sizeable professional community and having a product management certification or licence in place would ensure that all product managers comply with the same standards. Why I’m not Convinced.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Guest Post by: Julian Dunn (Mentee, Session 6, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Vikas Batra]. I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Thus, I arrived at the Product Mentor program with ambitions to learn strategy development from a seasoned product mentor.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 7, 2022

Writing a great product manager resume helps you stand out when recruiters or hiring managers start to interview candidates. Given the often ambiguous nature of product management, it may feel pretty challenging to write an effective product manager resume.

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