Product Culture

APRIL 26, 2023

There are lots of ways to hone in on a product vision. One way is a Value Proposition: how a product creates differentiated value for a specific customer segment by addressing their needs, desires, or problems. For more information about our privacy practices please visit our Privacy Policy here.

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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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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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Product Culture

MAY 18, 2022

A mission or vision statement explains the reason a company exists. The best focus is on what the customer can accomplish with the help of our product. Our Privacy Policy. *. For more information about our privacy practices please visit our Privacy Policy here. Short and succinct wins. Subscribe to One Thing Weekly.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Product owners play a crucial role in “by-the-book” Agile scrum, while product managers are largely absent. This article explores the product owner role and how it fits into the broader product team. The product owner’s role. Manage and prioritize the backlog.

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Product Culture

MAY 10, 2023

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Product Bookshelf

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The big idea: Strategy is not goal-setting, vision creation, or agreeing on principles and aspirations. Product management takeaways : If you’re responsible for developing a strategy for your company, product, or feature, this book will help you create a good strategy rather than a mashup of vision, goals, and mission.

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Radical Product

MAY 5, 2021

What started as a campfire that could have been conducive for productive discussions, became a firestorm when Fried and Hansson announced a new policy: “No more societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp account”. The policy of banning societal and political discussions increases the size of the Soul-Sucking quadrant.

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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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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

JUNE 15, 2021

In the 2021 State of Product Management Report , our annual collection of data designed to bring to life the trends driving product management, we found gender diversity, or lack thereof, a prime opportunity for product management teams to create more intentional inclusivity. . 7% more for 0-2 years.

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We kicked off this year by introducing our vision for transparent pricing that would make it as frictionless as possible for companies of all sizes to get started with product analytics. And with our new Error Forgiveness Forever policy, we won’t charge at all for events that were tracked by mistake.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2019

And what can Product Managers learn from it How to lose a Referendum by Jason Farrell and Paul Goldsmith is a darn book about the multiple reasons that led to one of this decade’s highly publicized and stomach churning debacle in the western world. Do they hinder our vision to strategize about our long term product plan?

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As a product manager, you need to create an atmosphere that keeps the lines of communication open. You also want to communicate not only your tactical requirements but the strategy and vision for the product. Why Poor Product Team Communication Can Kill Your Product. Explaining the product story.

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Bain Public

MAY 21, 2018

Tomorrow’s Product Managers Will Need Solid Data, Model, and Problem Understanding. When people talk about Product Management of the future, the first theme that comes to mind is artificial intelligence (AI). Product Managers can start implementing AI by adopting a bottom-up approach. Like an assembly line.

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BrainMates

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Some viewed the initiative as simply too time-consuming and costly for senior team members who have to train them to be professionals and to do their jobs unless they are very deliberate and well-managed programs. Navigating post-COVID: Be intentional with your policy. Make collaboration productive and fair.

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People-First Product Leadership

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

A new product manager is joining my team in a few weeks. Around the same time a product management mentee I advise through the First Round Fast Track program asked how to best “onboard” their new manager. Sign up for internal training that covers company-wide policies and systems.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

After that, the startup is pushed to get outside the building and understand the necessity of real customer feedback management for product managers who try to improve the product. After reading it, you clearly grasp the vision and main objectives of the company, even if you’re not a person who works there.

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ProductCraft

AUGUST 3, 2018

Team, I would like to drill down and double-click into the next-generation vision for the organization that will revolutionize disruption. I’ll be out the rest of the week connecting with other influencers in the industry to help make this vision possible. Are Product Managers Like the Cobbler’s Kids? Privacy Policy.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2019

Not only what they do, but the vision that they set and the policies they put in place to guide others. But what if you aren’t currently in a leadership or management role? For product managers reading this, hopefully you already recognize that even without managerial authority, you are in a critical leadership role.

