Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2020

Part of the role of a product manager is to discover and help build products that have a high market impact. But how many of us can say that we launched a product or service that created a step-change in our industry? Negative – where launches are so bad they get rolled back. These are very rare.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

Inefficient Decision-Making : Slow or unclear decision-making processes due to a lack of defined authority, product leadership skills, or excessive bureaucracy hinder progress and agility. A strong product culture encourages continuous learning and adaptation, enabling teams to stay agile and responsive to market changes.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

Most startups can’t afford full-time user researchers, so the customer council is an early way to gain continued access to insight from passionate users, as a way to help you guide your initial product decisions. Dual Track Agile.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 4, 2019

I attended a local Agile development conference. I applied for The Product Mentor program and was accepted, giving me access to lots of high-quality thought and discussion. Having this document forced us to build telemetry into our product launches. I discovered great books like Inspired and Radical Focus.

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Userpilot

JUNE 19, 2024

Interested in product launch manager roles? In this guide, we’ll explore the ins and outs of product launch manager roles through detailed job descriptions and handy templates. TL;DR A product launch manager is a professional overseeing the efforts to introduce new products to the market.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 28, 2019

Of course such things are common on any failure to launch a product as well. Shipbuilding in 1628 was not unlike the way many agile software development teams operate. And so, the product launched, and promptly sank. So what did go wrong? The Engineering Process. Let’s look at the engineering process.

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Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Twas the Night Before Product Launch. Twas the night before product launch, when all through the team. The landing pages were posted on the website with care, In hopes BANT-qualified prospects soon would be there; The support staff were waiting on call at their desks, While hoping the launch would not be a big mess.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Whether youre grappling with a delayed product launch or a strained relationship, the path forward begins by uncovering the deeper truths beneath the surface. Product managers live and breathe this approach, diving beyond symptoms to address root causes.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

Ensure that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next. Ensure the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed. Additionally, the product owner must have: A deep understanding of agile methodologies in practice.

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Gocious Blog

JULY 9, 2024

It doesn’t matter what industry you look at; manufacturing companies face constant pressure to innovate, improve efficiency, and deliver high-quality products quickly. Adopting agile practices can significantly enhance a company’s ability to respond to these demands and make the process from idea to product launch more efficient.

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Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Twas the Night Before Product Launch. Twas the night before product launch, when all through the team. The landing pages were posted on the website with care, In hopes BANT-qualified prospects soon would be there; The support staff were waiting on call at their desks, While hoping the launch would not be a big mess.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 29, 2021

More recently, the Agile Manifesto helped it evolve further. Product management has become a distinct function alongside engineering and marketing (rather than falling into one or the other), often reporting directly to the CEO ( for a detailed history read The History and Evolution of Product Management by Martin Eriksson ).

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 11, 2016

I was recently interviewed by Allan Neil on his new(ish) product management podcast ReadyProductRadio. We had a good discussion that touched on some trending topics like how product managers can work effectively in agile, product management and product marketing, and the relationship between product management and user experience.

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CardBoard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

scrum #scrumathome #scrummaster #agile #kanban ♬ Vlog BGM_03(953483) – Fujiwo Agile is a mindset. Both Scrum and Kanban are part of the Agile family, but they’re like siblings with different personalities. Scrum is a specific way to do Agile. But what does all this mean for you, the product owner?

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Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2017

Explain the how the development “machinery” works – Most people don’t understand how sensitive the agile process is to disruption. The more people understand how products actually get built, the better. Put it in a diagram on the page with the request status. Hold a “lunch and learn” about it.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Improve the product continuously. Release regular updates, establish feedback loops , adopt agile development, and benchmark against industry standards. Here are some essential best practices to follow when designing your product: Ensure your product idea is well-defined.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Agile Boards It’s common for teams to use agile boards with columns like TO DO, IN PROGRESS, TESTING, READY FOR TESTING, DESIGN, DONE, DEPLOYED, etc. Challenge: Diverse opinions in cross-functional collaboration can lead to division, especially in decisions like launch timings, ux, solutions, etc.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The focus of the Customer Creation process is on the marketing strategy : the choice of the target market, positioning , product launch , and demand generation. Finally, it helps teams to achieve the product-market fit faster. It considerably delays the product launch. What are some of them?

