Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2022

Product design workshops are an opportunity for a team to untangle a problem together by going through a series of group exercises designed to get to a specific outcome. Take the example of a multipart workshop we ran about the vision of our support products. Warm-up exercise. Exercises (30 min). What date will it be?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 10, 2024

In the tech world, there are often many right answers. Take Apple’s Vision Pro for example. But this technology doesn’t have to be used for entertainment. It’s also a legitimate strategy, and had Apple seen Vision Pro more related to Mac than to iPhone it could have gone down that path too. So how do you choose?

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Relative to other standard roles defined in an organization such as Ops, Marketing, Tech etc., Often, this is due to resource constraints rather than a lack of understanding of a PM role. Hence roadmapping is a crucial exercise which can make or break your product. Ex: Backlog grooming/refinement, Requirements review etc.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). No formal stakeholder review as this is meant to be the first version that will undergo many iterations and refinements.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

This can incrementally add new capabilities to the product and potentially quell a few customer complaints, but without a a unified vision, it can also lead to a lot of partial fixes that don’t attack and solve major pain points in a holistic manner. This comes regardless of any existing customer problems to be solved.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres teaches you how to set up a continuous discovery system within your organization with actionable exercises. Inspired by Marty Cagan contains a little about everything in product management and is based on how the most successful tech companies in the world build products. out of 5 stars.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Much of the literature that defines the role as the intersection of business, technology, and user experience isn't particularly helpful for practitioners who are left wondering what skills they need to learn versus the fine people they work closely with in actual business, technology, and user experience roles.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

The cross-functional development team makes the design and technology decisions; and the Scrum Master guides process and organisational change, as the following picture shows. Lead the Product. That’s the job of the development team.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Technical PM Skills A big part of the role of a startup product manager is working with engineers to define and build the product. While you don’t need to know as much about technical product development as an engineer, you should have a good enough understanding and basic knowledge of how technology works.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

By unpacking Amazon’s product strategy, we endeavored to see whether or not the company stayed true to its core vision and mission when put to the ultimate test. Amazon is a multinational technology company known worldwide as a mega e-commerce marketplace. ” Technical and non-technical PM roles. Britannica.com ).

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

the Product Manager is a sheepdog…” As a sheepdog, a Product Manager is “right at the nexus of all other teams” where he or she “ leads in defining the product vision , establishing the operational plan to get there, and then executing on it ”. a market problem) and should be leveraged to shape your product vision and direction.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

So if you are a PM aspiring to think more “strategically,” try this simple exercise of asking “why” to everything you do. Bonus points also for understanding how your work fits into the larger vision of your company. Try these sources: [link] — a popular blog that dissects the business strategies of tech companies.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. A good Scrum Team pays attention to preserving an application’s technical health to ensure the Scrum Team is ready to pursue an opportunity in the market.

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People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This guide breaks down the essentials: Customer Insight, Market Analysis, Organizational Impact, and Technical Mastery. You can develop your product instincts through hands-on experience and practice: Always learning: Stay updated on industry trends, user behavior patterns, and emerging technologies. Share People-First Leadership 2.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 9, 2024

From this exercise, our goal is to understand how close AI is to automating the PM role, and what task areas are most likely to be delegated first. This is a clever use of AI, but I feel that it sells the technology’s capabilities short. We used PM answers from Exponent as the human responses for all three selected tasks.

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People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 1, 2023

I’ve been at a number of product events recently where conversations turned to fractional work, joining or launching a startup, or simply taking time off due to a lack of opportunity in one’s current situation. Instead it’s an exercise to envision what the future might be like. We came up with a few potential factors.

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People-First Product Leadership

JANUARY 22, 2024

Then more tech layoffs were announced and performance reviews kicked in, all leading to stress levels creeping back up. I also try for focus time at the end of each work day to review documents and prepare for meetings instead of working late. You could fill out a vision board or draft a PRFAQ. To go from 1% to 3.5%

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The Product HQ

JUNE 20, 2024

Amazon Product Manager Interview Questions Massive tech companies like Amazon have tons of products that require several product managers to work together. Strategy Questions The second scale bring broad responsibility of product managers to develop a product vision and product roadmap. Explain the idea behind ACID transactions.

