The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We’re well overdue a conversation about Product Managers and technical skills. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the industry tries to reassure newcomers that you don’t need to be a full stack software engineer to be a good Product Manager. And yet…we all seem to stay hung up on technical skills.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

You also might be reading this post thinking: “Who’s adding new tools to their tech stack right now?” Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. Supporting tech. This is a valid question.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Right off the bat, Kristen acknowledges that the freemium model isn’t a universal cheat code for winning sales. The beauty of the freemium model in an enterprise setting is that the supplier due diligence process is already much further along. Listen to the full episode above or check out Kristen’s key takeaways below.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Becoming a technical program manager is a dream for many. Technical program managers are the ones who handle all technical projects for their respective organizations. A reliable technical program manager oversees a program from initiation to completion.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

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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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

Generative AI has the potential to create economic impact within sales, marketing, software engineering & IT, customer operations, and R&D functions across various verticals. Industries such as high tech, banking, pharmaceuticals and medical products, education and telecommunications, healthcare, and insurance stand to gain immensely.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A Technical Exercise In this post, I’ll offer my idea of the sort of technical abilities expected from a product manager. This can be highly useful for hiring managers, as well as for PMs planning their roadmap. But is a surprisingly small amount of materials about the technical aspect of PM work. The Product Interview?—?A

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As product managers (PMs), we spend a significant portion of our time talking to customers and understanding their experiences to shape our roadmap and strategy—you may have even done an interview with us! We’ve built the best analytics solution around, so, naturally, it’s a core part of our product management tech stack.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. 4 Keep it Simple.

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Split

MARCH 20, 2024

A streamlined release management process is imperative for mitigating deployment risks and accelerating software delivery. Understanding precisely how to improve release management is key for more efficient software development. Effective release management is pivotal for agile software development.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 30, 2024

A prediction for the future: Johnny said, “If I had to guess, technical PMs or engineers with product taste will become the most valuable people at a company over time.” It could help us write scripts, but if you wanted sustainable code to build a platform on, it didn’t really work. And they’re hiring !

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you become a manager, you need to be more deliberate about how you spend your time – after all, you will suddenly have way more tasks on your plate, including overseeing your reports, engaging with company strategy and helping craft the product roadmap. When should you write code? Code reviewing pull requests.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

As she tells it, “When I was fresh out of college, I was working at my first job in the tech industry. Think about the impact that racism has already had in tech. Many people believe tech to be apolitical and unbiased, but that’s simply not true. The language we use shapes our world. Know the scope of the issue. Share the work.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

These are typically brand-new and young products as well as products that are experiencing a bigger change, for example, to extend their life cycle by addressing a new market segment or by replacing some of the technologies. Choose the next outcome on the roadmap as your product goal and copy it into the product backlog.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Software Development Life Cycle provides a practical framework you can apply to your product and improve your processes. You should be able to define the project scope and goals clearly by outlining the objectives, functionalities, and features of the software. You can create a Customer Journey Roadmap, Flowcharts, etc.

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Modus Create

OCTOBER 6, 2021

That’s not to say that legacy technology isn’t a relevant factor anymore. Multiple industries employ outdated software in their core operations and only consider modernization when a critical technology in their stack becomes unsupported (for example, an older version of Java or PHP is sunsetted). Paying off technical debt.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you looking for crucial technical program management skills to become a successful technical program manager? Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. Well, you’re in the right place.

