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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can adapt core responsibilities across different organizations and contexts Watch on YouTube TLDR Through his research and practical experience at MasterCard, Nishant Parikh identified 19 key activities that define the role of software product managers. Why study the 19 key activities of software product managers?

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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Product in Practice: Mapping Business and Product Outcomes to Stand Out in the Job Search

Product Talk

Finally in the results phase, I presented the business and product outcomes delivered quantitatively.” Actually, even when I got rejections, it was due to mismatch in industry, company stage, etc. Example 1: A B2C tax software platform One company Teeba interviewed with was a B2C tax software platform.

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A guide to AI prototyping for product managers

Lenny Rachitsky

For much more hands-on learning, sign up for Colin’s live four-week cohort-based course on AI prototyping , where you’ll master AI prototyping tools, debug common issues, and build a fundamental understanding of how coding works. Use code “LENNYSLIST” to get $100 off. Enrollment closes January 23rd.

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A Leader's Guide to Metrics Reviews

Sachin Rekhi

One practice that both companies established was weekly executive-level metrics reviews. I've come to believe that establishing such a metrics review meeting is critical for developing an effective data-driven culture and I wanted to share some of the best practices around doing so. Why metrics reviews matter.

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. Third, the team observes sustainable pace. But this would be wrong.

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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Julian Dunn is a senior product manager with Chef Software where he.