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Core responsibility: How we scaled our core technologies team

Intercom, Inc.

It’s a familiar problem for all companies that scale fast – how do you keep your core technologies manageable for the increasing number of teams that depend on them? This surfaced as an increasingly large percentage of our product teams’ time being spent on operations or deep diving into understanding our small set of core technologies.

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Product Managers and Technical Skills: What’s the Deal?

The Product Coalition

We’re well overdue a conversation about Product Managers and technical skills. And yet…we all seem to stay hung up on technical skills. Here we’re going into asking the age-old question: do Product Managers need technical skills? Why does learning new tech skills feel like such an insurmountable challenge?

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How Automatic Speech Recognition Drives Future Voice Technology

The Product Coalition

Thanks to the ongoing development of Automatic Speech Recognition technology, we are rapidly approaching the potential future scenario. As is often the case with technology, our question is “what’s next?” ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) is the technology that facilitates this change. The answer is the human voice.

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The Two Trains Metaphor and Instant Tech Debt

Bryce York

Once you’ve got a “new way,” any features built for the old way are instant tech debt that moves your “done” further out of reach and increases the work required to get the new way to feature parity. The two trains metaphor – the old way and the new way are trains running on parallel tracks.

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Tech For Seniors Creates New Opportunities For Product Managers

The Accidental Product Manager

Tech assistance for seniors is a booming business Image Credit: Province of British Columbia How do you feel about using your computer? Tech Creates New Product Opportunities Product managers realize that some tech savvy is required for the activities of daily living. The idea of providing a tech concierge is new.

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Top 10 Instructional Design Software For Creating Customer Training Programs

Userpilot

TLDR; Instructional design software helps you create custom eLearning courses and training material. Instructional design software should be used to educate people on a general topic – like corporate training, product training, or academics. What to look for in the right instructional design tool. Let’s go! Gamification.

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Essential Technical Program Manager Skills

The Product HQ

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.