Mind the Product

MAY 27, 2019

At ProductTank Montevideo (Mvd) we celebrated World Product Day earlier this month with a presentation from an awesome product leader, VP of Product Strategy at Rootstrap, Neville Reeves. Neville started with a “nine dots” exercise (you must link all nine dots using four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen).

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And until now, I never thought to share the view a product leader has on roadmaps — at least publicly. I want to help you if you are new to product leadership -or- if you work for a product leader who doesn’t always communicate expectations, leaving you wondering what went wrong. Why share now?

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

  (Agilists state this in the positive: “start less, finish more.”) ”)  Building software is a complex intellectual team exercise, not simply reading specs or typing.    The corporate strategy, which the product strategy supports.    “ How hard could it be? 

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2024

Hiring the right product professionals for your business can require seeking out a unique blend of technical, business, and leadership skills, which can be rare and difficult to find, and sometimes expensive to hire (especially if you get it wrong). Timeline is impactful too.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2020

How can you take responsibility for the vision and shape the future of your product when you don’t control strategy at the corporate level?”. Developing a Product Strategy. Product Vision. But product vision alone is not enough. Product Strategy. Read five steps to a winning product strategy.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I find that mindfulness is particularly helpful for product managers and product owners. Go for a walk, do some exercise, chat with colleagues (but try not to talk about work). Tip #5: Be Positive. Developing a positive attitude will increase your wellbeing and make you an even more likeable person. Learn More.

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Userpilot

JULY 20, 2024

Their responsibilities are diverse and can vary depending on the industry, company size, and product complexity. However, here are some core duties: Design and develop training materials, including presentations, workshops, webinars , e-learning modules, and hands-on exercises.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Management Skills Having sound management skills is essential for a startup product manager. As a product leader at a new company, you will have to juggle different tasks at once. You will also find it easier management skills will also be helpful when you negotiate or resolve conflicts in your position.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Having vaguely connected this interest with the work of a product manager, she inquired with the career services team at Lighthouse Labs about open positions for a product manager at their partner companies. What she wanted was to be a product manager, but she was only able to find jobs in web development.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 27, 2022

Whether it’s staying on the same page as the development team during a sprint or creating buy-in on the product strategy and roadmap, these solutions streamline communication, minimize confusion, and provide centralized repositories for crucial information. Product management is no exception. Customer Surveys.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Little did I know that creating a solid product strategy takes such a major chunk of the product leader’s time. Most companies hire a product manager (and other positions) too late. It takes time, but from my experience, great people are quick learners, so that it could turn into a positive ROI quickly.

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Sequent Learning

JULY 25, 2019

Want a Successful Product? Your success as a product manager is pinned directly to the positive contributions to the firm’s bottom line. That means, your product’s business needs to hit the target in the market and fulfill your commitment to the bottom line of the company. List any other positives you can think of.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

We ran through various exercises in the first week to give us direction, including user journey mapping , product in a box , and the speedboat game. The output from a product in a box game, where we imagined how we would position the product if it was on sale in a supermarket. This is what we did.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It also brings a change in how priorities are communicated between different business departments, how the engineering group operates, and it is a huge trust exercise for the leadership, but if used properly, this could unlock superpowers for the company.”. Empowered Product Teams by Marty Cagan. An OKR Methodology Final Review.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

We suggest spending as little money as possible when building the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) to test it; only scale it after you know exactly how it will work. If it wasn’t already obvious, product development is an investment. Each team member is a part of the product development team and has an equal stake in it.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. 4] As you may have noticed I didn’t list the product backlog.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2022

Whether it’s staying on the same page as the development team during a sprint or creating buy-in on the product strategy and roadmap, these solutions streamline communication, minimize confusion, and provide centralized repositories for crucial information. Product management is no exception. Customer Surveys.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 3, 2020

After roughly two years of working in an entry level product position, they can expect to be promoted to a mid level product role. Mid Level - Product Manager & Senior Product Manager Responsibilities and Skills In a mid level PM role, responsibilities for owning the product become much larger.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 20, 2018

As products age and competitors catch up, this ratio is key to maintaining margin and the ability to price-to-win. Here is a basic framework for performing a value analysis exercise: List the key functions of your existing product. The post Managing Manufactured Products: Growth and Decline appeared first on Mind the Product.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

