The Accidental Product Manager

MAY 10, 2021

Product managers have to deal with patient data privacy laws Image Credit: Stock Catalog. Every product manager wants to be in charge of a product that customers want. There are some significant issues that these product managers are facing. A great example of this happening in the health care market.

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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. Have a communication policy outlined for your team There are so many enterprise tools available today ranging from email to instant messaging. to get alignment.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

That’s exactly how I discovered the world of Product Management. My first job I was working in the Group health actuarial team to analyze customer health claims data and developing pricing for current-year policies. I was about to click back when I noticed the term “Product Manager” on the headline.

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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? Why do you want to be/what do you love about being a Product Manager?

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The Accidental Product Manager

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Product managers are taking a different approach to vaping Image Credit: Lindsay Fox. It’s currently a tough time to be a product manager for vaping products in the U.S. Vaping products exploded on the scene a while back and have become very popular. Why Vape Vitamins?

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The Accidental Product Manager

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As product managers one of the challenges that we face every day is finding ways that our company can run quicker, faster, and get more done. We need to always be taking a look at how we are delivering our products to our customers and find ways to make our internal operations run smoother. Things are not stopping here.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 24, 2020

Product Management in the Time of COVID Part II: Roadmapping Best Practices The second article in the series highlights how lean roadmapping helps product managers navigate change. This one came from a VP of Product in the US. In March I set out to help product leaders answer this question.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JUNE 13, 2022

Ad product managers think that they have found a new market Image Credit: United Nations Development Programme. Advertising product managers are always looking for the next “big thing” The advertising market has its ups and downs as customer’s needs, wants, and moods change seemingly overnight.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2023

This includes creating meaningful communication channels between employees and leaders, providing resources to help employees develop their skills, and implementing processes and policies that promote trust and collaboration. Organizations should also focus on building a sense of belonging within their workforce.

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 19, 2018

In all of these roles I was a product manager or led product management. Today, I’m very proud to be the executive director of Carnegie Mellon University’s new Master’s in Product Management (MSPM) program. A product manager typically acts as the point person throughout a project’s life-cycle.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Guest Post by: Chris Martens (Mentee, Session 7, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Vikas Batra]. As product managers, we have chosen a career path in which there are ever-changing demands on our attention. A product manager spends much of their time planning for the future. Scheduling Time For Yourself.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 23, 2018

Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2017, Melissa Perri. > What do you like least about being a product manager? Bureaucracy is my least favorite part of Product Management. Even if you are an excellent Product Manager, you’re only as good as the environment you are in.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Moving from project-based thinking to product-based thinking is an essential part of delivering a successful digital transformation. What are the benefits of taking on such an initiative, and how does product management give you the best possible chance of success? How Does Product Management Enable Digital Transformation?

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DevelopmentCorporate

MAY 31, 2021

Product managers should have basic financial literacy, but the implications of new accounting policies like ASC 606 and ASC 606-340 exceed most product manager’s finance capabilities. And they might save their products and jobs in the process. And they might save their products and jobs in the process.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Are you using a friction log to track and prioritize what to improve in your product? In this guide, our aim is to help savvy product managers understand what friction logs are, where you might use them, and how to create them. Why should product managers use friction logs? Let’s dive in!

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In fact, 2020 brought us so many shocks and surprises that it made identifying top trends in product management more challenging than ever. As a product leader, entrepreneur, and product management author, I have paid close attention to the product community throughout 2020. Saying no when necessary.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2020

Emerging Product Strategy Product Management in the Time of COVID Part I: Stopgaps & Scaled Retention Strategies This first article in the series highlights customer retention strategies for products adapting to changes in customer behavior. This one came from a VP of Product in the US.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In product management, survivor bias is often a result of concentrating on the most active customers. Their customers are more loyal and buy broader ranges of products and services.”. However, reputational risk also applies to product management. “In This type of bias can skew overly optimistic.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 4, 2022

PM Hub Podcast began with the pandemic in 2020 and aims to bring its viewers fresh and unique perspectives of leaders in product management and entrepreneurship. If you’re interested in building or designing tech products, make sure you don’t miss out on his discussion with Paul! Title: Stakeholder Management for AI Products.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 12, 2021

