The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. In the effort to bring the company’s vision into reality, the details matter, often more than the innovation and completeness of the vision itself. Even higher-level goals can be refined and detailed.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 21, 2024

Calling busy product professionals! We get it–your days are packed with roadmap review meetings, brainstorming sessions, and making (what sometimes feels like) too many PowerPoint presentations. We compiled insightful responses from over 1400 product professionals worldwide and analyzed them to spot the latest trends.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is a technical product manager? This is the question that opens our discussion of technical product management. TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. What is a technical product manager?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Have you ever zoned out mid-conversation, fingers itching for your phone, brain choreographing your next groundbreaking product feature? But in the whirlwind world of product management, where ideas zip around like bees in a garden, there’s a superpower often overlooked: active listening. We all have.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We make a living selling leaders and teams on what the future can look like, and then do our best to meet and exceed that vision. Needs a Shared Vision and Greater Collaboration was originally published in Product Coalition on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2023

And What You Can Do to Avoid Them Disclaimer: I don’t really believe you can ‘teach’ Product Management. That’s what I did in 2022 and doing so, I also got to dig into a lot of clients’ products. Product Managers I work with often tell me that “the purpose” has been decided by top management “a while ago”.

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Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2021

You’ve just landed your first VP of Product Management job and expectations are sky high. The first thing you’re NOT going to do is meet with your peers in development, sales, marketing, services, etc. And all they’re going to do is give you the saltier version of what’s wrong with product management.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In the world of product, nothing helps keep the team on track better than a strong product vision and a product strategy backing it up. However, accomplishing this feat becomes much more manageable when these efforts align with our colleagues’ goals and motivations. Alignment Begets Autonomy.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The B2B Product Manager October 2020. The product led growth model is gaining tremendous momentum. This month we look at the impact on product management and product marketing. As most companies deal with leaner sales pipelines, your product demos are even more critical to making the shortlist.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 25, 2020

As the product manager, it’s your job to understand your customer and identify features that keep your product ahead of the competition. Whether you’ve been handed a new product vision to execute or you have an idea of your own, it’s also your job to socialize your product vision and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2023

As a product manager, the most challenging aspect of the job has always been influencing and effectively communicating with those around me. ? From personal agendas to vendettas, individual opinions, power struggles, or politics, numerous factors can make it difficult to get people on board with your vision.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Brian Chesky of Airbnb sparked a lively debate last year by questioning the role of product managers in today’s fast-evolving business landscape. He stated, “Airbnb has morphed its product management function into an “Apple-style product marketing function.” Aligning Product Vision and Strategy 2.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The eternal debate: product manager vs. project manager. In this article, we’re going to unpack the day-to-day activities of a product and project manager, describe the key areas of overlap and differences between these distinct roles, and, most importantly, cover how they can work together effectively.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Previously on the show, we’ve taken you on a tour to meet everyone from our product management and marketing teams to our Sydney office down under. Without further ado, let’s head over to meet them in our San Francisco office. A world-class creative hub. Liam Geraghty: Hi, there.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a SaaS product manager? The need for SaaS product managers is skyrocketing with each passing year. More and more businesses develop Software as a Service (SaaS) products to remain relevant in their respective markets and grow their income streams. How to Become SaaS Product Manager?

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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. What Does ‘Influence’ Mean?

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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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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 1, 2020

Learn a framework for quickly pitching a new product idea, and enhance your career! When I interview a product manager to work in my team, I want to know that they understand the whole of the product cycle - how to make it happen, from concept to rollout and beyond, and most importantly what will make it successful.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Presenting or rejecting a well-researched product or design change to the HiPPO is a common pain point for product managers. Maybe they saw a competitor do something they wanted to try out instead, or they really aren’t seeing the vision of your product change. Reddit thread: What is the HiPPO effect?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 28, 2022

I stumbled upon a bunch of product management memes while preparing for a talk. clearly, all of us know the importance of truly understanding the customer problem before we ship a product, testing something with customers perhaps in a lab setting or in a pilot before scaling. this is also a dangerous myth. In most companies?—?all

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

You’re a Product Manager or Product Owner or both, and you have a new opportunity to add an existing product to your arsenal. Someone has to take over her products or features. Write up questions, assumptions, directions for a vision. At first, they had more passion, a bolder vision.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2023

Being a product manager is truly wonderful and diverse job. You get to meet amazing people, learn something valuable every day. Here are several questions you should ask yourself before considering a Product Management career. Only you carry the vision and belief of what your product can become.

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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 6, 2018

The idea is simple: Involve the key stakeholders—together with development team members—in important product decisions, for instance, by using consensus or product person decides after discussion as the decision rule. In the story above , the product manager would have benefited from having a clear and agreed release goal.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

All Product Roles Are Not Alike Photo by Lennart Nacke on Unsplash My first gig as a Product Manager was in a Startup. The Product I worked on did not exist. We started from two half-baked basic Computer Vision algorithms to objects. To top it off, I had no real Product Manager experience.

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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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Bain Public

APRIL 15, 2018

There are so many articles about the challenges and stresses of being a Product Manager. But this is an article about your CEO’s duty to set a vision, to define why your company exists. For some product managers, the thought of talking openly about the void left by a missing vision statement is paralyzing.

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The Product Guy

MAY 23, 2019

The goal as a product manager, was to find out more details about the customer I will work for and to build an opinion about the product(s) they have and the market they address to. The point is that having a good idea about the customer and its product(s) helps in conversations you’ll have with people starting with day 0.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How do product management and marketing teams work together to build successful products? TL;DR Product managers define the overall product direction and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Product marketing sits between product development and the market. What is product management?

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The Accidental Product Manager

JULY 10, 2023

Product managers have to get ready for what the future holds Image Credit: Roland Legrand As though you didn’t think that you already had enough to do, now you have to get ready for the metaverse. Product managers need to start to take the time getting use to what the metaverse is and how it is going to impact their customers.

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Pranav Khare

JANUARY 7, 2024

On the other, the product managers (PMs) — the strategists, the visionaries. The Tale of the Overzealous PM: Bob’s Blunder Meet Bob, a PM with a vision so grand it overshadows the sun. The project falls behind schedule, leading to a rushed, subpar release that fails to meet user expectations.

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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

What is a Product Manager? The role of a product manager is the linchpin in product development, overseeing the entire lifecycle from inception to market launch. Tasked with strategizing, planning, and executing product initiatives, they’re the visionary behind the product’s success.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

If so, you should definitely watch the talk that Jason Knight , a product consultant and advisor, gave at this year’s Product Drive hosted by Userpilot. In his talk, Jason talked about how product managers can upskill to meet the challenges in their daily work and how to make sure that their organizations value their work.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2022

Framing the meeting Now you have the skills to talk to the customer and found the customer. How do you want to frame the meeting now? But we also want to have an efficient meeting and don’t waste the time of the customer. If you find them put them into another sub-group. We already saw that we should keep it casual.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

While articulating trade-off decisions, always use a visual approach As Product Managers, we have to make trade-off decisions almost daily. set simple rules ( e.g. leverage email for non-urgent communications, instant messaging for urgent messages, & meetings for decision-making) and get alignment from your team to follow them.

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