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Radical Product

JUNE 25, 2020

Photo by Jeremy Perkins on Unsplash Many years ago, I was excited to join a tech company to lead product management. The product and its underlying technology was complex and promised immense intellectual satisfaction. My manager recruited me saying he had never led a product organization before and would give me autonomy.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2018

A lot of people are scared of opening up their product & business to customer feedback for a variety of reason. Here’s a few from real conversations I’ve had recently… People tell me: They don’t want customers telling them what to build because they have a strong vision.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2018

If you want to prioritize successfully you can’t view it in isolation or treat it as a product management task. Let’s take a look at each in more detail… The First “P” of Prioritization: It’s All in the PLAN Many people have a product strategy but everything needs to tie back to the company plan as well. It’s as simple as that.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Higher management feels the pressure of not getting projects out on time thereby having a considerable effect on the revenue of the company. Product managers feel that they are a part of the feature factory and not being able to concentrate on the vision and strategy of the product. Understand the bigger picture.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 5, 2022

The job of an Advocacy Program Manager is to develop advocacy strategies of the organization and oversee their implementation. While many businesses or organizations require a background in policy, your CS experience in planning, managing, and implementing CS processes and procedures aligns with this position.

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Product Manager in Heels

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

As a product manager and senior product manager, I have been responsible for products ranging from software to SAAS products to e-commerce sites, always sitting under the technology branch of the company. What does it take to 'make the jump' from product manager to director of product management?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2018

You meet a lot of founders and product managers who have this vision and have already dreamed up how they think a piece of software should work and they just get building. And that’s great, you need a vision and a reason for being and you know that better than anybody. This is a real fear that a lot of us have.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In this special episode, we sat down with Zanade to talk about allyship, empowering Black-owned businesses, and what it takes to change deeply seated systemic issues and affect policy at a national level. Our very first guest of 2021 was Hubert Palan , the founder and CEO of Productboard , a company focused on product management.

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Radical Product

MAY 23, 2018

It was an interactive session where we presented elements of Radical Product thinking and interleaved it with exercises so each person could develop a measurement strategy for their product/ organization, that was grounded in their vision and strategy. The organization as a result would feel more like a nimble startup. “I

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ProductCraft

AUGUST 7, 2018

Overcoming ‘Innovator’s Block’: Designing Products with Metaphors. Share Post: One of the toughest issues facing product managers and designers is the ability to consistently create unique solutions to existing problems. Metaphors Can Expand Your Vision. Are Product Managers Like the Cobbler’s Kids?

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

But while each roadmap for a specific audience serves a particular purpose, there are times when we need everyone to gather together and agree on a singular vision for the product. Remember, a stakeholder is anyone with a vested interest in the product. A visual presentation of your vision. Honesty is the best policy.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 29, 2024

How product managers can master product innovation management Today we’re talking about product innovation management, one of the seven knowledge areas for product mastery. These are the knowledge areas that make us successful as product masters who know how to create new value for our customers.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Potential technical program managers must keep this unique communication challenge in mind. As a technical program manager, you communicate with product managers, leadership teams, and external vendors. Delivery and program management include creating new programs when the company requires them.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

What can product managers do to escape it? These are just a few of the questions that Melissa Perri, a product consultant and the author of Escaping the Build Trap , discusses in her presentation she delivered at the Product Drive Summit powered by Userpilot a few weeks ago. What is the build trap? What do these all mean?

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Product Bookshelf

MARCH 17, 2017

The beginning of a Lean UX project is a hypothesis statement which clarifies vision and goals for the team and company leadership. Your team must adopt a “test everything” policy. Product development changes by modifying the way that success is measured. It shifts the emphasis from outputs to outcomes.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Aside from regularly scheduled check-ins, remote leaders also benefit from having an open-door policy, even when there’s no actual door involved. It shows them you’re listening, that you don’t have everything figured out in advance, and that you’re not so rigid in how you like to do things.

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