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Usersnap

JUNE 15, 2023

Nevertheless, some core roles and responsibilities of a product manager are: Develop product strategy and vision. Identifying users’ needs, wants, and problems In today’s world, there’s no such thing as a perfect digital product, all thanks to evolving customer expectations and the emergence of new technologies.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Product management is one of the fastest-growing jobs in tech today, and that growth doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon. At the end of the day, being a PM at a major tech company can be one of the most fascinating and fulfilling careers for many people. For this reason, product managers are often called "mini-CEOs."

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 11, 2022

Hiring managers at major tech companies want PMs that are intelligent, adaptable, quick on their feet, highly motivated, and capable of working with cross-functional teams. Many Big Tech companies are notorious for their grueling "estimation" interview questions such as these. Not only that, they tend to be the most fun to answer!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 11, 2022

Hiring managers at major tech companies want PMs that are intelligent, adaptable, quick on their feet, highly motivated, and capable of working with cross-functional teams. Many Big Tech companies are notorious for their grueling "estimation" interview questions such as these. Not only that, they tend to be the most fun to answer!

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

Sprint Reviews and user interviews are also well suited to improve collaboration and communication over time. At a later stage, typical agile events, such as Sprint Reviews, also work well by demonstrating what value the Scrum Team created for them. How do you communicate with uncooperative stakeholders? How do you deal with that?

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2019

We are technology people! You should still follow the “ does this need to be a meeting ” exercise: Can this meeting be accomplished in an email? If you’ve gone through the exercise and decided it still merits a meeting, always set an agenda in advance so everyone comes prepared and knows what success looks like.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 23, 2020

By comparison to a co-located Scrum Team, the preparatory work, for example, regular Product Backlog refinements, keeping track of technical debt, and preserving a high-quality Definition of ‘Done’ is paramount to securing a successful outcome of the Sprint. The interviewer should pass on these new questions in due time.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2020

A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. 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?”.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It’s about aligning feedback with your product goals and the company’s vision A simple framework you can use: Impact vs. Effort: How impactful is the feedback, and what’s the effort required to implement it? On the other hand, developers get down to the nitty-gritty technical aspects.

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Userpilot

MAY 25, 2023

Translating the surveys, optimizing them for mobile users, and making them compatible with assistive technologies enhances their inclusiveness and accessibility. For example, if you’re running a survey on exercise habits, users who don’t exercise regularly may ignore it.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You are constantly using your roadmap to influence other departments and align their efforts to your product vision. This is a post on its own again, but check out this video in the meantime) Feature Mapping is a scoping exercise to help teams decide the MVP for your product 3. Work with the tech lead on this.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 16, 2019

I've long found myself unsatisfied with the conventional discourse of what leadership is supposed to look like in Silicon Valley technology companies. Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholders. Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 16, 2019

While the particulars vary from organization, a typical definition of done consists of a checklist containing items such as: Code is peer reviewed. The engineering organization is typically the lead player in defining the Definition of Done, since much of it is to guarantee that things work well and meet basic technical requirements.

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Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2021

In other words, making big decisions and not knowing how technology works is bad for business. I found out about Modus Create when I was looking for a technical mentor for Atlas, the social review platform I built that received a 5.0/5.0 rating from 63 reviews on the App Store with over 500 users. Conclusion.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

This article is not intended to be a book review, but I used the skills described in this bestseller to link them with our day-to-day Product Management life. You can read more reviews and even buy the book with my affiliate link: [link] 1. As I write these lines, the world is under unprecedented changes due to a global pandemic.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2019

Photo by NASA on Unsplash While building an internet company, every product leader inadvertently reaches the point when it’s time to lift the curtain and let the world know what he or she has been diligently working on over the past little while. Photo by Owen CL on Unsplash So, what are the reasons for adding an extra layer of complexity?

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This scenario isn’t just a thought exercise — it’s a common situation in industries like healthcare, B2B, especially companiess with digital products This is where the concept of UX user personas in UX/UI design becomes invaluable, even if you’re not a designer yourself. Persona Development: For each segment, create a detailed persona.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As you can imagine, being one of the biggest tech companies, this engineering internship program is a favorite for many students. There they can contribute to solving the business challenges facing the tech giant with real Googlers. These are Engineering & Technology or Business.

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Sachin Rekhi

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Relentless execution will ultimately determine whether you'll be able to make your product vision a reality. It often starts with a re-assessment of the market you play in, taking the time to look at the industry you operate in, think through emerging or waning technology trends, and taking an updated pulse on your standing in the market.

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