Mind the Product

DECEMBER 11, 2017

My journey to product management was not what you might expect, but then again, maybe you would. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

Every time I navigate the ocean of Product Management frameworks, we are not tackling one essential part of our role: People and Ourselves. There is a framework for almost every stage of our Product development lifecycle, but one of the only transversal things is that we need people to make things happen.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Do you want to become a data product manager? With more digital and data-driven products, the demand for traditional product managers is now shifting from sales teams to data product managers. If you want to become a data product manager, this guide is for you. This guide covers everything you need to know.

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ProductPlan

MAY 22, 2020

It’s no secret that product management often looks different from one organization to the next. It’s not necessarily bad when product management adapts to each company’s specific needs. However, product management must be consistent within the same organization. What is Product Ops, Exactly?

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2020

How does it help modern product management organizations to scale effectively? It defines, communicates, supports, and improves important operations which can be standardized, such as communication, planning processes, team gatherings, and training. How it’s become a critical function for scaling effective product teams.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

In this guide, our aim is to help savvy product managers understand what friction logs are, where you might use them, and how to create them. Function friction is primarily about users being blocked from reaching their product goals because of an error, poor UX, or other factors. Not all friction is bad. Not all friction is bad.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2023

  The upside (for the sales team) is huge, and the cost (for product/engineering/support) is diffuse.    Closing this $480k/year license deal is highly visible to the exec team and Board.  Their market strategy team realizes they need one more field mapped.    Far away.    Hard to see. 

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2024

But is Heap the best choice for your product management needs? Consider a Heap alternative if: You require an all-in-one platform for product management. Your team would benefit more from a no-code solution The budget isn’t high enough to complement Heap with other platforms. You need to gather qualitative data as well.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 22, 2021

Engineering manager interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. Not only do you need to demonstrate your technical prowess and experience with designing complex systems, you also need to showcase your soft skills in people management. Managing Individuals How do you run 1:1s with your team?

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

What is IT Management? Information Technology (IT) management is the monitoring and administration of an organization’s information technology systems and resources. The department manages hardware, software, networks, and data. Why do organizations need IT Management? million, with the potential to go much higher.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. This enables the marketing team to set clear expectations from the very beginning of the marketing campaign. Strong positioning makes the work of the marketing and sales teams easier.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. They work with leaders and their own teams across organizations.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If you are currently managing a group of remote workers, then your main goal should be keeping them productive. If you are new to the world of remote worker management, you might be surprised to learn just how many different solutions are currently on the market. This is why you need to develop and maintain communication strategies.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In the world of Human Resources, it may seem easy to find a candidate with a spiffy resume and loads of experience, rather than building upon an already existing team. Spending on a proven team, however, gives you the opportunity to build on the knowledge that already exists internally. Team consistency=efficiency.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This year I developed a new reading approach, in which I read several books in parallel, usually from different topics. My all-time favorite book about management. Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker. how to manage our head, attentions, thoughts, and sufferings.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Why Product Managers are More Susceptible to Imposter Syndrome. Product managers (PM) are particularly vulnerable to experiencing imposter syndrome. There a few reasons why product managers might be more susceptible to the feeling. First, no one gets a degree in “product management.” Honesty is the best policy.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 4, 2018

Imagine walking into the office one morning and having your star team member ask if you have a few minutes to talk. These create more meaningful relationships with people on your team, uncover what motivates them and as a result increase their impact and engagement in their current role. What’s your current development focus?

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Indicative

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Thanks to customer feedback we have a lot of exciting features in the pipeline, that’s why we’d love if you shared your feedback (good or bad) here through our two-question survey ! The insights and information important to you and your team will automatically be delivered via email when you need them. New Features. Scheduled Reports.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2020

One destructive side effect of this misunderstanding can be repeatedly changing the #1 top priority part-way through development, before there’s much to show the world but after spending significant discovery/design/architecture/development time on the previous #1 top priority. So something new becomes the #1 top priority.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2020

Emerging Product Strategy Product Management in the Time of COVID Part I: Stopgaps & Scaled Retention Strategies This first article in the series highlights customer retention strategies for products adapting to changes in customer behavior. one of our developers asked. For this reason, product managers have begun adapting.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 21, 2021

