Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn.   Not everything that’s reported as a bug is a bug – or should be fixed.  Customers

Weak Development Team 129

Weak Development Team Software Review Systems Review Technical Review 129

Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Filed under “whiny excuses from product management for missing delivery dates.” So IMHO, calling something an MVP invites chaos. Stakeholders keep expanding the definition of ‘done’, since we can’t ship a real revenue product without features A, B, C, X, Y and Z. Subtle distinctions are lost.

Technical Advisors 142

Technical Advisors User Testing Weak Development Team Customer Experience 142

Centercode

AUGUST 7, 2020

When you’re managing beta and delta testing, you’re tasked with providing accurate, useful insights to several different stakeholders — reporting and prioritizing issues for Engineering and QA, feature acceptance for Product Management, contextualizing insights for UX, even testimonials for Marketing.

User Testing 78

User Testing Product Research Reporting Tools Testing 78

Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A DPO must be allowed to operate independently and report to the board. For example, if the DPO finds that the VP of marketing needs to remove data from their machine they should be able ask them to do this – and if they don’t, be able to report them to the board without fear of reprisal.

Data Visualization 84

Data Visualization Technical Review Reporting Tools Technical Advisors 84

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Again, I am not saying this is the only way a product organization would look, but this is a possibility. The senior manager has P&L (Profit and Loss) responsibility for the entire product line, including Product Management (for this product line), Customer Support, Training, etc.

Weak Development Team 65

Weak Development Team Agile Support Training Finance 65

Amplitude

JANUARY 27, 2021

Product team engaged with customers based on quantitative data around feature usage patterns to uncover why some users retained better . Led to the new reporting features and multiple product fixes inspired by insights. Engineers, product managers and designers got to see their product used.

User Testing 90

User Testing Customer Feedback Customer Experience Data Visualization 90