Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Successful business leaders thrive on competition. They’re at their best when contending for the top customers in high-end markets. They may feel that if they’re not in the middle of a cut-throat battle with competitors, they must not be succeeding.
bpma ProductHub
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Boston Women in Product 2017 Year in Review: By Emera Trujillo. 2017 has been an exciting year for Boston Women in Product. With events throughout the year, our organizing committee has loved being on this journey with all of you. As we gear up for 2018, here’s a look back at the past year with Boston Women in Product! By the numbers. We organized 5 events in 2017, ranging from morning workshops to afterhours panel presentations, with really great event hosts, sponsors, and partners including:
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Mind the Product
DECEMBER 23, 2017
Every week I curate the best product and design content from across the internet into our weekly product management newsletter Prioritised. Here are the top 10 most clicked articles from the 408 links featured in this year’s 51 newsletters – 10 articles your peers digged so much you should definitely check them out as well. The MVP is dead.
Tim Herbig
DECEMBER 29, 2017
It’s this time of the year again. The time to take a moment and reflect on the professional achievements and learnings of the past year. So, without further ado, here we go: I had the opportunity to take a coaching role having regular office hours with (potential) Product Owners on while working at ORBIT. … Continue Reading. The post My Professional Review of 2017 appeared first on Tim Herbig.
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.
Clever PM
DECEMBER 29, 2017
The worst number in business is one. If you have just one source of leads, it is only a question of time when the price per click goes up or the targeting options change or the viewership of the publication changes. Because of this, you want to have several lead generation mechanisms in place. This way, if something happens to one of them, the other ones will continue working for you and generating new leads.
Product Management Today brings together the best content for product management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 27, 2017
In a recent blog post Mind the Product’s director of training, Rosemary King , said that getting an edge as a product manager means “collecting as many valuable experiences as you can from as many places as possible,” and we’ve got plenty in the pipeline next year to help you do just that. Our 2018 is shaping up to be a busy year with product conferences, local peer-to-peer meetups, training workshops and much more.
Mironov Consulting
DECEMBER 29, 2017
This week we feature an article by Patrick Thuot who shares an infographic about how customer service can help the retail industry. A customer-centric approach can help any type of business succeed. – Shep Hyken. With the proliferation of the Internet and the ubiquity of smartphones, tablets, and laptops, the whole retail industry has experienced huge disruption.
Miro
DECEMBER 27, 2017
How Buffer is managing product development in a fully distributed team Here at RealtimeBoard, we set out on a mission to build a universal whiteboarding tool that helps companies to embrace digital transformation, manage remote teams and think visually in order to speed up internal processes and delight their customers. That’s why we are always […].
Good Product Manager
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Regardless of whether you’re a B2B wholesaler or a B2C merchant, maintaining a healthy cash flow is essential to running a successful business and building the foundations you need to grow over time. Without adequate forecasting, cash flow problems can creep up unexpectedly even for highly profitable businesses.
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 26, 2017
In this construction video tutorial, you will learn the detailed method for estimating the weight of mild steel round bar with the plug chugging formula. The formula is represented as W = D 2 /162.198xL This formula is very useful in determining the weight of mild steel bar in Kg. Here, D denotes dia of bar in mm and L denotes length of bar in meters.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Why is it that so many companies dread the end-of-year tax process? For many, it’s a scattered, painful, and overly time-consuming process: information isn’t organized in one central location and, often, companies aren’t quite sure what information they need to compile (no matter how many years they’ve been in business and paid taxes). Additionally, company leaders prioritize most other things over taxes so they push off anything tax-related until early March, not realizing they are missing cruc
Revulytics
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Somehow, we’ve managed to compile a “technology-related top news stories of 2017” list that doesn’t mention augmented reality, Apple’s iPhone X or Amazon’s search for a new headquarters (though loyal readers know we’ve at some point worked all of those companies or themes into our own stories over the year). This year’s piracy and compliance-related stories all point to the enormous risk in having an incomplete picture of software licensing landscapes, as well as the enormous reward for both cus
Product Innovation Educators
DECEMBER 25, 2017
Test to understand where a product design fails and use parallel solution paths. Several listeners have asked about medical device products and I searched for someone with deep experience in this area. I realize most of us are not involved with medical devices, but there is much any product manager can learn from the upcoming discussion. This ability to learn from product managers in different industries is one of the things I most enjoy about this podcast.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Oren Steinberg
DECEMBER 27, 2017
7 keys to good business partnerships. BizDev professionals are often tasked with the role of building and growing partnerships. But, just as the role of BizDev is often ambiguous, so is the task of partnering. A nice starting point is to define the Role of Business Development as Filtering and Building partnerships that further the organization towards its goals. 1.
Miro
DECEMBER 25, 2017
How Scrum masters use Realtimeboard for backlog grooming The best practices that will help you to prioritize your team’s work Backlog grooming has proved to be one of the most highly effective Scrum practices. It helps clarify backlog items and ensures that they are appropriate, ordered and ready for planning and development. Moreover, it helps […].
Userzoom
DECEMBER 26, 2017
Kwanzaa is derived from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanzaa,” which means “first fruits of the harvest.” It is a celebration of family, community and culture of those of African descent worldwide, celebrated from December 26 through January 1 of each year. We wish every member of our “blog family” who celebrates the Kwanzaa holiday nothing but happiness, joy and inspiration on this special holiday.
Product Innovation Educators
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. It’s a slow week around the web for product management articles. Here are a couple I enjoyed. Happy New Year! How the product manager role evolves from startup to mature organization. When product managers consider what type of work they want to do, the stage of the organization should be considered.
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Bain Public
DECEMBER 25, 2017
I've been in product for a while. Each year I write a few lines to re-frame what the hell it is I do and how to remain successful. Product management is a discipline of quirky nonconformists responsible of defining the "why". Winning products thrive on the direction of these individuals who evolve in tandem with the types of products, customers, and markets they engages with.
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