Spice Catalyst
AUGUST 24, 2023
Project management can be a thrilling and rewarding career path for professionals from various fields. It’s one of those careers that almost everyone wants to pursue, but many find it hard to land a job. Below, Spice Catalyst shares some simple steps for advancing your product management career and getting your first job! 1.
Roman Pichler
AUGUST 15, 2023
Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 No Strategy The first and most crucial mistake is to have no product strategy at all. When that’s the case, a product is usually progressed based on the features requested by the users and stakeholders. As there is no strategy, objectively assessing the impact of the requests is virtually impossible.
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The Product Coalition
AUGUST 23, 2023
“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.” — Steve Jobs My career was forever changed. “Why?” Such a simple question. Yet so hard to answer. It was a sweltering summer day in Atlanta in a bland, boring corporate office struggling to keep pace with the heat. Despite my apparent struggle to focus given the office temperate, a colleague decided to toss a bomb my way.
Product Management University
AUGUST 21, 2023
The product CEO analogy for product managers has been around forever, but when you think about it, does it really make sense for B2B software? Every product manager wants to have a reputation for being strategic. The question is, can you have a greater strategic impact as a product CEO or as a member of the portfolio executive team? Let’s have a look see!
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.
Andrew Chen
AUGUST 10, 2023
The crisis arrives slowly, then all at once At first, everything seems rosy. The growth rate of a new product is spiking, and growing quickly, maybe even hundreds of percentage points a year. But weirdly, a year or two in, there’s some softness in the latest numbers. Maybe it’s seasonality, or maybe something else. But worryingly, it keeps slowing.
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Product Talk
AUGUST 2, 2023
One of the most common responses I get when I talk about continuous discovery is: “That would never work in my organization.” But after working with thousands of product people and organizations of all kinds, I can tell you that everyone is capable of making progress on their continuous discovery journey. It’s all about finding the small steps you can take to build these habits.
ProductPlan
AUGUST 10, 2023
When plotting out our product’s trajectory, there’s a constant tension between two competing mindsets. On the one hand, there’s the “go-big-or-go-home” moonshot approach. Where charismatic leaders rally the troops around an ambitious vision with a massive potential payoff. These high-risk gambits get praised when they succeed and pilloried when they fail.
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 7, 2023
“Just as safety is crucial in improving results in industries such as manufacturing and oil drilling, psychological safety is crucial for improving results in knowledge and creative work, which is what people like us do. The safer team members feel with one another, the more likely they are to admit mistakes, partner, and take on new roles. And it affects pretty much every important dimension we look at for employees.” — Eric Schmidt, Former CEO of Google There I sat in a room as the CFO berated
Product Innovation Educators
AUGUST 7, 2023
The value the Product Development and Management Association provides for product mangers and leaders Today we are talking about the most influential professional product association you’ve likely never heard of. The association is PDMA, and we’ll talk about what the they do and why you should know about them. Susan Penta is with us. She is the Chair of PDMA and has served in other volunteer roles with the association in the past.
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Product Management University
AUGUST 15, 2023
The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments. Product Management In a product management model, product managers assess markets where their products can best succeed and they create plans accordingly to support the company’s strategic and financial goals.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 30, 2023
Digital learning app Duolingo has been on a hypergrowth journey since it was founded in 2011, and now over 20 million active users worldwide. We caught up with Edwin Bodge, Principal Product Manager at Duolingo, to learn more about its product strategy, how AI has helped, and where the product is heading next. Read more » The post How Duolingo uses AI to enhance its user experience appeared first on Mind the Product.
Product Talk
AUGUST 16, 2023
It’s no secret that Product Talk is built on the foundation of continuous discovery. Yes, all of the content we create—whether it’s this blog, the Product Talk Academy courses , the community , or the Continuous Discovery Habits book—focuses on the various facets of continuous discovery. But it’s not just the subject matter we write about. The principles of continuous discovery actually power a significant amount of the work we do behind the scenes at Product Talk, too.
Alchemer Mobile
AUGUST 28, 2023
Key leadership addition positions Alchemer to continue impressive organic and acquisition momentum. LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, August 29, 2023 – Alchemer – a global leader in experience management and enterprise feedback technology – today announced the hiring of Brandon Hodges as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Hodges most recently spent 18 years at Qualtrics and Oracle, companies recognized for having great sales-driven cultures.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 28, 2023
The Software Development Life Cycle provides a practical framework you can apply to your product and improve your processes. It helps us meet customers’ demands, needs, and expectations. You can outline and define a detailed plan for stages, phases, and requirements with SDLC. It covers planning, estimating, and scheduling. With the support of the SDLC, You can track and control your calendar, and increase productivity and speed of development.
