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michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
published in News & announcements

New: Product Makers book club

Hello Product Makers!Summer is quickly approaching, and we're excited to dive into some summer reading with the community! ⛱️Here's how it will work:Every 2-3 months, we'll choose a book as a community. I'll post weekly discussion questions within the book club group, and at the end of the book, we'll come together to discuss and nominate titles to read next. Want to get involved?Please vote on our first book and join the book club group to participate! Voting will end on May 27th. 

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malloryallen
22 hours ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
published in News & announcements

This week in the community 5/15/22

This week there are three informative events taking place as part of our Sprint Break! These 15-minute sessions are at 8 am, 10 am, and 12 pm PT—so you can quickly boost your product IQ while taking a well-deserved break from your sprint planning. Even if you can’t attend live, we encourage you to register and we’ll deliver the on-demand content straight to your inbox. At the end of each session please share your key takeaways and thoughts on Talk product. Here’s what’s happening this week in the community:👋  Monday:  Join us for Top Roadmap Mistakes & PM Best Practice Tips 🎥 Tuesday:  Join us for How to Achieve and Maintain Product Excellence and be sure to check your inbox for the latest edition of Maker Matters, our semi-monthly email digest 💬  Wednesday: Join us for Building Efficiencies with the Right Processes & Tools and then head over to Talk product to share your key takeaways and check out our latest Featured Maker post.   Friday:  We'll wrap up the week by highlig

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michelle.fifis
Community Manager
1 day ago
jenn.smith
Productboard
jenn.smithProductboard
published in Talk product

Register for the May 25th Fireside Chat: Roadmap Fails

For product managers, it can be a daunting task to maintain a 24/7 up-to-date roadmap that enables teams to have the right level of visibility into what’s being built next (and why). During our next fireside chat, we’ll share all the secrets you need to know to create a jaw-dropping, dynamic product roadmap! Register for the fireside chat series today!

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jenn.smith
Productboard
2 days ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
posted in Talk product

Techniques for finding user interview participants?

In last week's community event, Michele Hansen shared tips for conducting customer interviews, including how she finds participants and what incentives to offer. Do you have a go-to technique for finding participants? What incentives do you find to be most enticing for your users?

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michelle.fifis
Community Manager
2 days ago
Alistair
AlistairQuestioner
posted in Talk product

"Designing" connectors

Hi, I’ve been asked to Spec/Design a connector between our product and an external system.  Put simply, it’s an API-API connector.The complication is that the configuration on both systems could be different for each customer.We work in an agile development methodology, so I don’t want to write a 100+ page spec that nobody will read.If this was a more typical area of the product, I’d start by identifying users and jobs to be done, and then creating some wireframes.In this case, there are no users (System-System), and there are very few screens beyond the configuration screen, I guess. Even if I did spec/wireframe these, I’d only be covering 5% of the functionality.I’m a bit stuck TBH - looking for ideas for how to start.Thanks

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scott.baldwin
Community Lead
3 days ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
published in Talk product

Featured Maker: Mike McClain

This is part of our bi-weekly series profiling some of our community members at Product Makers. If you’re interested in reading others, check out our previous Featured Makers.This week we’re featuring @Mmcclain, a Product Manager at Prime Technologies.Please say hello to Mike in the comments section below! 👋   Starting in Product ManagementHow'd you get started making products that matter?Our company started a new architectural initiative and I was the acting Engineering Manager doing code. There was a role called "product owner" and a title they thought of as "product manager" and right there I was hooked! What's one piece of advice you wish you'd had when you started working in product?(a haiku) One piece of advice? That there will always be more Pieces that you need.  Product management todayWhat do you like the most about your work?(another one) Variety is A joy of both work and life. Something new each day!What do you like the least about your work?(Ok maybe the last one but I ca

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abourjaily
3 days ago
JoW
JoWQuestioner
posted in Talk product

Please share your experiences working with marketers :)

Hi Product Makers! I’m Jo, an academic researcher studying product design from Australia. I’m excited to meet all of you! Could you share your experiences of working with marketers? When do you usually work together? How do you exchange information and opinions with them? Much appreciated! Jo

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Robert Smit
4 days ago
Tessamondria
TessamondriaQuestioner
posted in Talk product

Industry-focused product or general training?

Hi! I am just starting in this product ecosystem, and even though I am interested in the media industry, I would like to know if it is better to get general training in product or directly get specific training in media products.   In any case, do you have some recommendations to start?  thank you! 

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Michel Hauzeur
5 days ago
jenn.smith
Productboard
jenn.smithProductboard
published in Talk product

Free event: Top roadmap mistakes & PM best practice tips

Discover all things roadmaps on Day 1 of our virtual Sprint Break event. On May 16th, our three sessions will reveal the top 5 biggest roadmap mistakes, product roadmap best practices, and how to create a customer-centric roadmap with Productboard. Register for free today! 

