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

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Even as product managers (PMs) have grown in popularity over the past decade, the same issue looms across the industry: it’s hard to define the aforementioned value up-front when asked for. Product managers are important and their growth only rises According to Zippia, there are over 41k PMs, just in the US alone.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

You can’t become a great PO if you don’t know the ins and outs of development, design, agile framework, software development, scrum approach, and IT infrastructure. Technical skill is a specialized skill that is used to perform a specific task such as programming and software development.

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Userpilot

JUNE 17, 2024

Here is how you can grow your career as a software product owner: Product owner intern : This level gives you foundational knowledge in Agile methodologies and product management principles. Product owner manager : This person leads a team of product owners, providing guidance, coaching, and performance management.

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Userpilot

JUNE 12, 2024

TL;DR A software product owner is an IT professional tasked to prioritize features , create and maintain product backlog, and work with a Scrum team throughout the product development cycle. A product owner is someone who manages and optimizes the product backlog to ensure its maximum value.

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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. Project Management Tools The use of project management tools and resources is essential to Scrum master jobs.

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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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Userpilot

JUNE 17, 2024

In this guide, we’ll delve into the core responsibilities, salary insights, essential skills, and more, providing you with the knowledge and tools you need to excel as a product owner. TL;DR In SaaS companies, a product owner is responsible for developing the product’s vision and navigating the product roadmap to maximize value.

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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 HQ

MAY 10, 2024

If you want to become a product lead but have no experience, it is still not difficult to get there. You have to earn the necessary digital product management and lead skills and demonstrate them to potential employers with confidence. In general, they play a major lead role equivalent to a Director or VP of Product.

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Izenda

JUNE 28, 2020

In software development, a product manager is inherently the CEO of the product: the person who is responsible for strategizing and defining the product roadmap. The product manager is like the missing middle piece required to hold the supporting pieces together.

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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. More About The Product Mentor. Better Products. Better Product People.

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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. Nightmare, right?

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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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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

One signal I’ve been giving much thought too of late is the collision of two roles, Product Management and Product Ownership. A topic of hot debate in the agile and product circles but with very few answers. Credit: DataKitchen Since its inception, Scrum and the Product Owner role has become widely adopted.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. All of them are accountable for a squad (about five developers and one user experience professional).

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. What we’ve noticed instead in the startup world, is a lot of people become product managers by default rather than design.

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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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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 9, 2022

An obvious next career step could be moving over to product management to focus solely on the products themselves. But how easy is it to transition from being a UX designer or UX researcher to product management (PM)? Start Learning Can You Transition from UX to Product Management?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When do you need it and how does it help product managers build better products? Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. Ready to dive in?

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. All of them are accountable for a squad (about five developers and one user experience professional).

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BrainStation Product Management

MAY 7, 2019

Product Management has been getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason – often called the ‘mini-CEOs’ of product, Product Managers (PMs) have a unique yet critical role in many organizations. Depending on the organization, industry, and type of product, the details of a PM role will vary. “So

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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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Product Culture

MAY 2, 2018

I take a controversial position on what to look for in hiring a product manager. Am I one of those people who believes product managers are really just disguised marketing people, the kind who don’t really understand what they are selling?* In my mind, these are the core aspects of leadership. Analytical Approach.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

When I met Maziar and he told me about his company, I asked why does the world need another roadmapping company given the abundance of current options to product managers. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [2:36] What problems have you ran into related to aligning business strategy and product work?

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

A well-structured product team requires a product leader – either a product manager or a product owner. They lead a team that consists of developers and designers. In larger organizations, they may work side by side with QA engineers, product marketers , data analysts , or product ops managers.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Potential technical program managers must keep this unique communication challenge in mind. As a technical program manager, you communicate with product managers, leadership teams, and external vendors. Leadership Program managers oversee the requirements, design, development, and deployment of new technology.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 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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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today! Meet the mentors….

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Mixpanel

APRIL 27, 2020

Leading a product team in a startup—where it’s basically you, or maybe you and one other person—is far different from leading a large product management team for a well-established company. At the enterprise stage of growth, your goal is to balance this team autonomy with the larger corporate vision.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Provide guidance on the product, including its market, value proposition, business goals, and key features. Be aware that collaboration requires leadership.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 10, 2017

By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. Boston Women in Product (BWP) hosted “Product Roadmaps: A Roundtable Discussion” on March 28th, 2017.

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The Product Guy

JULY 30, 2020

Guest Post by: Inis Hormann (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Paul Hurwitz]. Product Managers (PM) need to effectively communicate product vision, strategic roadmaps and concepts to a variety of different stakeholders through the different stages of the product life cycle.

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BrainStation Product Management

MAY 7, 2019

Product Management has been getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason – often called the ‘mini-CEOs’ of product, Product Managers (PMs) have a unique yet critical role in many organizations. Learn product management skills to boost your career – from home! The Product Management Process.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

Many entrepreneurs and product managers write about the skills they brought to the table and those they learned along the way. And as a product manager finding out how others made a strategy work, whether it was implementing a road-map software or avoiding other’s pitfalls can make or break your product’s success.

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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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