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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can adapt core responsibilities across different organizations and contexts Watch on YouTube TLDR Through his research and practical experience at MasterCard, Nishant Parikh identified 19 key activities that define the role of software product managers. Why study the 19 key activities of software product managers?

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Ask Teresa: Does the Engineer in the Product Trio Need to be the Tech Lead?

Product Talk

In the past, I’ve sometimes used language like “design lead” or “tech lead” to refer to the design and engineering members of the trio. Sometimes it refers to someone’s seniority within the company, and at other times it refers to their authority and autonomy for a given project. The term “lead” is vague.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase

Intercom, Inc.

It was first proposed after Benjamin Whorf, a fire safety inspector at the time, observed how oil workers treated empty oil barrels as less hazardous than full oil barrels, despite them being equally flammable due to the traces of oil remaining in them. Master” and “slave” also refer to the gruesome practice of slavery. Share the work.

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Product in Practice: Mapping Business and Product Outcomes to Stand Out in the Job Search

Product Talk

Sometimes recruiters would have the answer and sometimes they would refer Teeba to the hiring manager. Actually, even when I got rejections, it was due to mismatch in industry, company stage, etc. Example 1: A B2C tax software platform One company Teeba interviewed with was a B2C tax software platform.

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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

Step 1: Preparation (3-5 weeks) The preparation step is a foundational effort where a lot of the groundwork and due diligence is done to inform the strategy selection process. Then iron out any adjustments as a result of these reviews. Let’s dive into detailed guidance for each step.

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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Software development with sustainability in mind is a rising trend in digital spaces. While software is intangible and doesn’t directly consume energy or produce emissions, its environmental implications lie in its development and usage. As software builders, we are uniquely positioned to influence this environmental trajectory.