Team buildings: at Aircall we updated our HR policy for every department to have a team building every quarter. Don’t Just Hire Great Product Managers, Build a Great Team 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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Department of Product

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

SaaS Pricing Models for Product Managers 6 ways to price your SaaS product using leading SaaS businesses as inspiration Pricing a product is a critical part of product management; it’s rarely something product teams will or should do themselves and will typically involve a blend of product, marketing and sales.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JUNE 15, 2020

Just imagine if you were a product manager for a jewelry store. What’s a product manager to do? Prior to the arrival of the virus, jewelry store product managers had the types of plans that you would expect them to have. Product managers now need to change their product development definition.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 5, 2020

So, what’s the difference between a Product Manager (PM) and a Product Marketing Manager (PMM)? Both Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers often work very closely together and share project ownership, they generally have different sets of responsibilities that require different skill sets.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

(Montreal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product, Data and Strategy of Bain Public joins Michael Luchen, Director of Product Management at Crema , a digital product agency creating web and mobile apps for disruptive companies and industry leaders, and the resident host of The Product Manager podcast.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 13, 2019

Product management is a role largely comprised of soft skills and strategy, which, at first glance, would make it difficult to quantifiably measure. The benefit of including quantifiable metrics in evaluating a product manager’s performance is, well, immeasurable. A product manager is not their product.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Why Product Managers are More Susceptible to Imposter Syndrome. Product managers (PM) are particularly vulnerable to experiencing imposter syndrome. There a few reasons why product managers might be more susceptible to the feeling. First, no one gets a degree in “product management.”

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

There’s no separate ‘product strategy’ from company strategy?—?strategy Using the ‘Kernel’ from Richard Rumelt’s ‘Good Strategy/Bad Strategy’, specifically insights and developing a guiding policy allows you to enable your team and avoid micro-managing. Finally, we can think of actions that we can argue against these policies.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 15, 2018

As more and more of us become comfortable shopping online, we are starting to look towards people who have bought a product before to tell us if it’s any good. What this means for product managers is that those online product reviews are starting to take on more and more importance. The Power Of Online Reviews.

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Bain Public

JUNE 14, 2021

(Montréal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product of Bain Public joins Cédric Tawil, Director at Startup Grind Montreal , in a fireside chat discussing what the future of product management holds and how businesses can prepare for it. How is the role of product management changing going into the future?

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Product Culture

APRIL 10, 2024

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Data protection laws ensure we don’t misuse the personal details we collect in the digital era, and HR policies make sure we all play nice. But what about in product management? Should there be a code of ethics for Product Managers? Being a Product Manager isn’t like being a therapist, doctor, or lawyer.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 25, 2019

Product Management. /. Product Strategy. / 7 Project Management Principles Product Managers Can Learn From. 7 Project Management Principles Product Managers Can Learn From. Product managers often think of project managers as tactical professionals. Sierra Newell.

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Bain Public

MARCH 30, 2021

(Montreal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product of Bain Public joins Jason Knight, creator, host, producer, editor and promoter of the One Knight in Product podcast. If you’re interested in building or designing tech products, make sure you don’t miss out on his discussion with Paul. About Bain Public.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Internal training not only adds knowledge to an existing base but also allows for teams to develop a more cohesive sense of internal policies. With regards to Product Management, a thorough and well-rounded training program can optimize areas that are in need of improvement. It’s a simple formula. Team consistency=efficiency.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 30, 2017

I knew I would learn about government, finance, and philosophy from Hamilton, but I didn’t know I would learn about being a product manager. Similarly, product managers should have a broad range of knowledge to identify and exploit customer, market, and technology opportunities that arise. So Always be Readin’.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

A good strategy consists of a diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions. Why is product strategy so hard? “What is product strategy?” ” for top spot on the product management post leaderboard. He defines strategy as consisting of a kernel: diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 16, 2019

Platform Product Managers Need Specific Skills. Platform product managers need specific skill sets in order to be excellent at their jobs: Software Engineering: With platforms, your product is code. Without having written code or being technically-minded, it can be hard to build really great platform products.

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