The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

GM’s Product Managers Have Run Into A Battery Problem Image Credit: Frank Hebbert. So I’m willing to bet that you are pretty proud of your product. This is all fine and good as long as the product that you are delivering is truly high quality. The product managers still intend to launch 10 EVs in China.

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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 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

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 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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Product Culture

APRIL 10, 2024

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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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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 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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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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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

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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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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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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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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Product Culture

JANUARY 17, 2024

What began as an “early reader club,” to bounce writing ideas off smart product people, has turned into. Product Management Stress Release? For more information about our privacy practices please visit our Privacy Policy here. a Stakeholder Support Group? Alignment Anonymous? We will treat your information with respect.

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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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Product Culture

JANUARY 31, 2024

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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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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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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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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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Product Culture

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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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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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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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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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 25, 2024

We’d like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the research, development and writing of this article. We also thank Product Coalition founder Jay Stansell, who has provided a collaborative product management education environment.

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Product Culture

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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Product Culture

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

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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

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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Product Culture

AUGUST 9, 2023

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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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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

As product managers, we are granted a profoundly humbling and privileged role. By harnessing our intellectual fortitude in this defining moment, we have the power to craft products, solutions, and services that not only create diverse opportunities for our customers but also significantly enhance their lives.

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Product Culture

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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