Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

From analyzing market trends to churning user needs and technical feasibility into golden product ideas, there are many benefits of ChatGPT for product managers. A potent tool, ChatGPT has proven to be a strategic addition to the product management toolkit, churning out ideas in even the most unlikely scenarios.

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Userpilot

APRIL 22, 2024

Product feature analysis is a powerful tool in the SaaS product manager’s arsenal. We cover: Types of product features. How to effectively analyze product features: Define your objective. Extract feature development insights. Why perform a product feature analysis? Specify the metrics to track.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Restaurants don’t put an Apprentice Chef in charge of the kitchen overnight, so why do we do this with Product Managers? Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash Whilst it has been around for decades, product management has grown rapidly over the last few years. Companies are getting creative.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2023

Success engenders confidence and more success for products and, therefore, product managers. Show me a product manager whose latest release is a hit with users and driving the outcomes desired by the company. I will show you that a product manager needs to be more confident.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 25, 2021

Product management requires you to master so many different skills, that there always seems to be a gap between what you do well and what you need to do well to succeed. As a manager of product people, it is your job to help them with this continuous growth, but it’s not always easy. The answer is, of course, yes?—?most

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. Craft Competence ?? Market Competence ?????

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2021

The secret to acing a product management interview isn’t just knowing what questions to expect. The Most Common Product Management Interview Questions What do you see as a Product Manager’s main role within product development? What main changes would you make to [our product]?

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Product Management Unpacked

APRIL 3, 2020

Stereotypes about what kind of work can or cannot be done remotely lead to unrealistic expectations and underperforming programs. The job of a product manager has many elements, but at its core is a responsibility to build relationships, especially with development, engineering, sales and sales leadership, as well as executive management.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

Here is why: We routinely interact with individuals who have different perspectives, interest, and needs, such as users, customers, stakeholders , development team members. Users don’t always have the same wants and needs as customers, and the ideas of the stakeholders and dev team may diverge.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

Here is why: We routinely interact with individuals who have different perspectives, interest, and needs, such as users, customers, stakeholders , development team members. Users don’t always have the same wants and needs as customers, and the ideas of the stakeholders and dev team may diverge.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Sometimes you feel like you hate being a product manager. Your product? A few months ago, I saw a post in a Product Manager group on Facebook from a new product manager (PM) that went something like this: “New PM here. Photo by Shamia Casiano It’s common among new Product Managers.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Competitive demos are stressful, especially when you’re operating on very little knowledge or hearsay information about your competitor’s weaknesses. Here’s the thing about focusing on your competitor’s weaknesses. Sometimes, they just don’t like your competitor’s sales team. There’s no answer for that!

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

In this ultimate list of product manager interview questions, we have tried to simplify the process of hiring great product managers. Product management encompasses the entire SaaS lifecycle from ideation to launch and everything that follows. What to look for in product managers? Leadership.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Do you find being a product manager particularly challenging? Take a look at these nine indicators to determine if product management is the right career for you, or not. digital product management positions have never been more pervasive or idolized than they are right now. All kinds of things.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Be with your team every day What they don’t tell you is that Product Management is not glamorous. Day-to-day you should be down in the trenches with your team, battling it out. Do whatever it takes to win You are the captain of your team, but you are also the navigator, the sniper, and the bandleader. Lesson #2?—?Do

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re wondering what strategic product management is, you’ve come to the right place! In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users!

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. This article explores multiple aspects of product management. This article explores multiple aspects of product management.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

Guest Post by: Candice Zhang (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Tauheed Ahmed]. When I first researched about product management, I asked seasoned product managers how they started and they gave me very different kinds of answers. Some of them are good, and some of them are bad.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

As their managers, we always need to coach our product managers toward their next level. Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash I was a manager long before I was a product manager. In one of my roles as an R&D manager, I inherited an employee from one of the other teams on the day I joined.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 3, 2023

“I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.” — Laurie Helgoe When I first started working as a Product Manager, the number of meetings on my calendar jumped from a few to a few hundred. It might seem like introverts aren’t suited for the life of product managers, but that’s not true.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

Every time I navigate the ocean of Product Management frameworks, we are not tackling one essential part of our role: People and Ourselves. There is a framework for almost every stage of our Product development lifecycle, but one of the only transversal things is that we need people to make things happen.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But it has the following three drawbacks: A feature-based roadmap can give rise to and strengthen a feature-factory mindset where adding features is more important than creating value and making a positive impact on people’s lives and the business. Your job is not to please the stakeholders, but to achieve product success.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 29, 2019

What’s a partial product manager? We’ve all met one, and many of us have been one – a partial product manager is someone who holds the product manager title, but isn’t doing the full job. It can happen really easily, because great product management encompasses a great deal and is constantly evolving.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

The first one carries the risk of being a feature broker and offering a product that has a weak value proposition, gives rise to a poor user experience, and consists of a loose collection of features. A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Why do product managers need a new feature validation framework? TL;DR Product managers need a new feature validation framework to ensure that they meet user needs or drive organizational goals and avert product failure. Product teams should invest in validation when developing the MVP.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2018

How do you best lead the stakeholders and development team as the person in charge of the product? Two of these styles, feature broker and product dictator, are shown in the picture below. Such a product typically has a weak value proposition, offers a poor user experience, and is therefore unlikely to become a success.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2024

Golden rules for roadmap management. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” — Mike Tyson I’ve wrestled with weak roadmaps — even some downright disasters. Product managers and their teams start with enthusiasm, hit the ground running, and create a solid roadmap. Roadmaps are a team sport.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 16, 2017

As a product manager who has managed offshore development teams, I’ve learned that it’s not easy, and that having engineering teams on the other side of the world is not always congruent with delivering great products. What are the Positives? What are the Downsides?

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. Strategy development requires imagination and creativity ; a good strategy is not the result of detailed analysis. Why is product strategy so hard? Playing to Win by A.G.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 14, 2019

There are thousands of articles, books , videos , and conferences that discuss the traits necessary for you to become the greatest Product Manager ever. However, information on what makes a disastrous Product Manager is much harder to come by. The “Yes PM” This type of poor Product Manager is difficult to identify.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

My journey to product management was not what you might expect , but then again, maybe you would. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

Cause : A confusion about what an effective product vision is. Solution : Describe the ultimate purpose of your product, the positive change the product should bring about like “healthy eating”. 59; Boost Your Product Leadership Power and How to Lead in Product Management , pp. Needs are Features.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 26, 2020

What does it take for an engineer to become a product manager? If you’re considering changing from engineer to product manager , you’re not alone. Product management isn’t just for business and marketing people. Product management isn’t just for business and marketing people.

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UX Studio: Product Management

MARCH 12, 2024

Whatever industry you work in, one of the ways in which you can grow professionally is by taking on a manager role. While there are a lot of resources and courses to learn design or research, I believe things are slightly different regarding management. But titles in UX management and leadership vary a lot.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 7, 2017

Or “ How to Manage Software Development in Teams who Think Nothing Like you “ Product management has two diversity problems. Cultural homogeneity in product teams is dead, welcome cultural diversity. It simply doesn’t work. We’re Trapped in our Cultures. How’s that for a mini-UN?

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