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How Software Products are Created in Test Kitchens

The Product Coalition

If test kitchens make so much sense in other settings to evaluate and evolve new equipment, tooling, systems, processes, and products why haven’t they been leveraged more with software products? One reason is that intentional software product test kitchens are often viewed as an extra expense and operational overhead.

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Product Analyst: Responsibilities, Skills, and Requirements

Userpilot

A product analyst needs to have the following skillsets: Technical skills: data analysis , data visualization, statistical analysis, and technical tools. But aspiring students are advised to study the following under a bachelor’s degree – business management, statistics, economics, or computer science.

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Top 11 Female Product Management Influencers to watch in 2022

Userpilot

She advises executives around the world regarding product management. Andrea Saez – Writer, Speaker, Advisor | Sr PMM @ Product School. Alexandra’s podcast empowers women in Product to think bigger about their careers and shoot for the leadership positions in their organizations.

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more.

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I’ve abandoned “MVP”

Mironov Consulting

After years of struggle, I’m advising all of my clients and product leader coachees to stop using the term “MVP”. Almost without fail, I find that the “maker” side of software companies (developers, designers, product folks, DevOps, tech writers…) and the “go-to-market” side of software companies (sales, marketing, support, customer success.)

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How To Break Into Product Management—Sachin Rekhi

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

As an undergraduate at UPenn, I was originally planning to move into software engineering on graduation. First off, product management is very communication and leadership oriented. In terms of demonstrating leadership, look to your extracurricular activities. Listen to our podcast here, or read the transcription below!

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Give Time for Opportunities To Present Themselves: Georgie Smallwood’s Lessons Learned

The Product Coalition

Georgie Smallwood According to her LinkedIn post, product is one of her favorite topics to discuss, and in light of the past few pandemic years, she admits that it has been quite the product leadership learning experience. I came in as a campaign manager, media coordinator, and I just grew in that leadership role because we were scaling.