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Five Tips for Product Managers to Get Executive Support

Written by: Brian Lawley | Posted on: Jun 20, 2017 | Category: Product Management 0

If you are in Product Management, executive support for your plans can mean the difference between your product’s success and failure. Getting executives and management to support what you are proposing can be very challenging and difficult. What can a Product Manager do to increase the chances of getting what they ask for? This video and article cover five techniques for just that. Watch Now Five ways to get executive support: Be brief and hard-hitting. Nothing will kill your chances…[continue reading]

Who are Product Managers? Infographic

Written by: Duncan Gilmore | Posted on: Jun 16, 2017 | Category: Infographics, Product Management 0

What do Product Managers do? Product managers can work on a myriad of items be it: Software Hardware Cloud Services Or even Professional Services Many people say that even within the products they work on, there are a number of different kinds of product managers. Customer-focused Engineer-focused Design-focused Business-focused Where do Product Managers come from? The majority (84%*) come from North America; 72% of which are from the United States itself. Within the United States, there is a large…[continue reading]

Two Questions Product Managers Should Ask Every Day

Written by: Duncan Gilmore | Posted on: Jun 6, 2017 | Category: Career Advancement, Product Management 0

There are two simple questions Product Managers need to ask every day in order to be dramatically more effective. By integrating the questions “Why?” and “So What?” in to their daily work, any product manager can improve their effectiveness. Why? Asking why is one of the most fundamental things you can do as a Product Manager. Beyond the first ask, you should get underneath the initial answer, dig deeper in to some motivations and meanings by asking why several times.…[continue reading]

How to Prioritize Product Backlogs in Three Easy Steps

Written by: Brian Lawley | Posted on: May 31, 2017 | Category: Agile Product Management, Product Management 0

Prioritize Product Backlogs in Three Easy Steps Using effective, time-tested techniques to prioritize product backlogs is an important step in getting a product to market rapidly that meets customer needs. If you prioritize your backlog in a non-optimal manner then you may be wasting engineering resources by having them build features that aren’t the highest priority and don’t add the most value to your products. This video tutorial and blog post teach you how to prioritize product backlogs if you…[continue reading]

Women in Product Management Series: Sara Wood, VP Product at Gap Inc.

Written by: Mira Wooten | Posted on: May 23, 2017 | Category: Career Advancement, Product Management 0

For a new series of interviews with women leading product management teams, I reached out to Sara Wood, currently VP of Product at Gap, Inc in San Francisco. I was curious to learn what led her to Product Management, the missteps and lessons she learned along the way, and advice that she has for new Product Managers. When I asked Sara how she got into Product management, she shared that she started using network technology in graduate school for her…[continue reading]

Featured Product Management Consultant: Greg Cohen

Written by: Duncan Gilmore | Posted on: May 9, 2017 | Category: Product Management 0

Every few months or so, we will bring you a new interview with a featured 280 Group Consultant/Trainer who discusses a number of Product Management issues. Our second Featured Product Management Consultant is Greg Cohen, an Agile PM expert who discusses the most important skill a Product Manager can possess and the most common mistakes made in an Agile environment. The best product strategy and plan in the world isn’t going to succeed if you can’t collaborate with others to…[continue reading]

Three Ways to Immediately Be a Better Product Manager

Written by: Brian Lawley | Posted on: May 2, 2017 | Category: Career Advancement, Product Management 2

To find out how to be a better Product Manager we interviewed Pamela Schure, co-author of Product Management for Dummies. Pam has been a Product Manager and has been teaching Product Management for over two decades, and she provided us with some insights about three things she has seen effective Product Managers do that others don’t. First, become a master of using data. Have at least half a dozen (and preferably 2-3 times that many) data points about your customers,…[continue reading]

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