Mind the Product
MARCH 16, 2020
We all know that product is hard , so here are some themes from a very playful activity that will help you get better at it. Shipping products is rough, full of false starts, lousy execution, and a lack of will to kill products quickly. But a bad strategy creates a state of false hope, and can leave you and your team punched in the face after months of work.
Ask Benny
MARCH 17, 2020
The role of the product manager is to focus the team even and especially in time of crisis Human Behavior While we all watch the world as it handles the crisis of the coronavirus in various ways including all the different ways we human beings are used to respond to events, it is an amazing opportunity to reflect how similar things happen in our organization in the face of even small events.
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ProductCraft
MARCH 19, 2020
Back in January, our colleagues at Pendo released their third-annual State of Product Leadership report. Each year, this report compiles the survey responses of hundreds of product leaders, who share their job responsibilities, key challenges, and workplace trends. This year’s survey reached a more global audience than ever, with nearly half of respondents living in.
Product Talk
MARCH 17, 2020
Product teams should be co-located. This is an often-repeated “truth” in our industry. Today, in response to COVID-19 , many companies are instituting mandatory work-from-home policies. This is making co-location impossible for many teams. Thankfully, this “truth” was already on its way to being retired. In fact, it was never true for many companies.
Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.
Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog
MARCH 14, 2020
What are the top IoT challenges Product Leaders face in 2020? To find out, I conducted a survey to hear directly from Product Leaders. In this post, I share the answers to the survey, as well as the insights I gathered throughout the process. I received 73 responses to my survey. I understand this means the […]. The post Top IoT Challenges Product Leaders Face in 2020 appeared first on Daniel Elizalde.
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Mind the Product
MARCH 19, 2020
Why, in Product, it pays to fake it till you make it till you become it. Amy Cuddy’s famous TED talk says that if you fake confidence you will eventually become confident. Cuddy claims that by using confident body language like standing tall with arms on hips, we can convince our brains that we are in fact confident. My favourite practical tip of hers is to do a power stance in the lift on your way up to an interview (or in a toilet cubicle – needs must).
The Product Coalition
MARCH 19, 2020
Agile in a nutshell: Definition, values, principles, methodologies and basic understanding Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».
Gainsight
MARCH 17, 2020
If you’ve spent any time on any social media these last few days, the responses to the current coronavirus crisis range from: All the way to: In response to these highly polar emotional reactions, many may believe the sensible path is cold reason—set aside feelings and take the rational path. In defense of “emotional” decisions. I truly believe that emotions are completely valid signals, and any call to ignore them ignores not only a part of what connects us and makes us human,
ProductCraft
MARCH 20, 2020
User interface (UI) and user experience (UX) are two related (but not identical) concepts that every product person needs to have a working knowledge of. Below, we’ll go through the basics of each and discuss the differences between the two. What is the user interface? The user interface (UI) is the “surface” of any application. Read more » The post Product Management 101: User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
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Mind the Product
MARCH 20, 2020
In this MTP Engage Manchester talk, Melissa Perri describes how you should start investing energy in “the product of you” and plan your career ascent to product leader. Key Points: Skills you learn as a junior product person can translate well into the C-suite. You should look for opportunities to diversify your skill set. There is not just one type of product leader.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 16, 2020
In this unprecedented and uncertain time, Intercom’s first priority is the health and wellbeing of our staff and their loved ones, the communities we work in, and the customers we support. We wanted to share what steps we’ve been taking in recent days to protect these groups. We hope these measures will also contribute, if even in a small way, to slowing down the spread of the virus.
The Product Guy
MARCH 17, 2020
Excerpts from our conversation with 2019’s TPMAS winner of The Best Product Visionary, Harpal Singh. Watch now and see why they are counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. Thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, interviewed, AND passed on the word! The nomination period for The Product Management Awards 2020 has begun!
Sachin Rekhi
MARCH 14, 2020
Given all the recent interest in remote work, I spent the weekend reading Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. As the founders of Basecamp , they have been practicing remote work for over a decade now, well before the present-day excitement around it. In the book, they cover everything they have learned from their experience, including why remote work is good for a company, how to hire for remote work, collaborating effectively, managing remote workers, and mo
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The Product Coalition
MARCH 18, 2020
Easy-to-do. No special tools required. Just group chat. I’ve been trying to refrain from doing any remote working posts?—?I don't want to add to the flood of them that has already ensued the past month. But the past couple of weeks I’ve been asked by a number of people for ideas on remote icebreakers and/or team building activities now that many of us are working remotely.
First Round Review
MARCH 17, 2020
Bob Moore's first brush with life as a founder started in 2008—three days before Lehman Brothers collapsed. Since he cut his teeth as a first-time founder in turbulent times, he's gone on to build two other companies. Here, Moore shares the lessons he's learned along the way, from weathering bear markets and losing out to the competition, to finding (and falling out of) product/market fit.
