The Product Guy

AUGUST 30, 2017

Guest Post by: Liel Aharon (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Felix Sargent]. At the end of 2015 I was in the worst nightmare of any Product Manager. I had a strong roadmap, clear goals and a vision for the product. A production release was a distant vision. Better Products.

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Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

OKRs were brought from Intel to Google by John Doerr where the method gained popularity within the high tech and startup communities. Environments which embrace Agile principles find an affinity with OKRs due to the way the methodology sets success criteria, emphasizes learning, and allows teams to establish solutions.

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

How to enter into a new product management position in a new company. You just landed into a new product management position. Whether it’s a VP product or a product manager, whether it’s a small or big company, you are expected to get fast into the role, and many times you are expected to do it by yourself.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 5, 2022

Preparing and presenting executive reviews. Helping manage renewals and driving advocacy. The technology and platforms both Sales and CS use often have similar capabilities. Both roles also share processes, such as engagements, external communication, and risk management. Building and using Health scores.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

Or invite stakeholders to Product Backlog refinement sessions to explain a user story’s value to the rest of the Scrum Team. Sprint Reviews and user interviews are also well suited to improve collaboration and communication over time. Proven examples are user story mapping or product roadmap planning workshops. (It

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UX Studio: Product Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Is it technical details, customer insights or revenue and money? Do they talk about tasks and deadlines or blurry visions about the future? Run great product meetings and your culture will thrive. Bill Campbell was a legendary coach who worked with some of the biggest product leaders in the tech industry.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

How to enter a new product management position in a new company. Congratulations, you just landed a new product management position. Whether it’s a VP product or a product manager or it’s a small or big company, you are expected to adjust quickly to the role. I would advise you differently.

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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 31, 2017

Collect information and work with your cross-functional partners to be an effective product manager. Your company will rely on you to be the most knowledgeable about your product so never take your eye off the market and establish an objective framework to guide your decisions. Take Charge Product Management by Greg Geracie.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal. See the end of this article for more information on how we helped bring these companies and their product management to the next level. In fact, 83.9%

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

The role of product management in technology firms is a critically important one that is often misunderstood. Product management boils down to owning the vision, design, and execution of your product. The equally important aspect of your role is evangelizing that vision to your team.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

Even more confusing might be the situation, when both Scrum Master and Product Owner are also actively creating the Product Increment, resulting in the Development Team being identical with the Scrum Team. Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. Team leads?

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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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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices. According to R/GA, they worked with companies worldwide to develop strategies for new digital products and established brands. .

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2018

What you need to think about in your first 60–90 days on a new job: product management (leader) edition I’ve recently transitioned into a different role and have spent some time thinking about how to start this new job. A mentor advised me to think about three broad categories?—?the What are the goals, how do you define success?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. Instead, you should opt for an interactive walkthrough type of product tour. Product tours generally include a welcome screen , a survey to segment users, a checklist , and experience flows for each of the key activation points. A/B test your product tour.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 31, 2020

None of her employment at that time was about product management. In a recent webinar with Denise Stokowski, Group VP of Platform Products at Gainsight , Amy shared that she identified that she wanted to be more involved with people. At Autodesk, she began as an individual contributor, product manager.

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Pragmatic Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Barbara Nelson said in The Politics of Agile , “When product managers weren’t looking, the developers went agile.” ” Indeed, many Product Managers were taken by surprise at the speed of Agile’s adoption. Ultimately, we are responsible for the success of the product and, thus, the company.

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Product Talk

APRIL 7, 2021

I am a former chief product officer and now coach and advise product leaders and teams. Teresa : I’m going to do a quick review of what we covered in Part 1 and Part 2. The idea is to have a product trio —a product manager, a designer, and a tech lead—working and owning product decisions together.

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