Lead on Purpose
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Guest post by Dave Crenshaw Think back to when you were a kid in about third grade. You’ve been in the classroom the better part of the day and a draining feeling would start to occur.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
In one of the keynotes of this year’s MTP Engage Hamburg, Johanna Kollmann reviews established system thinking concepts and applies them to the world of today’s product management. Johanna explains that everything around us is a system: Our development teams are a system and our products become one as soon as users interact with them… and systems can be mapped and modelled in incredibly powerful ways.
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Roman Pichler
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Planning Horizons and Planning Model. “Bring me that horizon,” says Jack Sparrow at the end of the movie The Curse of the Black Pearl while steering his pirate ship into the open waters. While Jack may seek freedom rather than the line that separates earth from sky, he could easily determine how far it is—there is only one physical horizon on our planet, and the distance can be calculated using a standard formula.
280 Group
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
If you haven’t read it already, the Product Management Survey results from Alpha are well worth the read. You can download a copy of the Product Management Survey here. It has some great insights about the state of Product Management so that you can compare yourself or your team to others. Here are a few key facts we found useful: 49% of Product Managers had graduate degrees.
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.
Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Most B2B organizations get started the same way. They identify a niche problem and develop a solution. Then they do it again, and again. This formula might work for years. But eventually products commoditize, markets shift and the law of diminishing returns kicks in. The ideal time to re-route your growth strategy is before your growth starts to taper off.
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Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
One of the biggest problems for e-commerce, demonstrated by about 74% of users worldwide, is cart abandonment. It means three out of every four shoppers in your online store walk away AFTER they’ve put their items in the cart. If you’ve ever tried to deal with cart abandonment, you might find our story interesting — we brought back 11% of our checkout drop-offs to successfully complete their purchases.
Amir Rozenberg
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Perfecto is excited to announce the availability of iPhone 8, 8+, running iOS 11 GA, as of today, Sep 22nd, 2017, 8AM EST. iPhone 8 and iOS 11 pack a number of new features and changes that require intensive testing for all applications, web and mobile. The majority of Perfecto customers were able to preorder these devices in advance and start testing already this morning.
Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
The next big leap for the B2B product management profession will be a complete shift away from “market problems” to a focus on “customer goals.” This will be the turning point that finally takes B2B product management to the level of influence and leadership it has always aspired to in the organization. Why? Here are the three biggest reasons. 1. Customer Value is All But Guaranteed.
The Product Guy
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Rishi Kumar, lead a conversation around “Working Remotely”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream…. About The Product Mentor. The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions.
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Roadmunk
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Throughout my career as both a product manager and startup founder, there’s been one severely underrated skill I credit for much of my success—and that’s reading. (Trust me, when I say I’m an avid reader. Just take a look at my Goodread list !). I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader.
Miro
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
According to the agile process made famous by Spotify: Think it – Build it – Ship it – Tweak it — before programmers turn a hand to coding, every solution is better to diagram and think out visually. And the quicker you do it, the faster you can start iterations and achieve the first results. […]. The post 4 new features for diagramming appeared first on RealtimeBoard Blog.
Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
The next big leap for the B2B product management profession will be a complete shift away from “market problems” to a focus on “customer goals.” This will be the turning point that finally takes B2B product management to the level of influence and leadership it has always aspired to in the organization. Why? Here are the three biggest reasons. 1. Customer Value is All But Guaranteed.
The Product Guy
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
If you are a great product person looking for a great product job, or vice versa, check out our job board. Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Each week we highlight some of the recently posted openings. Check out this week’s newest, below….
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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.
Hutwork
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Recruiting skilled candidates is a competitive proposition in today’s job market. Consequently, having the right recruitment methods and adding in a little creativity will help your company stand out and find the best candidates for open positions. First and foremost, determine where you’re most likely to find your ideal candidate. Are you looking for recent college graduates or someone with several years of experience?
Product Innovation Educators
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Savvy product managers use platforms. This episode focuses on platforms — a topic I haven’t discussed yet on this podcast. An effective platform strategy is important for growing organizations as well as those that are starting. There are different perspectives on platforms and this interview primarily explores digital platforms. My guest is Larry Keeley, a strategist who has worked for over three decades to develop effective innovation methods, based in science and analytics.
Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
What are some things product management can do to exert more influence and demonstrate stronger leadership? Most product management professionals readily admit they spend too much time in the weeds on tasks that, at the end of the day, don’t contribute much to the overall mission of the organization. Here are three things product management professionals can do to be more effective doing what they’re paid to do – managing the organization’s primary source of revenue — it
The Accidental Product Manager
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Theranos is in bad shape, but they have introduced a new product Image Credit: Wikipedia. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve probably heard about a company called Theranos. They are a Silicon Valley startup that attracted a lot of attention. They claimed that they had invented a product that with just a minute amount of blood from an individual could run a large number of health tests.
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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.
Amir Rozenberg
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Perfecto is excited to announce the availability of iPhone 8, 8+, running iOS 11 GA, as of today, Sep 22nd, 2017, 8AM EST. iPhone 8 and iOS 11 pack a number of new features and changes that require intensive testing for all applications, web and mobile. The majority of Perfecto customers were able to preorder these devices in advance and start testing already this morning.
Product Innovation Educators
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Top 4 missteps during a product manager interview – aka, how not to get the job. (1) Brainstorming small, (2) not asking questions, (3) trying to get the correct answer, and (4) ignoring tradeoffs. Read about each at [link].
Product Management University
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Here’s what makes solutions-driven product management such a challenge. The vast majority of product companies are a mishmash of products brought together through mergers and/or acquisitions. Each one throws another silo into the fire that further fragments strategies, product plans, R&D, marketing and sales. The $64,000 question is, “how do you transform multiple disparate products into business solutions to achieve a whole that’s more valuable than the sum of the parts?
Ken Norton
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
When I started this newsletter I aimed to maintain a few-times-monthly pace, and I did quite well through the first year and a half. Alas, vacations, work, millennial thinkpieces, and the horror of national and global catastrophes took their toll and I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus. I.
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Product Warrior
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
One day into the design sprint and as the facilitator I am exhausted. Facilitating day one of the design sprint demanded a lot of energy, but like other things that require high effort it was great fun! I made a few mistakes, the most annoying being a rookie error - my watch battery ran out in the morning (note to self charge fitbit)! The team, made up from cross function and cross business unit at Tes arrived on time, the introductions and plan for the week eased everyone into the morning.
dscout People Nerds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Allie Mahler and Scott Weiss invite teens to the table.
TSIA
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Journeys come in all shapes and sizes. Some are short and easy, like a quick weekend getaway, while others are long and arduous, like a multi-week trip to parts unknown. The longer and more complex the journey, the more a plan or a roadmap, literally and figuratively, is needed to ensure success. Any journey starts with some basic questions: Where do I want to go?
Ken Norton
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Note-taking techniques, Women in Product and more -. When I started this newsletter I aimed to maintain a few-times-monthly pace, and I did quite well through the first year and a half. Alas, vacations, work, millennial thinkpieces, and the horror of national and global catastrophes took their toll and I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus. I.
Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase
Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo
Product Warrior
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
This morning I felt I might be wasting 8 people's day by putting them into a pressure pot doomed for failure. It's day two of our first design sprint at Tes, I was unconvinced of today's schedule, two and a half hours of putting people on the spot to give ad hoc lightening talks and capture the “big idea”. Is it fair to do this with no preparation? Are there any big ideas?
B2B Product Management
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
A few months ago, one of our proposals got rejected because of our pricing. It was on the higher side for this client that was based in Asia. We had proposed a lump-sum payment (aka as perpetual pricing in the Product Management lingo!) for our product license. The client did not have much room in it’s budget in this year and the next. Our proposal definitely offered a good ROI (Return on Investment) for the customer.
TSIA
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Pivoting your company’s portfolio to subscription-based, recurring revenue offers, either in whole or in part, is a two-step intellectual journey for senior executives. The first step is deciding if customer demand is changing sufficiently enough to warrant making all the changes and facing all the challenges of effectively moving to XaaS offers.
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