Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

1 Focus on Goals and Benefits. 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. Goal-oriented roadmaps focus on goals or objectives like acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and removing technical debt.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 14, 2016

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” When I replay this scene in my head, I can hear the CTO very audibly yelling (slash pleading) with our product team. He was on edge. We had been experimenting towards a very concrete goal for two months, and had made a lot of progress. We had learned so much about what was preventing users from signing up on the site, and it was a lot clearer which direction in which we should be going.

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The Product Bistro

JULY 12, 2016

On Wednesday, July 6th, I attended the SVPMA monthly meeting. This time was different from the usual invited speaker, it was Steven Haines of Sequent Learning who hosted a “role play” of a cross functional product meeting. An interesting role play, Steven lined up 6 victims willing participants, to represent the major functional groups in an organization, Product Management, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, and Development, providing each of them a backstory to guide t

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 5, 2016

Contributed by Sarah McCrary. This is the second post in the “Understand Your Power To Claim Your Value” series. In the previous post, we identified the seven sources of power and highlighted that enduring and authentic power emanates from referent, expert, and connection power sources. There are effective and not-so-effective ways to claim your value to your team, organization, and market.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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svpg

JULY 15, 2016

Overview. In recent articles on keys to product success and the alternative to roadmaps I have highlighted that if you want the benefits of product team empowerment and autonomy, then you need to provide each team with the necessary context in which to make good decisions. I’ve explained that the context typically needs to be the product vision, and a specific set of outcome-based objectives for each team (OKR’s are an effective way to do that).

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Provide guidance on the product, including its market, value proposition, business goals, and key features. But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 14, 2016

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” When I replay this scene in my head, I can hear the CTO very audibly yelling (slash pleading) with our product team. He was on edge. We had been experimenting towards a very concrete goal for two months, and had made a lot of progress. We […].

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Nir Eyal

JULY 20, 2016

In this video I discuss the psychology of sending good triggers. The video is based on an earlier post written with Ximena Vengoechea. What do you think? What are some examples of well-timed triggers? Let me know in the comments. The post The Secret to Sending Emails and Notifications That Work appeared first on Nir and Far.

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 18, 2016

Contributed by Sarah McCrary. This is the third post in the “Understand Your Power To Claim Your Value” series. Previous posts identified the seven sources of power and highlighted that enduring and authentic power emanates from referent, expert, and connection power sources. Be Decisive Under Pressure. There are techniques to build your decision making agility in situations where there is time pressure, incomplete information, and consequences to delay.

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Haines-Group

JULY 5, 2016

You can learn much from Organizations, Buyers, Users, Influencers, and Channel partners by focusing on the questions for which Focus Groups serve well: U nderstand Market Needs Discover : Problems/Needs. Aspirations. Currently used solutions. Business impacts and context. Trends. Purchase drivers. Segments/Personas. T est Concepts (product or marketing concepts) Discover : Existing knowledge & attitudes that impact the concept.

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Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

JULY 31, 2016

Too many product teams and entrepreneurs think, “If I connect it, they will come.” The problem is that people don’t buy IoT, they buy a solution to a problem. In this post, I talk about an excellent example of IoT solving a customer problem, and share tips for evaluating if IoT is right for your […]. The post People Don’t Buy IoT, They Buy a Solution to a Problem appeared first on Tech Product Management.

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Street Smart Product Manager

JULY 7, 2016

We all know a core responsibility of a product manager is to constantly and consistently bring in the customer perspective into the business. That means the ability to effectively interview customers is a critical skill for every product manager. I must admit, earlier in my career I totally sucked at it. I had no plan. […]. The post The Top Strategies For Doing Customer Interviews That Get You Real Insights appeared first on Street Smart Product Manager.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 5, 2016

I’ve recently talked with several companies that are spending $1M/year or more to build generic software that is very similar to commercially available products. In each case, they’ve ended up with partial solutions, late delivery, disappointed users, and unconscionable costs. I call this the Do It Yourself Illusion : the idea that broadly available commercial products don’t give us exactly what we want, but our internal team can whip up just the right thing.

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Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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Nir Eyal

JULY 13, 2016

You have just a few days to learn everything there is to know about a subject you know nothing about. Now what? “Don’t boil the ocean,” Terry said as he slapped a tall stack of papers on my desk. “Just tell us what we need to know.” I was staring at a serious problem. To […]. The post Three Steps To Get Up To Speed On Any Subject Quickly appeared first on Nir and Far.

