position:product manager

Hot Product Managers vs. Cool Product Managers
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About Product Management, stakeholders and other demonsPhoto by Devin Avery on UnsplashIn McLuhan’s most relevant book “Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man”, he proposes a way to categorise media according to various sensory effects associated with the media.This idea is not hard to extrapolate to other scenarios. Let’s think of #communication as a whole and a concrete example: the communication between Product Managers and their peers.How many times we’ve seen a Product Manager that communicates a feature request with all their details already preconceived, a manager that goes to their designers knowing and already mind-seeing what everything should look like?Many times.Now, how often we’ve seen the other face of the coin? Stakeholders with really poor descriptions of an idea, or with an (...)

#productivity #product-management #leadership #startup

How Does A Successful Product Manager Think & Act ?
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How Does A Successful Product Manager Think & Act ?Any Product as an idea comes into existence and grows over the period of time, it is the product manager who ensure it is evolving, growing in right direction and is sustainable over a longer period of time.Product Manager’s Mindset : How They Think & Work:Have you ever imagined what goes inside product manager’s mind, how s/he thinks while s/he is preparing to take up the challenge of building a product among all the uncertainties and chaos.So let me help you decode the product manager mindset based on my past experiences as a product leader.1. They Start With Why ?The first and foremost priority of a product manager is to understand the why of the product .Why this product even exist? Without getting the answer for this question s/he (...)

#product-management #business #technology #productivity #leadership

Strategies to Help PMs get Executive Buy-in — Event by Advancing #women in Product (AWIP)
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Strategies to Help PMs get Executive Buy-in — Event by Advancing Women in Product (AWIP)Credits: #awip Team, Thuria Narayan (AWIP Program Lead for October), Hanh Bui (AWIP Program Lead for December and who co-wrote this article with me), Carol Wong (AWIP Partnerships Lead)As Product Managers and other tech professionals grow in their careers, executive buy-in becomes key to growing your career. Projects, deadlines, and especially budding new stealth product lines all require executives as an organization to help sponsor and later, foster the product’s growth.On Wednesday, October 17th, Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), brought together a panel of senior Product Managers at Plaid: Scott Zuccarino (Manager of Product Management, Thumbtack), and Meryam Bukhari (Product Manager, Yelp), Kate (...)

#executive-buy-in #product-management

#technical Skills for Product Managers Decoded-An event by Advancing Women in Product (AWIP)
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Credits: Sift Science Team, Advancing Women in Product Team-Linh Tran, Nancy Wang, Aakrit PrasadWhether you are an engineer or a product manager (PM), you are part of a product team. As engineers are technical, PMs need to have certain “technical skills” to work effectively in building a great product. But what are these technical skills? On July 31st, Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) hosted a panel discussion on technical skills for PMs, sponsored by Sift Science. The panel featured Megan Mann (Product Manager at Sift Science), Akshay Kannan (Product Manager at Google), and Pranava Adduri (Founding Engineer at Rubrik) and the discussion was moderated by Neetika Bansal (Engineering Manager, Stripe). Here are some key insights from a few questions asked.Is technical experience necessary (...)

#leadership #technology #product-management #awip-partnership

Community management post-Christchurch massacre | Opinion
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Veteran product manager James Kozanecki says the industry can no longer dismiss toxic behavior as harmless trolling

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Event Recap: Deriving Product Insights from Data Analytics
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Credits: Advancing Women in Product Team, Aneesha Prakash, Product Manager at Replicon, Jo Dong, BD Manager at Stardust, and Kanika Kapoor, Product Manager at PayPalAs the critical link between business and engineering, product managers need to develop and implement suitable product analytics strategies that can be understood by professionals from a variety of different backgrounds. This task is not as straightforward as we think: are we optimizing for a strategy that is universal, or something that is more data-driven? And above all, how should the product analytics strategy align with company’s business model? Those are just some of the important questions to start with. During the February 26th discussion during #awip’s Deriving Product Insights from Data Analytics event last Tuesday (...)