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 23, 2022

We’re growing incredibly rapidly and we need a tool to really be nimble and agile and grow with us. Brian Lederman, Head of Sales, Success and Support: “We need to continue to deliver that same level of customer experience at scale, and so we’ll continue to partner with Intercom as we grow.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 16, 2020

A product manager’s role is a multifaceted one that supports all aspects of a product’s lifecycle, from the strategy and market analysis phase to the development phase and finally the product launch and subsequent marketing. Making the Transition to Product.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 23, 2017

Ole also emphasises the agility of owning their technology stack in the development these features. For example, mobile technology such as GPS and fingerprint recognition enables innovative security features. There’s no need to tell your bank when you’ll be abroad if your mobile app knows who and where you are.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Product management is a field that usually requires individuals to have a lot of experience. You need to understand all the relevant product processes, methodologies, functions, and concepts involved for starters. That means you should be familiar with agile methodology and Scrum.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

Some product teams are moving away from written PRDs to visual artifacts like mockups and prototypes. It’s a change in approach that’s driven by demands for more agility and greater velocity from the time a problem is identified to the time that a product is released. .

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Centercode

JULY 30, 2019

As teams introduce Agile and DevOps development practices that emphasize continuous release into their organizations, they’ve taken massive strides to improve the speed and velocity of software development. They are all essential practices with different goals and objectives at distinct points in the product development life cycle.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In addition to the same core skills required of all successful PMs, digital PMs need a special subset of skills to effectively manage digital products. Here are a few examples: Rapid iteration and deployment: Agile principles enable digital PMs to deliver working products to end users frequently.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Product teams advocate strongly for users: they’ll gather customer feedback, conduct market research, isolate a clear target market, and ensure new features are built to directly address user needs. Drives product success. The specific structure of a product team will vary depending on size, industry, stage, and more.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The software makes it easier for product managers to follow through development processes and product launches. Using ProdPad visualizes product development flow in another great way. was born to save the lives of PMs working in agile environments. Pros: Intuitive interface. Scalability. Multiple views on data.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Regardless of the context, there are some fundamental principles guaranteed to improve your workflow: align your priorities with business goals, ensure you collaborate across your cross-functional team, adopt an Agile mindset, and don't lose focus on the importance of onboarding.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Effective dependency management can reduce risks and increase the likelihood that your product launch will go according to plan. Dependency management is the process of tracking and minimizing disruptions between dependencies.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

We all learned that Product Management is not just about managing products really. We manage everything from product launch, forecasting, planning to product marketing and sales and when things change drastically Product Managers are expected to be agile and stay on top of technology tools to save the day.

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Good Product Manager

APRIL 28, 2019

Here’s a preview of some new research I’ve been working on related to using #agile not JUST in #prodmgmt / #productdevelopment , but how it can help improve alignment in #b2b orgs across #marketing & #sales (and other functions!) link] — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) March 27, 2019.

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Userpilot

MAY 5, 2022

During iterative development, agile techniques like Opportunity Scoring or Priority Poker will be more suitable. In agile teams, the development and testing are done by members of the same interdisciplinary team. While the devs are working on the code, the product manager is busy planning the product launch.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 11, 2019

And while product marketing managers have been around for ages (often confusing people thanks to their title), there are now even product managers assigned explicitly to growth. With agile, the prioritization and roadmapping process may have changed, but the roadmap is still necessary in an agile world. Roadmapping.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 8, 2017

As product managers, you need to be able to make agile choices about product and be confident you are staying on message. Jesus concludes by pointing to Slack and Mailchimp as companies who have published great examples of brand guidelines and shown how they incorporated brand into product to build products people love.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 11, 2016

I was recently interviewed by Allan Neil on his new(ish) product management podcast ReadyProductRadio. We had a good discussion that touched on some trending topics like how product managers can work effectively in agile, product management and product marketing, and the relationship between product management and user experience.

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Dragonboat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Accelerating Product Launches and Achieving Rapid Global Market Gains with Product Operating Model Transformation In today’s rapidly evolving digital environment, product agility and scalability are essential for business success.

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ProductPlan

MAY 2, 2022

“Many leaders fail to realize that digital transformation must be synonymous with product transformation and the ability for an organization to be successful,” says Barbir. Read Implementing an Effective Product Transformation Strategy on the ProductPlan blog.

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