Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. Team execution and development.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 8, 2024

The engineering team from Lockheed Martin used imperial units (pounds-force), while NASA’s team used metric units (newtons). As we explore the subsequent sections, we will uncover how this iterative approach to product development has revolutionized the way products are conceived, developed, and refined. Planning 2.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 4, 2022

In developing live streaming digital solutions for years, we’ve collected quite a massive of valuable insights, industry challenges, app feature trends, and development key points that will help you pave the way to building a demanded high-quality streaming platform. Its market share is projected to reach $534.37

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work. Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance.

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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). a skateboard.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making. Designers vs Developers The work culture in this large organization was unlike anything I’d ever experienced.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Building effective teams with people from different disciplines can be challenging due to various circumstances. Let’s explore strategies for how we can tackle these challenges. In the product management discipline, cross-functional collaboration is more than a buzzword — it’s a critical strategy.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The latter would work with one or more development teams to get the specification implemented. During the development phase, the product manager would be only loosely involved, typically attending a project steering meeting and possibly issuing change requests.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 12, 2022

Here are cases for when the cooperation between the product team and the client brakes down for objective reasons. Here I have tried to reveal the most common cases when the cooperation between the development team and the entrepreneur fails for reasons beyond the control of all parties involved. So I wrote this article.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2021

Half of the calls I get from CEOs include requests for Product Management to boost productivity in Engineering (aka Development aka Makers). This reflects confusion about what product managers do (and how we really add value), and often poor role definition where product managers are also project/program managers or engineering leads.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Why shifting the burden to the user is not a smart strategy. Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash If you use software for daily tasks, build products for clients, or design software for a living, you may think it obvious that users should be at the center of software design. In Defense of Better Software Design.

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Userpilot

JUNE 27, 2022

What is developer marketing, and what is the point of it? As the name suggests, developer marketing is marketing to developers. In short, developer marketing is more than just capturing the attention of software developers and getting them to use your product. What is developer marketing?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The latter would work with one or more development teams to get the specification implemented. During the development phase, the product manager would be only loosely involved, typically attending a project steering meeting and possibly issuing change requests.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 16, 2020

A topic that’s come up several times recently in my product leader coaching sessions: how much to delegate to the (individual contributor) product managers on our teams – including different ways of building product skills and balancing personal empowerment against good results.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Journey Into the World of Strategy. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. After all, many product managers tend to treat a strategy as something that’s scared and driven top-down from the executive management level.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Does your product team celebrate launching that feature they’ve spent the last three months working on and then never give it another thought until it breaks? Are you too busy to reflect on how your product team can work better together? How does a product team become a feature factory? What is a feature factory?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work. Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

‘Feature factory’ is not exactly a positive term, especially if you’re aspiring to be a product-led SaaS product management team. John Cutler first used the term to describe such companies because their software development processes resemble factory assembly lines. What is a feature factory?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It’s also essential to creating a team where great people want to work. In a perfect product development world, communications are seamless, specifications are clear, and product and engineering teams work together without friction. These are team goals that get shared across the company. Share Leadership and Credit.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Creating a concise, specific, and relevant front end developer resume is key to landing your next job in tech. For front-end developers, it is important to craft your resume in a way that highlights your skills, experience and programming language knowledge. We created this guide for both junior and senior front-end developers.

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Split

MARCH 29, 2024

A production environment in software development is the final stage where applications meet end-users. This environment plays a pivotal role in delivering new features, shaping the user experience, and driving the success of any software product. This gives clarity on this vital aspect of software development.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2019

When I first attended Scrummaster training, I went in wide-eyed and excited to learn all of the secrets behind this amazing “new” agile project-management strategy called Scrum. But my employer had just paid for me to go through the training, and I was expected to help improve their development processes.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 11, 2017

I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making. Designers vs Developers. Tension between designers and developers was palpable.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2020

To unburden their teams, companies like Facebook, Google, and others have turned to product operations, whose job is to help product teams achieve better outcomes. At its core, product operations enables product teams to achieve better outcomes. Create frameworks for aligning company, org, team, and individual goals.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A Scrum Master should recognize that different stages of a Scrum Team’s development require different approaches: some, teaching; some, coaching; and some, mentoring. A Scrum Master’s principal objective should be to remove themselves from daily operations by enabling the Scrum Team to be self-organizing. A cross-functional?—?be

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The company decided to pivot, and focus on developing what they initially thought of as a more convenient tool for internal business communication. When setting up a new team, the person responsible for the technical implementation?—?the Working with a Software Vendor Outsourcing to a vendor means hiring a team for a specific task.

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nulab

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A flash Silicon Valley campus staffed by armies of developers, bazillions in the bank, and countless users. You need to understand their product team structure… And you need to learn how startups can adapt them for rapid scaling without losing sight of their goal. Product roles explained: Product team structure.

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The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 12, 2017

Product managers tell me – and the people managing product managers tell me – that one of their biggest challenges is communicating with the development team. People complain about: Developers being poorly motivated, or having a bad attitude about what you want them to build. Or as we think we are. and “What?”

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Most concerningly, 19% of respondents reported that their top source of ideas comes from senior management, who are often disconnected from both customers and the product development process. Why do product teams become feature factories?

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

With smart strategies and the right user analytics tools, you can leverage user analytics to improve SaaS metrics and unlock growth. User behavior analytics helps you flag underperforming features and modify onboarding experiences to improve feature discovery. This will help you find areas of poor user experience.

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The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 12, 2017

Product managers tell me – and the people managing product managers tell me – that one of their biggest challenges is communicating with the development team. People complain about: Developers being poorly motivated, or having a bad attitude about what you want them to build. Or as we think we are. and “What?”

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. This includes the project management of all of the activities done in product conceptualization, design, development, and marketing. Since the team is small, you will have to manage the technical aspects of product development.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

I founded Prodify so my team and I can help companies by sharing knowledge from our previous experiences. It’s not because they’re bad at what they do. 9:24] What issues do you see with strategy? 9:24] What issues do you see with strategy? 12:41] How can leaders better communicate strategy?

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They work with leaders and their own teams across organizations. TPMs must communicate strategies, roadmaps, and program issues with all key stakeholders. TPMs are responsible for communicating complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical team members. In doing so, they often act as leaders across teams.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

Everywhere I go, I see massive amounts of product waste : development work delivered on time/on budget that doesn’t drive sales or customer satisfaction or business improvement.  Yet  We shout past each other using secret keywords (“agile”) and assuming bad intent.  Project teams that ship v1.0

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

Chief Technical Officer : Responsible for outlining the company’s technological vision, implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the technological resources are aligned with the company’s business needs. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Average salary: $196,172/yr.

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