#women-in-tech #data-analytics #product-management #women-in-product

3 Practical Ways to Become a Better #product Manager in 2019
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Every Product Manager inevitably comes to a point in their career where they wonder, “how do I take the next step? How to add more value to my organization and grow my career?”Maybe you’ve been a PM for a year or two, maybe you’ve been at it five or six years. Regardless, when you get to this point you’ll realize there is a chasm of missing information. There are 5,000 articles, courses, and blogs dedicated to becoming a Product Manager, but few deal with how to become a great Product Manager.Here are three practical ways you can become better at your job, starting tomorrow.Bring As Much Context As PossibleIt’s often too easy to get caught up in the “software is hard” mentality and suddenly find yourself months behind on an ill-scoped, ill-discovered, and ill-defined feature. In 2019 do less of (...)

#product-development #deep-work #boston #product-management

Technical Skills for Product Managers Decoded — An Event by Advancing Women in Product (AWIP)
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Whether you are an engineer or a product manager (PM), you are part of a product team. As engineers are technical, PMs need to have certain “technical skills” to work effectively in building a great product. But what are these technical skills? On July 31st, Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) hosted a panel discussion on technical skills for PMs, sponsored by Sift Science. The panel featured Megan Mann (Product Manager at Sift Science), Akshay Kannan (Product Manager at Google), Pranava Adduri (Founding Engineer at Rubrik), and the discussion was moderated by Neetika Bansal (Engineering Manager, Stripe). Shared below is a summary of insights from some of the questions asked:What technical experience is necessary for Product Managers?This depends on the product you work on. Some products (...)

#product-manager #awip #awip-partnership #technical-skills #product-management

How Mika Reyes got her job at LinkedIn as a Product Manager? Part 1
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Are you interested in being a PM?! Learn Mika’s story with Flora.▻https://medium.com/media/36fe911f98e684892498bb97fc804bd9/hrefMika won the competition among many senior PMs and got her jobs at LinkedIn as a Product Manager when she only had one year of experience. She shared with me how she did it.How she talk about herself.How and where she practice her interviewsCreative ways to get a hold of hiring managersHow to tell your story in a compelling way and in a consistent manner.How Mika Reyes got her job at LinkedIn as a Product Manager? Part 1 was originally published in Hacker Noon on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this (...)

#careers #tech-jobs-san-francisco #job-interview #product-management #job-hunting

How to become a better Product Manager
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Scrum, backlog management, refinement, you probably already know all about these methods, but what makes someone a really good Product Manager?On a side note: the #scrum manual originally uses the term Product Owner, but many companies use the term Product Manager as they fill this position with a broader role that includes stakeholder management.There are many type of Product Managers. In my years as product manager and coach I’ve met many different and wonderful people in this role, with various backgrounds ranging from UX design to HR. As the market matures, scrum and in-house #development have become the standard, and most companies have started to look more critically at the skill set required for Product Management positions. The perfect time to reflect on what makes a good product (...)

#teamwork #product-management #startup

Simple #prioritization technique for #product Managers
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A Simple Prioritization Technique for Product ManagersOne of the important tasks as a Product Manager is to prioritize. Deciding on what (and when) to do is a critical job for the role of a Product Manager.This post is NOT about the importance of prioritization and why prioritization is a perennial challenge for a product manager.This post deals with a generic framework which a Product Manager can easily apply for prioritization.There are lot of techniques and framework available for prioritization like RICE framework, MoSCoW technique, value vs complexity quadrant, Kano model etc. But there are situations when we don’t have enough data to use a particular framework or the particular framework itself is not applicable exactly. Instead of using the framework, we tend to fit in the (...)

#product-management #product-design #product-development

#lean for Software Developers
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In one of the previous articles, I have touched on the subject of #product development. We discussed the technical part of the product team — software engineers, and why it’s beneficial to have them engaged in the process.It is commonly thought that it is Product Manager / Product Owner’s job to come up with ways to discover the product worth building. It is up to them to make decisions on which route to take to make the product successful — what to focus on, which features to include, etc.Using the larger team’s perspective and skill set, however, can help them do their job better. There are a couple of tools that can be effectively used by software developers to bring more value and increase the chances of products being successful. That’s what we will focus on today.We will consider how (...)

#lean-software-development #tech #software-development

The Live Stream Hack with Peter Yang formerly of Twitch
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Episode 23 of the Hacker Noon #podcast: An interview with Peter Yang, former Product Manager at Twitch.Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean.Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.In this episode Trent Lapinski and Peter Yang discuss the live streaming market including the differences between the US and Chinese markets, video game streaming, and product management.“Live streaming is about long form content, interactive content, content you can talk to your viewers about or talk to other streamers about.”“It is about creating these jobs for people who might not enjoy a white collar job, or driving Uber or something, who just really enjoy playing videos.”“Why not make a career out of playing video games? Being able to connect with other people (...)