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 13, 2016

Last fall, I had the opportunity to begin a six month mentorship program through the BPMA. Being paired with my mentor Mark Haseltine, CTO at Edx, was a unique and valuable experience. I recently had a chance to sit down with Mark and discuss the product ecosystem and Boston tech scene as a whole. How did you get involved with the BPMA? Being born and raised in New England, I’ve been a part of the Boston area development community for decades now — making a point to foster and support loca

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Tyner Blain

JULY 22, 2016

Defining and building a good minimum viable product is much harder than it sounds. Finding that “one thing” you can do, which people want, is really about a lot more than picking one thing. It is a combination of solving the minimum valuable problem and all of the other things that go with it. Solving for both the outside-in needs and the inside-out goals is critical.

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Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

JULY 31, 2016

The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to be one of the biggest buzzwords around. You hear about it everywhere: from industry publications, tech publications, blogs, and even in the news. Every article I read usually starts by stating that by 2020 (or some year in the near future), we’ll have billions of connected devices. And it’s true that more and more IoT products are […] The post People Don’t Buy IoT, They Buy a Solution to a Problem first appeared on Daniel Elizalde.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Ken Norton

JULY 12, 2016

How do you make the most of one-on-ones? -. One-on-ones are the most important meetings on your calendar, whether they’re with your engineering lead, designer, direct reports, or manager. They help you build relationships, clear roadblocks, and solve problems. Many of us treat one-on-ones as expendable. Every time you cancel or reschedule, you’re sending a message that something else.

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Rahul Abhyankar

JULY 20, 2016

Congratulations! You just completed a workshop. Hopefully it was not death by powerpoint, and the instructor made sure you were not just sitting in a chair all day, made sure you stayed engaged, asked you questions and answered yours with some real-life examples. Now, armed with this newfound knowledge and way of thinking, you are … Continue reading You Just Completed a Workshop…What Next?

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Nir Eyal

JULY 6, 2016

Nir’s Note: This guest post is an excerpt from my friend Ryan Holiday’s new book, Ego Is the Enemy. Ryan is the author of three other books and his monthly reading recommendations, which go out to 50,000+ subscribers, can be found here. It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. —Marcus Aurelius John DeLorean ran his car […].

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 4, 2016

I read Crossing the Chasm when it was published in 1991. The third edition was released last year, with updated examples of how companies successfully increased the market for their new products. The book introduced me to the “target market model,” which had a significant impact on how I thought about the relationship between product growth and market segments.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2016

Caryn Tomer & John Hartmann brought their Technically Speaking Podcast to Agile2016 in Atlanta. Here’s their talk with me on Day 3 (July 27th)… We chatted about the importance of understanding what customers really want; style/personality differences between Sales folks and Engineering folks; how to motivate development teams; what killed off the dinosaurs, and “ Mommas, don’t let your boys and girls grow up to be product managers.

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Surya Suravarapu

JULY 13, 2016

We need both of them?—?but what’s the difference between concentration and attention (also known as mindfulness)? Quick Definitions Concentration relates to focusing your mind on a particular item. Focusing or forcing your mind on a lecture, for example, and not getting distracted by, say, your smartphone. Concentration is essential for accumulating knowledge, more mechanical and technical: like learning a new programming language, learning the mechanics of car driving, etc.

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nulab

JULY 15, 2016

It might not seem likely that health care, filmmaking, and the retail industries have any business methods in common. But if we pulled a Venn diagram out and got to work, we would soon discover that THAT is exactly what thread they share: diagramming. Between workflows, planning out processes, scheduling, and data visualization, every business can certainly benefit from diagramming.

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SidsAvenue

JULY 29, 2016

Cars, since their introduction in the early 1900s have revolutionized the way we commute. These days, it is one of the prominent aspects of modern life is a car. For some cars is a travel necessity, for some it’s a status symbol and for some it’s a hobby. The car sold in the showroom is often customized to suit the taste of the consumer. Some people get the seat and seat covers changed, music enthusiasts upgrade the music system, colors are used to give the car a sporty look, hoods are added to

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

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Nir Eyal

JULY 28, 2016

Nir’s Note: This guest post is an excerpt from the new book Invisible Influence: The Hidden Factors that Shape Behavior, written by my friend and Wharton School professor, Jonah Berger. Being different, the notion goes, is the route to success. Think different was even Apple’s motto for a period. And Apple is often held up as a […]. The post “Think Different” is Bad Advice appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 25, 2016

Product management is about change – the change that creating new products involves. Along the way, product managers need to learn about customers and their needs, consider problems from different perspectives, and collaborate with others. A person with deep experience in doing these things and helping groups and organizations identify and push through barriers of innovation is Chuck Appleby.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 25, 2016

Here are two talks from the Agile Alliance’s 2016 conference in Atlanta: What: Agile2016, July 25 – 29 , Atlanta, GA. Registration/Conference Site. Intro to Agile Product Innovation, Weds, July 27th. Innovation is a complicated topic. Product folks often focus the discussion externally: how do we build products that customers and buyers find more innovative?

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