Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 26, 2024

A technical background is a superpower for product managers, as I’ve said before. And now that AI is increasingly infused into products, it’s even more important that product managers understand the basics. For most software product managers, we’re talking about web APIs.

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 24, 2020

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of building software, using 6 phases – Analysis, Definition, Design, Coding, Testing and Deployment. The acronym also stands for system development life cycle. People use it interchangeably with software development life cycle. SDLC Phases.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is a technical product manager? This is the question that opens our discussion of technical product management. TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. What is a technical product manager?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test Before Investing In Ideas Let’s analyze the advantages of MVP-based software development. Why should you invest in MVP development? You can successfully prevent these problems by starting software development with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2021

I explained to him what Product Managers do. I told him that Product managers are responsible for guiding the success of a product and that they lead the cross-functional team that is responsible for building, scaling, and supporting it. In many ways, product managers are like movie directors. ????

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a B2B Product Manager? This career guide offers a detailed overview of the best B2B product management training options. It also describes valuable skills you need to learn and career paths within product management, among other things. Well, you’re in the right place.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Almost more of a mindset than true project management technique, Agile works to avoid dedication to long term planning in favor of nimble and flexible scheduling. But, since digital applications can be built, tested, and released at the drop of a hat, it makes sense to embrace this flexibility in order to stay ahead of the competition.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management. It is a methodology that is followed by a majority of software development companies today. In fact, the biggest advantage that you can leverage from a startup perspective is Lean product management (‘Lean’ or ‘LPM’).

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 14, 2023

Lean product development is a methodology that aims to create products that are of high quality, meet customer needs, and are delivered on time and within budget. Conclusion Lean product development is a methodology that emphasizes reducing waste and maximizing value in the product development process.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 10, 2023

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is important for more agile software development teams. It’s the last stage in the software development life cycle, and it ensures every product meets the requirements and designations of the users. List of user acceptance testing tools ? Testsigma 2. Selenium 2.

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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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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Startup Product managers are in charge of setting up the foundation for product management at a new company. Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. According to Airfocus , an optimized product manager boosts profitability and sales, by 34.2

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes. No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. The best product managers are in a continuous state of discovery and know that?—? neither the product nor roadmap are ever static.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

How can product managers leverage them to build successful products? This is different from traditional waterfall project management, where software development happens over a long period in large batches. Why is agile release planning important for product managers? Want to learn more?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With more people entering the Product landscape than ever, now is a good time to help the newbies understand where Product Management came from, and how far the industry has come. When Hewlett-Packard ran with his ideas, it introduced an organizational structure where each product group functioned as a separate organization.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 16, 2017

I have hired product managers for a while now, and worked with dozens. And since I come from a tech background, I have been asked many times (and I asked myself) if product managers should have some tech skills. I’ve even been asked by seasoned non-technical product managers if they should take a coding course.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Do you find being a product manager particularly challenging? Take a look at these nine indicators to determine if product management is the right career for you, or not. digital product management positions have never been more pervasive or idolized than they are right now. Let’s be real for a second?—?digital

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Userpilot

APRIL 7, 2024

SaaS product management is about understanding user pain points, crafting features that solve real problems, and constantly improving the user experience. The approach to managing SaaS products is entirely different from traditional on-premise software. Iterate product enhancements with A/B testing.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The term “beta testing” is often associated with programmers who are testing out a new version of their software. That said, beta testing in marketing is just as important. Always alpha test before beta testing to ensure that you remove any undesirable mistakes before they reach a wider audience.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a SaaS product manager? The need for SaaS product managers is skyrocketing with each passing year. More and more businesses develop Software as a Service (SaaS) products to remain relevant in their respective markets and grow their income streams. How to Become SaaS Product Manager?

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. out of 5 stars. 54 global ratings. Where to buy?

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Want to become an AI product manager? This guide shows you how to prepare for a career in AI product management. Today, more and more businesses are looking for product managers specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. If so, then you’ve come to the right place.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 2, 2018

Agile teams have a lot of moving parts, and it can be difficult to understand where product responsibilities fall across team members. And a mobile product manager or mobile product owner role can be difficult for only one person to take on. For mobile product managers, bridging the gap is where problems can arise.

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BrainMates

JULY 23, 2023

Product Management in the Age of Generative AI By MARTIN NORTH It might be a cliché, but the one constant in product management is that nothing is ever constant. If product managers are still required in the future, the teams within which they work and the roles they play will be vastly different.

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Usersnap

MARCH 16, 2020

Beta testing and User acceptance testing (UAT) are two of the most common types of tests to validate your development before launching your SaaS product or website. “Do Beta Testing vs. User Acceptance Testing: What’s The Difference? Source: 5 types of User Acceptance Tests. you may ask.

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 5, 2020

Free curated list of easy to use, must have top 10 Product Manager tools. These product management tools are recommended to help you become a successful PM! Speaking of success, do you know the personality traits that make Elon Musk such a good Product Manager? Product Manager Tools.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Guest Post by: Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. Make a list of the scope and the challenges to your product.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 21, 2019

As product managers our job description is pretty simple: to make all of our software development projects succeed. In fact, I would go so far as to say any failures or successes of the team are failures or successes of product management. Define Success. What makes a story “ready”? Make no Concessions.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Market research, for Product Managers, is an absolute necessity for success. Beta Testing If you follow the agile methodology, the first thing you manage to get into user’s hands is an MVP or a beta version of your product. Focus groups are especially useful when you have something for people to test.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

Users can bounce because of multiple reasons such as poor design or poor content and/or product messaging. The 5 seconds test and the first-click test are common qualitative testing techniques to start investigating the issues with your bounce rate. You can easily create and run those tests using the UsabilityHub.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Overengineered products are difficult to use, filled with bugs, and instead of improving your users’ lives, they make them unnecessarily complicated. In this article, we look at different ways for product managers to avoid falling into the overengineering trap. However, blaming developers for overengineering isn’t fair.

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Userpilot

MARCH 19, 2024

Even if you’ve been a product manager for a while, a new feature rollout can be a challenging experience. We explain what a feature rollout is, why it is important for product teams, and how to conduct them. When new feature ideas are successfully validated , the development team starts building the feature.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Differences between waterfall and agile 1.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Though a startup, Connektica uses their combination of radio frequency expertise, software development, and determined entrepreneurs to arrive at the perfect time to tackle some of the issues of mass manufacturing of satellites. Connektica: The Space Conquestor. Explore, Evolve, Execute.

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Userpilot

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re an aspiring or a junior product manager – technical skills are something that will give you a massive leg up in your career. Product Management is a very young profession. It is with the advancements of lean methods and agile cultures for building software products that the modern Product Manager was born.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 22, 2021

Instead, we audition product managers (and Designers too for that matter) in the same way actors are auditioned for a movie. So, without further ado, this is how we are hiring the world's best product team. The creative question The creative question is designed to test someone's lateral thinking and creative skills.

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