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The Global Benchmark Survey: Product Management Skills – Initial Insights

280 Group

Late last year, 280 Group conducted its most ambitious and comprehensive survey to date, to learn more about the skill levels of product managers across the globe. We invited over 30,000 product managers to participate, and received nearly 4,000 responses. What are Product Management skills? What have we learned so far?

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Which Industry Is Right for You: What Product Managers Need To Know

The Product Coalition

Based on Zippia , (using a database of 30 million product managers (PM) within the US) 26% of all product managers work in a Fortune 500 (F500) company. For the sake of long-term career growth, does a given industry matter if it comes down to how much the individual enjoys their area?

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446: Winning at new products – with Bob Cooper, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

Lessons from the discoverer of Stage-Gate for product managers Today we are talking with a legend in product management. Our guest is Dr. Robert Cooper, who discovered the now famous Stage-Gate process and was named the “World’s Top Innovation Management Scholar” by the prestigious Journal of Product Innovation Management.

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461: Customer use cases to guide product design – with Lilac Muller, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

Tips for creating customer use cases – for product managers Today we are talking about how to create and use customer use cases to guide product design. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [6:35] What is a customer use case?

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To Ensure Project Success, Follow your Intuition and Ask for Clarity

The Product Coalition

About 12 years ago, I was an executive advisor on a project at a large telecommunications company. However, his team interpreted agile as implementing agile project management and development methodologies. One of the ways we can help is by providing clarity. Part of his vision was “being agile”.

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Who to Satisfy? Differentiate Buyers, Users, and Customers for Effective Product Decisions

Johanna Rothman

Decades ago, I worked for a company that created and sold voicemail products to telecommunications companies. The telco product/program managers were our Customers, because they bought our products to integrate into their products and services. I called that program manager my Customer. Often, senior management is the Buyer.

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Tech philosopher Alex Wolf on designing harmonious technology

Intercom, Inc.

If you’re an engineer or responsible for managing a team of engineers, you must build features that nurture or enhance the human senses – not exploit them. It taught me about just how swiftly technology can change economics, media and telecommunications. So in 2018, I finally was able to sell the company.