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

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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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

The following list shares sample rules, which are based on my book How to Lead in Product Management : Always have cameras turned on in online meetings and mute yourself if you don’t speak. Stay present. Many product management meetings I have attended were working meetings, or workshops, where product decisions were taken.

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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. A HiPPO situation is when you present your idea to executives or a board member and they shoot down your idea based on their gut. Reddit thread: What is the HiPPO effect? Enjoy the video.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

In the past decade, the field of product management has evolved, shedding much of its earlier ambiguity. The spectrum of roles in product management is broad, ranging from highly specialised to more generalist positions. In both cases, there should be a proper high-level product vision and a product roadmap.

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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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Ronke PM

APRIL 11, 2024

While product teams and their multidisciplinary partners may have a clear vision for the product, customer, and business outcomes, they still need to validate these visions and ensure that customers and prospects will desire the new feature or product. Why is Customer Feedback Important?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2019

I often like to frame product development as 3 buckets?—?Past, Past, Present and Future. Present: What is the current sprint or work we should be doing today? What have we achieved this sprint and how is our product health looking right now? Present is your typical Scrum/Kanban board/Sprint backlog?

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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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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

AUGUST 8, 2022

The idea you should take away is vision coupled with incrementalism works. Gutenberg had a vision and iterated on existing product, making some radical improvements. However almost all products, with rare exception are an improvement on what already exists. Narrow in on your vision, your North Star, the driving purpose.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

Aspiring product managers, nothing you’ll want to build will ever come easy, so let me give you some words of advice. Many who aspire to become a product manager (PM) always come to me with the same pattern of questions: Will I get to drive my ideas from start to finish? Am I the CEO of the product?

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As product managers, the product roadmap is at the core of everything we do. The product roadmap is a key point of reference to keep product strategy, business objectives, and execution aligned. Today we look at a few simple tips for product roadmap presentations. Tell a story. Use visual aids.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

More often than not, life-altering moments present themselves in unexpected ways. That’s exactly how I discovered the world of Product Management. And so, I set the following vision and mission for myself Vision: Be an honest and empathetic individual and create a definitive impact on people. Just don’t give up.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2022

It’s time to perk up the product management industry by redoing Blackalicious’ most popular song, “Alphabet Aerobics”. Product management glossary For those finding some new Product Management terms, check my Product Management Glossary. Outro: Female Voice] (Good… can you say it faster?)

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

I wanted to highlight five of those skills that are particularly relevant for product managers that can help them reach new heights in their own craft. Product management is an inter-disciplinary role and the best product managers I know go deep like Elon into multiple verticals. Craft a compelling vision.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

Context Setting Slide I include for all presentations 2. While articulating trade-off decisions, always use a visual approach As Product Managers, we have to make trade-off decisions almost daily. A lot of these times, we have to present our recommendation to some stakeholders (partner teams, leadership, your own team etc.)

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

It takes a fair bit of effort and time to keep up with the constant innovation in the product management software space. The tools are constantly evolving and changing their pricing plans, so it may be difficult to ensure that your product team is using the right tools and getting the best value for the money.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 25, 2013

I recently gave this presentation on product management at LinkedIn that I thought was worth sharing more broadly. Product management in my mind boils down to owning the vision, design, and execution of your product.

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bpma ProductHub

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This makes sure people don’t forget what we’ve recently accomplished, and helps them see the connecting lineage between what we launched and what’s coming out — and how this is growing us toward our vision.”. The process keeps you honest, and connected to your vision, your clients and your investors.”

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Learn the qualities of a successful product manager and leader. Part of the path to becoming a product master is developing as a leader. Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. Roman is a product management expert specializing in digital products.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

From analyzing market trends to churning user needs and technical feasibility into golden product ideas, there are many benefits of ChatGPT for product managers. A potent tool, ChatGPT has proven to be a strategic addition to the product management toolkit, churning out ideas in even the most unlikely scenarios.

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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. Tip: Be present and responsive. Emma’s leadership is about turning visions into shared journeys,” remarks a senior engineer.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

When all three of these factors are present, it’s going to be a great sales demo. There are a lot of steps in the sales process that can make or break a deal, but buyer politics aside, the demo is the biggest hurdle to clear because the product is the centerpiece of the evaluation.

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Ronke PM

JUNE 21, 2023

3iab (product manager, design lead, and tech lead) weekly sync. Quarterly Product Planning Monthly Product roadmap review with engineering and design lead. Many product managers will agree that we’re always short on time and spread so thin. Customer Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) meetings.

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Mind the Product

MAY 14, 2019

What does a product manager think about this? I work as a coach for product leaders and so the product I work on every day is “better, more skilled product leaders”. Continuing this metaphor, product managers are a user group of this product. Micro management is what everyone hates the most.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Being a product manager requires a balance of assertiveness and diplomacy, particularly in stakeholder management. The art of saying “no” is a critical skill that, when done respectfully and decisively, can significantly contribute to the success of your product and your career. Sound familiar?

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UX Studio

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Working on a product without a decent product vision resembles going into the street with eyes closed. To advance a product (or life) direction helps keep things going and makes actions meaningful. On the other hand, a Product Owner has the responsibility for leading and guiding others as well. Prioritization.

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Actuation Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Over the past few weeks we’ve considered a number of key product management tools. Today we will look at two of the most important: the Product Vision and Product Strategy documents. Each of these elements fulfills a distinct function, but are often presented together. Defining a Product Vision Document.

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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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Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Unveiling the Profound Benefits of Being a Product Manager and the Path to Excellence Introduction Becoming a Product Manager is a transformative journey marked by multifaceted advantages, and it extends beyond personal career growth.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 28, 2019

That brings us to the subject of influence among product management and product marketing teams. What if product management and product marketing were more knowledgeable on the market collectively than all other disciplines combined? It’s much bigger than the market for a product. We trust them.

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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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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Vision casting is easy. At times it can be so easy that once the rally is over, the vision gets drowned by the hustle and bustle of daily chores. Whether large corporations or start-ups, I have encountered vision statements die by natural death or simply gather dust on shelves. To illustrate, team missions are clearly defined?—?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

 —  @ant_murphy Product Management is complex. Complex because it’s situational which makes being a good Product Manager about being adaptive. sweeping statements about product management like “Product Managers are the CEO of the product” are generally only half-true.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 14, 2019

Not surprisingly, when you’re looking for customer validation for B2B products, there simply aren’t as many datapoints to draw from in enterprise product management as there are for consumer products. Aspiring enterprise product managers often tell me that collecting a robust customer sample is difficult.

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Pranav Khare

JANUARY 17, 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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