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The Worst Nightmare of Any Product Manager

The Product Guy

In fact, our tests regularly failed. We were testing our code. I’m not a technical Product Manager. The result of it were clearly scoped versions, that last about 2 weeks for development, testing, and validation. When the team started working in shorter cycles, testing was simpler, and they could get my feedback quicker.

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When a collaboration is not a collaboration

UX Planet

For example, the more technical the product, the larger the designers technology gap that must be filled by an engineer. That said, product designers should still have a moderate level of knowledge about the technical aspects of the product and the industry as awhole.) This dynamic creates the first blindspot.

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How to be a Great Product Manager According to Experts at Dropbox, Stripe, and Concur

Alchemer Mobile

How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? I’ve been kind of actively running away from management roles, and mostly that’s just a factor of the things that I really wanna learn or I just really wanna learn how to be a really, like, kick-ass technical PM. So that’s me.

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I’ve abandoned “MVP”

Mironov Consulting

After years of struggle, I’m advising all of my clients and product leader coachees to stop using the term “MVP”. These (of course) don’t exist yet, since we’re still concept-testing problem statements and feature/function and technical requirements. Can we learn what’s really broken and test-close a few imaginary solutions?

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Top Product Manager Roles at Data-Driven Companies (+Candidate Spotlight)

Userpilot

PM with a technical background and a strong product sense. Technical fluency to understand, communicate, and drive impact in highly technical and fast-moving problem spaces. PMs with no technical background. Those without a technical background. Who would be the best fit for this job? Android-first PMs.

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Decode A Job Posting from Spotify: Senior Product Manager?—?Playlist Platform

The Product Coalition

What technical knowledge does Spotify expect from a candidate? explains that we need not just a “techie” who will monitor technical indicators but a product manager who will combine knowledge of the technical world with an understanding of customers' desires and main company metrics. Know what our users want?

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Product Discovery Tips

Roman Pichler

Explore the key assumptions and risks in your product strategy and business model by systematically testing and addressing them in an iterative fashion using, for example, observations, interviews, surveys, and prototypes. Minimise the amount of time you spend on product discovery in order to accelerate time-to-market.