The Product Guy
MARCH 15, 2020
A lot of people think about making evidenced based decisions. Not everything has to be statistically significant to make a decision for your product. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Tanya Koshy.
Johanna Rothman
MARCH 17, 2020
Yesterday, you worked in an office with everyone else. Today, you're supposed to work from home—and so is the rest of your team. And not just for the next few days, but for the next few weeks. What tools do you need? My list of the most important tools: A good microphone and headset so you can hear people, even in somewhat noisy environments, like a home with other people.
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Amplitude
MARCH 16, 2020
When a Product Team starts a new Product Discovery mission, their primary job is to reduce uncertainty. Initial alignment and research might feel predictable and almost linear. But as soon as the first hypothesis turns out to be wrong, teams need to course correct. The complexity of Product Discovery can feel overwhelming, but trying to overcome it with blueprints developed by other companies is rarely a viable solution.
The Product Coalition
MARCH 19, 2020
The Coronavirus outbreak that led to massive remote work reminded me how documentation helps keep productivity Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».
The Product Guy
MARCH 19, 2020
Building a product is a huge responsibility, each feature you release takes time, focus and ongoing love. Learning from the best products on the market and sharing my experience with Upstack, MealPal and others to workshop a framework of how to decide what features to include in your product launch, ideas for a focused MVP and understanding the engineering implications of your product decisions.
Userpilot
MARCH 20, 2020
Every aspect of your product’s onboarding should be aimed at achieving one thing: Activating your users. That’s the end goal. If you’re currently struggling to activate users, then you may need to look at improving your in-app guidance. In-app guidance is a fancy way of describing the onboarding that happens within your product. In other words, it discounts any emails you send, or any kickoff calls you do.
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ProductCraft
MARCH 17, 2020
Weekends in Minnesota bring with them a mass migration of people heading “up north” to cabins and lakes. More often than not, I end up jumping in the truck with my husband and dogs and joining the masses to get in some fishing. On my trek north, there is a small town with a specialty. Read more » The post Incorporating the Voice of the Customer Into Your Company Culture appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
Arkenea
MARCH 18, 2020
Internet of Medical Things or IoMT is on the way of becoming the most sought after technology in the healthcare sector. According to Grand View Research, it is predicted that spending on IoT for healthcare will reach $534.3 billion in 2025 at an annual growth rate of 19.9%. Rise in the demand for IoT integration […]. The post A Detailed Guide To IoMT Implementation in 2020 appeared first on Arkenea.
Iteratively Blog
MARCH 15, 2020
As folks who constantly deal with data, finding the right resources to refer in times of need is a challenge. Additionally, if you simply Google the phrase, ‘data analytics resources’, you will be overwhelmed. Yes, there are too many; more zeros than I can count. To solve this, we created an internal doc with the best five of every kind of resource that data folks generally refer to.
ProductPlan
MARCH 19, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) (and its subset, machine learning (ML)) is indisputably a rising star on the world’s technology stage. The enormous potential of AI-powered initiatives is both astounding and a little foreboding. With a tsunami-like force, AI and ML continue to radically reshape the way we engage with and navigate the world. AI Product Management: Why Software Product Managers Need to Understand AI and Machine Learning.
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Sr. Staff Product Manager of Data & AI at BILL (Previously PM Lead at Twitter/X)
Embark on a transformation journey into the heart of the data ecosystem! This webinar is your gateway to a deeper comprehension of the foundations that drive the data industry and will equip you with the knowledge needed to navigate the evolving landscape. Delve into the diverse use cases where data analytics plays a pivotal role. We’ll explore how these applications are transforming with the introduction of Gen AI, and discuss the anticipated use cases for 2024 and beyond.
ProductBoard
MARCH 19, 2020
It was January of 2016, and President Obama’s White House staff were preparing for the annual State of the Union. It was the second year the team had published the complete text of Obama’s speech on Medium, ahead of his address, in an effort to make the speech more accessible to the general public. People could follow along with the speech in real-time, and, using Medium’s recently launched.
UX Studio: Product Management
MARCH 18, 2020
Any company with an app wants the same thing. “Satisfied users?” “More revenue?” you may ask. Sure, those are important, but to reach those goals, first, you have to get people to download your app. Possibly the goal would be to have more and more people installing it weekly, keeping a steadily and rapidly increasing growth. The million-dollar question is: how to increase app downloads?
The Product Coalition
MARCH 17, 2020
If you, your team, or your business has rapidly decided to introduce a mass work-from-home policy in response to the COVID-19 issue, you need to listen in to this episode to discover what to do and not do, for this to be successful. I’ve put this special edition podcast episode together, in less than 24 hours, to ensure you, the global Product Coalition community , stay safe and well while working from home.
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