#videogames #product-management #hackernoon-podcast #live-streaming

Hacked enough: why your business needs a bug bounty program
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The data loss rates across industries put pressure on companies to rethink their #security measures: the current methods appear to be simply untenable. Data protection demands being proactive and getting ahead of the curve.Having worked as a product manager for the European bug bounty platform HackenProof during the last year, I decided to share my opinion on crowdsourced cybersecurity and its vital importance to the modern-day business.The ongoing reports on major data breaches reflect the harsh reality of cybersecurity and its current state. Obviously, the cat-and-mouse game is on: hackers are motivated enough with sophisticated tactics at their disposal helping them to stay one step ahead of their beleaguered targets. One thing is clear: the control methods that have been applied for (...)

#bug-bounty-program #bugbounting #white-hat-hacker #ethical-hacking

#product Management Skills NO ONE talks about ;)
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Product Management skills NO ONE talks about ;)Let me tell you a secret that the product management industry is hiding from you, or maybe not saying it out loud — we don’t care ‘too’ much about the hard skills. And what hard skills? Writing a PRD? Doing user interviews? Understanding UX? Knowing business and tech?There’s more than what meets the eye here. And more than UX, Business, and Tech, that’s required to become a better Product Manager.Few years ago, when I started my Product Management career, almost every Google search on, “What do PMs do?” or “What skills are required to be a good PM?” landed me on a Venn! This Venn:Source: What, exactly, is a Product Manager?The Venn diagram tells you Product Managers sit at the intersection of tech, design, and business. This Venn was a good insight into (...)

#careers #product-management #product-design #career-advice

My Principles for #life and Work
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One of the most impactful things that I did in 2018 was to write down a list of principles to become a better person at home and at work. These principles are inspired by my experience as a product manager, books that I’ve read (especially Ray Dalio’s book), and conversations with people who I respect. Although they’re straightforward, following them isn’t easy and requires daily discipline:Take ownershipUnderstand whyPrioritize and executeFind the truthBe radically transparent1. Take ownership1a. Be humbleStart with how you can improve instead of blaming others or making excuses. 1b. DetachTake ownership of your emotions. When you feel frustrated, take a deep breath, and communicate in a clear, calm manner. Don’t spread negative emotions to others. 1c. Build relationshipsTake ownership of (...)

#leadership #product-management #life-lessons #self-improvement

Problems with Product #discovery
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Working with Product Manager customers on product discovery, I’ve observed some interesting patterns. Teams move from problems to solutions too quickly, use MVPs for solution feedback, are biased on singular requests, and loose context across the process. If the following observations seem like common sense and aren’t problems with your team, good for you!Moving from Problem to Solution Too QuicklyEven design-thinking technologists move from understanding problems to creating solutions too quickly. Perhaps because we’re grounded in what we know how to build with technology. Perhaps we pattern match to solutions we’ve worked on before. Or perhaps we take customer feature requests from customers seriously.If you move too quickly into solution mode, it’s not just that you skip real problem (...)

#lean-startup #mvp #product-discovery #product-management

Interview with a #paytm Web #developer
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An informative question-answer session with a developer at one of the best tech companies in India.Recently I got an opportunity to interview Abhinav Pandey, a developer at Paytm. Abhinav likes to write Node.js APIs and wrangle with databases all day long. Read this article to find his opinions on questions that I hope are very relevant to young developers wanting to hone their skills and get jobs at great companies.Disclaimer- This is not a financial advice from Paytm.What is the work culture at Paytm?Paytm was a dream company for me and I consider myself lucky to be working with such a phenomenal team. Our product manager is very helpful and we can work with great coordination. My team members are highly experienced and because of an open culture, we can freely communicate with each (...)

#programming #web-development #javascript

Wanna know how I got these scars? I’ve tried to publish to the app store.
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Everyone knows that a successful product launch consists of many pieces. Development, design, marketing, promotion, custdev are just parts of it. But all this might be useless if you do not follow the guidelines. Here I will talk about my first experience with indie development and why my application will not see any users.I’ve been developing applications for about five years. So this is not my first application. However, it is the first one which I’ve done from idea to implementation.Why did I decide to make an app? The answer is simple, I wanted to remember code skills and check my product skills at the same time. Last year I did not write code at all but was managing people as a product manager. I thought I would never code again because it is too boring. But two months ago I (...)