How did Amazon’s product strategy fare during the pandemic? Short answer: Amazon’s product strategy example lead the way). Amazon’s product strategy example has rewritten the book on convenience, easy access, and speed, and in doing so, embedded itself in the daily lives and routines of consumers.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 22, 2019

I used to perform throughout the Midwest, but what I was really after was the ability to get along with people and have positive interactions with them every day. So that’s what their leadership will focus on. Improv gave me those tools I needed to get along in daily life. I was never a great improviser. Jon: Precisely.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

Cindy who helps you manage the product started to come late to meetings. It can be tempting to ignore people issues and focus on product-related tasks like reviewing the product strategy , updating the product roadmap , and refining the product backlog. But this is hardly a recipe for success.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

from ‘ Drive’ All top product leaders know the importance that vision plays in the success of a product. As Marty Cagan states in Inspired : “When done well , the product vision is one of our most effective recruiting tools, and it serves to motivate the people on your teams to come to work every day.” Dan Pink’s Motivation 3.0

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2019

Or is it like, “Hey, if this is a consistent pattern then we need to make sure no one ever repeats, we’ll have a principle about the positive behavior that we want.” And this idea of “not now” is really powerful, because saying no is really critical to any kind of product strategy and product execution.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2021

If you’re short on time, here are a few quick takeaways: You can’t balance short-term and long-term investments without considering the existing product strategy. If the product isn’t in good shape, R&D needs to prioritize getting it up to speed before focusing on the next thing. Paul: Yeah. Making the right bets.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Senior product managers are executive-level professionals who fulfill an important role in large companies developing products and bringing them to market. As product leaders, a senior product manager’s main responsibilities center around defining, communicating, refining product strategy, and overseeing product planning and execution.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I find that a product walkthrough is often needed when you are trying to make the case to leadership to green-light a new venture based on the strength of your vision for it. All of this is why I find the best way to articulate a strategy is as a set of product/market fit hypotheses that you are constantly iterating on and refining.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

The role of a product manager is one of the most crucial and dynamic positions within an organization. Product managers connect various departments, ensuring that a product not only meets market demands but also aligns with the company’s strategic goals.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Product leadership is about finding the right business opportunities to accomplish with the right product. The people they talked to wanted to test their product, they loved what they saw, and were intrigued to hear and get more. When looking for the next one, how can you tell if it’s right?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2024

When the research is narrow-scoped, there is a higher risk of missed opportunities, blind spots, and false positives. In an ideal world, strategic insights would cascade down from the larger product strategy. Choose the few top metrics where positive movement could have the most impact.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

The six-week process was one step in the right direction and then really clamping down—I think when we had a change of CEO, he introduced this product strategy board: Here’s the set of five people that get to have an opinion about the priorities. Product strategy board. You were at the product strategy board level.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to delivering a keynote at the Product at Heart conference (in case you missed it, you can find the video and transcript of that presentation here ), conference co-organizer Petra Wille also invited me to participate in a fireside chat at the Leadership Forum event. Introduction: What Is Product Discovery?

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BrainMates

APRIL 2, 2019

Of course, there are many kind ways to say ‘no’ (check out this great article by Sebastien Phlix, Product Manager at Typeform, on the art of delivering a ‘ Positive No’ ). Being a Product Manager is a leadership role, not an order-taker role. The post Are you cut out for Product Management?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

Whatever it is, these power brokers get it in their heads that THIS is the game-changing addition the product needs. They bypass ROI calculations, due diligence, prioritization exercises, and customer validation. They lobby hard for their new obsession to jump the queue and get added to the product.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

That was a good exercise and that was learning number one: Breaking it down into its smallest pieces and aligning on something and learning together as a team, I think unblocked a lot. Teresa: Okay, so it sounds like your three levels: The highest level is product vision. The second one is product strategy.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2018

This second post on the methods we use at Onfido to help us think commercially and strategically looks at State of Product meetings. This meeting is an exercise in strategy, an opportunity to take stock of where your product is, where it fits within the wider market, and where it should go. Product Market Analysis.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 7, 2022

This pre-launch consensus also prevents leadership from “moving the goalposts” post-launch. With predefined KPIs and proper instrumentation, digital products provide data on Day One for the product team. Measuring and monitoring success. Share in the success. Post-mortem analysis.

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