Things were already tough merging teams from multiple companies to launch a unified platform in Latam when countries started closing their borders. Sales were non-existent, and everyone in the company was working around the clock to bring our clients back home from their holidays with countries policies changing every minute.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Effective product team communication is not about talking to your team more often or providing them with more granular tasks. You want to make sure your team understands why what they’re doing matters. As a product manager, you need to create an atmosphere that keeps the lines of communication open.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Reaching a product goal and accelerating a company’s success is not possible unless everyone from all teams, including engineers, marketers, sales, support, etc. This results in poor habits around roadmap completion. Paul Ortchanian is exceptionally knowledgeable and well-rounded in all aspects of product management.

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ProductPlan

JULY 8, 2022

Shadow IT may be quick, easy, and convenient for individual employees or teams trying to solve a problem. Plenty of product development organizations also began using collaboration tools such as Trello and Asana on the sly. Providing broad OAuth permissions to these applications creates security risks if abused by a bad actor.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Bad turnover. Team learning logs. Measure for a Purpose. Example Measures.

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UX Studio

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As a team lead, one of my responsibilities is taking part in the recruitment process. In the last year, together with our hiring manager and my colleagues, I have attended more than 75 final designer and researcher interviews. I’ve been on good interviews and I’ve been on quite a few bad ones as well.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Bad turnover. Team learning logs. Measure for a Purpose. Example Measures.

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DISQO

JULY 5, 2018

But the ability to avoid that fate won’t come from open workspaces, a relaxed dress code, and a bring-your-own-device policy. Plus, either way, you need to be good at quickly recognizing and correcting bad decisions. But it simply can’t inform the day-to-day decisions that product teams need to make.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 11, 2022

Our experts analyzed services, portfolios, expertise, strengths, and weaknesses of dozens of Webdesign Wien companies to create this curated list. This is our fantastic UX team. However, we have also developed a remote policy that helps us effectively collaborate with clients worldwide. We did it for you instead!

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Department of Product

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

SaaS Pricing Models for Product Managers 6 ways to price your SaaS product using leading SaaS businesses as inspiration Pricing a product is a critical part of product management; it’s rarely something product teams will or should do themselves and will typically involve a blend of product, marketing and sales. And rightly so.

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

(This post isn’t specific to product management, but a manager’s view of problematic communications. Not everyone on our teams expresses themselves clearly.). My advice to managers is to probe for underlying problems, not just react to strong language. A clumsy way of voicing real concerns. Sounds very serious.

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Department of Product

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Height is a new project management tool for product teams and they’ve just launched 2.0 which gives product teams AI super powers. For SaaS product teams, one of the more complex parts of building zero to one applications is implementing permissions. Project management is necessary, but it’s often tedious.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Product managers are problem finders and problem solvers. In her talk from #mtpcon San Francisco, Mariah Hay , VP of Product at Pluralsight, challenges us to think about our ethical responsibility as product managers. Engineering has developed a strict code of ethics that they are expected to adhere to in practice.

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eG Innovations

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

When any product is developed, there are assumptions made. What changes to your security policy, network architecture, and/or usage model is required to deploy the tool? 3 Easy Deployment in line with Corporate Security and Firewalling Policies. Powerful enough to scale up along with the needs of the business using it.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They run from ill-suited personal traits and the pursuit of individual agendas to frustration with the team itself. Read on and learn in this post on Scrum anti-patterns how you can identify if your Scrum Master needs support from the team. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. Source : Scrum Guide 2017.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 13, 2019

Product management is a role largely comprised of soft skills and strategy, which, at first glance, would make it difficult to quantifiably measure. The benefit of including quantifiable metrics in evaluating a product manager’s performance is, well, immeasurable. A product manager is not their product.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 21, 2021

Many worked from home on tasks ranging from organising team activities via Slack, analysing data and collaborating on documents via Google Docs, to discussing strategies via Microsoft Teams and coaching clients via Zoom. Motor: Weakness in how one can control their muscles, bones and joints.

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