Userpilot
AUGUST 30, 2023
It’s 2023, and customers have options. This makes it more important than ever to create products people actually want to use. But how do you do that? What strategies can you implement to drive acquisition and retention faster? How do you ensure your team doesn’t lose momentum along the way? The expert speakers at Product Drive 2023 will answer these and many more questions.
Product Management University
AUGUST 29, 2023
If you want to be well connected and stay on top of your game, here are five free product management events in September 2023. Two are in-person and three are virtual. Here they are. August 30, 2023 | Virtual Greater Strategic Impact, Product CEO or Portfolio Executive? The age-old debate of “Product CEO” vs. the fresh perspective of “Portfolio Executive” in the world of product management.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 29, 2023
Product leader, James Gunca, discusses how data-driven narratives, tailored context, and audience understanding can transform product managers into effective storytellers for better outcomes. Read more » The post Storytelling and driving accountability with data appeared first on Mind the Product.
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Product Innovation Educators
AUGUST 28, 2023
What product managers need to know about the Decision Sprint framework for faster problem-solving Today we are talking about faster problem-solving to speed innovation by using a three-part framework including Exploration, Alignment, and Decision-Making. Our guest is Atif Rafiq. He invented a system for problem-solving based on his 25-year career spanning Silicon Valley and the Fortune 500.
Amplitude
AUGUST 27, 2023
The Amplitude Pioneer Awards are now open for submissions. These awards celebrate all types of Amplitude customers using data to build great products and experiences faster.
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 6, 2023
We asked product leaders how they lead daily standup activities. Here’s what they said. By Tremis Skeete , for Product Coalition Daily standups — the daily meetings product team members are either excited about or quietly dread. The rituals are loved and hated by product people around the globe, and it’s not the kind the activity that will go out of fashion anytime soon, so our best response is to discover ways to make these activities valuable, for everyone.
Userpilot
AUGUST 29, 2023
Product management is equal parts art and science – and it’s vital to the success of your SaaS. In this article, we’re going to unpack what is product management , how it differs from traditional project management, the role it plays in building products that delight your users, and the skills a good product manager must demonstrate to succeed.
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NextBigWhat
AUGUST 24, 2023
What was Chandrayaan-3’s budget? Well, a mere ₹ 615 crores. What does 615 crores mean in today’s tech economy? Let’s look at some comparables. Here is a quick data point from the well-funded consumer startups Here is some more data point: ISRO’s engineering thinking Always-learning is how I’d describe that. We tried to build one […] The post Behind ISRO’s engineering thinking and some lessons for India’s startup ecosystem appeared first on nextbigwhat.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 31, 2023
Amid summer holidays and vacations, Mind the Product was inundated with great content in the month of August, from product coaching to Netflix job applications. Read on for our top five posts this month. Read more » The post Top product management reads in August appeared first on Mind the Product.
Split
AUGUST 11, 2023
Moneyfarm is a European digital wealth manager with more than 90,000 active investors and over £2.3 billion in assets under management. They operate through both an online platform and an app. Their development teams used a homegrown solution for feature flagging, a limiting solution that only allowed them to turn features on or off. Before partnering with Split, Moneyfarm had no way to target users and allow for a percentage or gradual rollout when releasing new features to their platform.
Amplitude
AUGUST 1, 2023
Austin Hay, Head of Marketing Technology at Ramp and Reforge expert, provides five retention analysis best practices he’s picked up from his MarTech experience.
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.
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 4, 2023
Product excellence requires tech literacy. Here is how to level up your skills. I have preached this more than once, technical literacy for product managers is essential. In the area of AI, it is critical for everyone, but product managers have to stay ahead of the curve. Today I will write about gaining technical literacy (free courses only). If you dont have the self-discipline required for self-education (and many of us dont), please pay for your education — it will keep you accountable.
Userpilot
AUGUST 29, 2023
What’s market validation in SaaS, and why is it important? If you’re looking for the answers to these questions, we’ve got you covered! This article also introduces popular market validation methods and explains how product teams can develop a solid validation plan! Let’s get right to it! TL;DR Market validation helps you answer the question of whether there are enough potential customers who are willing to pay for your product.
dscout People Nerds
AUGUST 30, 2023
With some creativity, your usability testing practice can be more efficient, innovative, and customer-centered. It might actually start to be more fun, too.
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