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Motivating Development Teams

Mironov Consulting

But the symptoms aren’t so obvious to the outbound (and extroverted) part of the company. Motivation and engagement look different on the tech side of the room: the outbound team often can’t tell whether Engineering is emotionally engaged. Some Engineering teams are unmotivated, though. And first prize is a Cadillac.

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Megatrend: Customer Success and Product Are Better Together

Gainsight

Over the past few years, we’ve been keeping our eye on an incredibly positive trend in the most successful companies: closer, more collaborative relationships between Customer Success and Product teams. . At Gainsight, we believe it’s vital for these teams to partner— we always have, always will.

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I’ve abandoned “MVP”

Mironov Consulting

To delete the letters MVP from roadmaps and product charters. 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.) Here’s why…. What To Do? link: thank you?

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Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions

Mironov Consulting

I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. Each functional group has its own product priorities, so each wants a different roadmap. Just sign here.”)

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From Product Management Back to Strategy

The Product Coalition

In my first official product role, which I got to after managing large dev teams and a business-related role, I managed alone a product with a development team of ~40 people. One of the first things I did, for example, was to work with the salespeople on how to sell the product.

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Part One: Key Elements to Become a Healthy Product-Led Organization

Bain Public

Let’s face it, most organizations have poor habits around roadmap completion — this is why getting leadership (or stakeholders) to develop consistent, stable and familiar routines reinforced through repetition and communication is valuable. Unfortunately, product leadership culture can get a little messy.

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A Product Manager’s Approach to Building Integrations for SaaS Software

Mind the Product

While working on a knowledge management solution aimed at custom support and sales teams, we integrated with several customer support desks and CRM. In fact, integrations can often derail product roadmaps, so it is imperative for product managers to plan them well. Prioritize Long-term Roadmaps Ahead of Quick Hacks.