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Userpilot

APRIL 17, 2024

Explicit tracking requires significant technical resources and investment, posing a challenge for organizations with limited budgets. Implicit codeless event tracking, or “ no code analytics ,” requires minimal technical expertise, making analytics accessible. Ad blocker example.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs. This, of course, assumes that you have a validated product strategy and a realistic product roadmap in place. Carefully select them by using the factors discussed above, and regularly review and adjust them.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“Should we buy this software or should we build it?” In the case of software, the dilemma becomes increasingly difficult as most enterprise companies have the resources and talent in-house to build the software. One-tap registration with Facebook), you’re already using third-party software.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“Should we buy this software or should we build it?” In the case of software, the dilemma becomes increasingly difficult as most enterprise companies have the resources and talent in-house to build the software. One-tap registration with Facebook), you’re already using third-party software.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

So either we work together to understand your objectives, call them goals if you’d like, and the outcome you are looking for from the product, or we will end the discussion, and you won’t get a committed set of work on the roadmap.” We went away from detailed, long-term, feature-committed roadmaps. I explained this many times.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape favors short feedback loops and requires roadmap flexibility to pivot and solve customers’ most pressing problems as they arise. Combined with other modern product building tips , API solutions help PMs hedge their bets, adding more new features to the roadmap at a lower opportunity cost.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. Think about the complexity involved in developing and releasing a piece of software. This is where the actual software is built in the Waterfall methodology.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes a sound understanding of the market, the user and customer needs, and the competition as well as solid product management skills such as the ability to develop an effective product strategy and an actionable product roadmap (as I explain in more detail in the article The T-Shaped Product Professional ).

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2021

Part 1 Product Bugs are one of the most common and accepted parts of building tech products. I’ve never seen a roadmap naming the bugs a team wants to introduce?—?but Macro statistics aside, you’ve been impacted by bugs personally if you’ve spent less than 15 minutes building or using tech. Product Bugs: A Comprehensive Guide?—?Part

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Guest post by Angus McDonald, Senior Product Manager at Terem Technologies, and Kayla Li, Delivery Manager at Terem Technologies Word from Scott: Over the years we’ve helped many different teams uplift in different ways. These should be the basis of your product development technical practice.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What architecture patterns and technologies may be used? This includes discovering the right UX design and functionality and making the right technical decisions. Additionally, I recommend running weekly review sessions to understand the progress of the discovery work and adapt it if necessary. How might people use the product?

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 30, 2020

At every Business of Software Conference we record all the speakers’ presentations so that you can learn from the array of talks on offer to our attendees. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor.fm, and more – don’t forget to leave a review on Apple Podcasts recommending us to the world! Upcoming Events.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What is a Digital Transformation Roadmap? Above all, product teams can use a digital transformation roadmap to summarize the plan and goals for any move from a manual process to a digital one. Turning your software product from a client-side, installed application to a subscription-based SaaS web app.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

The secret to Intercom’s success in this realm is simple: years of consistent, careful, and multi-faceted cultural, organizational, systems and software engineering work. For engineering teams, getting code to production as quickly as possible in small batches allows us to learn and iterate. We build strong technical foundations.

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Product Talk

MAY 4, 2022

It’s not about finding the right tech stack; it’s about finding the tech stack that works for your team. When it comes to the tools that support your continuous discovery, it’s not about finding the right tech stack. It’s about finding the tech stack that works for your team. Tweet This.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 5, 2022

What is information technology? Information technology (IT) is the hardware and software used to create, store, transmit, manipulate, and display information and data. That said, the term is generally applied only to technologies used in a business environment. Origins and evolution of information technology.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 17, 2020

Between interfacing with multiple teams, coordinating release schedules, prioritizing customer happiness, driving the mobile product roadmap, messaging product announcements internally and externally, and myriad other activities, the list of “to-do’s” for mobile product managers may seem endless, and the job is ever-changing.

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The Basics of Product Management

JULY 21, 2020

Smart Glasses are the latest craze in the world of wearable tech. We will review each smart glass available today, including the newest entrant, Jio Glass. However, the product roadmap continues to remain hazy. How can an oil company pivot to technology? And now, Reliance is pivoting Jio to become a tech major.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

so my investor said that I need a product manager to do our product roadmap?”. When I worked as a product management consultant clients would often talk about “needing a product roadmap ASAP”. In reality, asking for a product roadmap was shorthand for “please help me with my strategy”.

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