#app-store #app-development #startup #ios #swift

From Decision Maker to Decision Supporter
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My dad gave my new son a book of fun pen/marker doodles. I’m using them in posts.As a product manager, it is your responsibility to make sure that the best possible decisions get made…not to necessarily make those decisions.Sometimes you’ll have the best idea, especially when it comes to areas requiring deep domain knowledge. Most of the time, you won’t, nor will you necessarily be the best arbiter/judge of ideas. To elicit better ideas — to make better decisions — the talented people on the team (you included) will need context, data, space, opportunities to iterate on and improve ideas, tactics for reducing cognitive bias, and access to facilitation/decision-making frameworks. You may even be called on to break a tie occasionally, though it is better to establish an open-to-all framework that (...)

#design #agile #decision-making #product-management #ux

The Tools Every #product Manager Needs To Be Successful
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A successful product manager can’t rely on their mind alone.It’s essential you have the right tools to navigate the various complexities of the job and stay connected with your team.As a PM, your duties encompass quite a few different elements such as coming up with ideas, selling them, ensuring they’re executed, and monitoring their success. You can’t manage that execution with a three-ring binder and hand-drawn frameworks. So use the variety of tools available today to make your work easier.I use five high-level categories to group these tools:Ideation and researchSelling an ideaExecution of a planPerformance analysisTeam communicationEveryone makes different decisions about which tools to use based on their particular situation. It often comes down to what your company already uses and how (...)

#product-management #startup #product-development #tech

What Product Managers Shouldn’t Do
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What Product Managers Should Not DoWe are lucky in 2018. We are living and working at a time when product management knowledge and know-how is easily available. Overwhelmingly, it is top-notch writing by people who are currently actively involved in PM roles. A lot of the writing out their focuses on making product management understandable and accessible to other people. Because of this, it usually tends to cover what product managers should do.Very few mention what product managers shouldn’t do. I find that pretty strange given that most product managers on a typical day will tell you that they have too much to do. I trace the hectic nature of most product manager calendars to one principle usually found in these what product managers do writing pieces.It usually goes likeProduct (...)

#product-education #product-manager #product-development #product-management #what-pm-shouldnt-do

5 Best Practices For Keeping A New Product On Track
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Vera Reynolds, Software Engineer at Pivotal Tracker (middle), Lisa Doan, Product Manager at Pivotal Tracker (right)and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer(left)Interview with Lisa Doan and Vera Reynolds of Pivotal TrackerLast week on Build, we shared why instead of rebuilding or redesigning an existing product, it might make sense to build a brand-new product, and we walked you through how some folks on the Pivotal Tracker team arrived at their decision.When you start building a new product, you have the best of intentions to revise old processes and move away from bad habits. But it’s easier said than done. So this week, we’re going to share some best practices for keeping a new product on track!And to help us out, Lisa Doan and Vera Reynolds are back! You’ll recall Lisa is a (...)

#women-in-tech #project-management #agile #product-development #software-development

Why Build A Brand New Product Instead Of Rebuilding Or Redesigning One
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Vera Reynolds, Software Engineer at Pivotal Tracker (middle), Lisa Doan, Product Manager at Pivotal Tracker (right)and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer(left)Interview with Lisa Doan and Vera Reynolds of Pivotal TrackerHappy November!November is one of my favorite months mostly because I love Thanksgiving. Last year I had a wonderful time celebrating it with Meghan Burgain, Femgineer’s Community Manager in Bordeaux, France. We had a Frenchgiving, and had the opportunity to share how Meghan works remotely.This November, we’re going to be tackling a new theme on Build: building a brand-new product.If you’ve been building a product for a while, you know it’s natural to start accruing tech debt and product debt. And there comes a point when it becomes really hard to add new features (...)

#agile #software-development #product-development #project-management #women-in-tech

Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1
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Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to 1. The previously unreported ratings system, which Facebook has developed over the past year, shows that the fight against the gaming of tech systems has evolved to include measuring the credibility of users to help identify malicious actors. Facebook developed its reputation assessments as part of its effort against fake news, Tessa Lyons, the product manager who is in (...)

#Facebook #manipulation #web #surveillance

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