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michelle.fifis
Community Manager
5 days ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
posted in Talk product

What’s one interview question you are always prepared to answer?

Lend a helping hand to your fellow Product Maker community members by answering this question: What’s one interview question you are always prepared to answer?Best of luck to all of you who are interviewing in this hot job market! 💥  

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michelle.fifis
Community Manager
5 days ago
jenn.smith
Productboard
jenn.smithProductboard
published in Talk product

Free event: Building team efficiencies

On our third and final day of our virtual Sprint Break event, we’re going to explore how to build team efficiencies. On May 18th, our last three sessions will uncover product discovery best practices, how to adapt the right tools that empower product teams, and the top reasons to graduate from spreadsheets to product management software. Register now!

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jenn.smith
Productboard
5 days ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
published in News & announcements

This week in the community 5/8/22

Here’s what’s happening this week in the community:👋  Monday:  Monday: If you registered for our Meet a Maker program, be on the lookout for your match. If you are not registered, sign up before our next round of matches goes out on Monday, May 23rd.  🎥 Tuesday:  New to Productboard? Get started with our 30-minute webinar covering the basics, with an optional 15 minutes for Q&A. We’ll show you how to turn customer feedback into actionable data, make quick feature prioritization decisions, and create simple roadmaps for your colleagues. Available during European and North American friendly times. 💬  Wednesday: Join us for our May 2022 Product Makers roundtable event. Our monthly Product Maker roundtables bring together people to share knowledge, expertise, and experiences.   🗣 Thursday:  Troubleshooting user interviews: from no-shows to awkward silences. Join Michele Hansen, co-founder of Geocodio, co-host of the Software Social Podcast, and author of Deploy Empathy, as she expl

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michelle.fifis
Community Manager
8 days ago
jenn.smith
Productboard
jenn.smithProductboard
published in Talk product

Free event: Achieving product excellence

Find out how your product team can achieve product excellence during Day 2 of our virtual Sprint Break event. On May 17th, our three sessions will explore the seven pillars of product team excellence, how to ruthlessly prioritize, and tips for harnessing the power of user feedback. Grab your spot today!

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jenn.smith
Productboard
8 days ago
ashivory
ashivoryProduct Makers Ambassador
posted in Talk product

Your go to app for inspo

What product do you love and look at when you need a little inspo? We use uber a lot in terms of user flow and simplicity.

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ashivory
8 days ago
R
RabiyaMQuestioner
posted in Talk product

Course: Learn product management

Hey there!Qureos has launched a product management fundamentals 6-week learning path where you can learn from top mentors. Learn more: https://cohorts.qureos.com/product-management 

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ashivory
8 days ago
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Anonymous
asked in Talk product

How to attend events??

I signed up for an event which is supposed to happening now but there doesn’t seem to be a way to actually JOIN the event. All I get is this page. Disappointing. Will be deleting my membership. 

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9 days ago
jenn.smith
Productboard
jenn.smithProductboard
published in Talk product

Download the eBook - The ABCs of Product Management

Brush up on fundamental product management skills, including achieving deep user insights, building an excellent product strategy, and defining a cross-functional roadmap! Download The ABCs of Product Management eBook today.

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jenn.smith
Productboard
9 days ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
published in News & announcements

Winners announcement: Product Makers Community Challenge

We are so excited to announce the winners of our Product Makers Community Challenge!First prize: Seif Badri, Drilling Engineering Solutions Manager, Helmerich & Payne. Congrats to @sebad for winning a trip to San Francisco, including flight, hotel, and food ($2000 in value).  🛩 Second prize: Nibu Thomas, Director Information Development, Whatfix. Congrats to @Nibu for winning a Product Managers care package, including a gift box and Product Makers swag ($300 value). 🎁 Third prize: Pieter Smits, Product Manager, Drieam. Congrats to @pjsmits for winning a gift card of his choice ($200 value). 💌We want to send a big thank you to all of the participants. We appreciate your contributions to the community! 😍

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david.morgan
11 days ago
sebad
sebadQuestioner
posted in Talk product

How are companies testing new products in development?

Hi Product Makers!My company is developing a new product that needs a lot of testing to be done with all the different features and modules. We currently use JIRA for the engineers to communicate with the dev team. With all these different features and modules we are finding it hard split up tasks to also have a sequential order. At the moment, I am using Microsoft Teams Tasks to keep track of each feature/module being tested. What kinds of techniques are companies using to have a seamless process to test without being counterintuitive?Looking forward to everyone's responses!

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sebad
11 days ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
posted in Talk product

From 6 product makers: what do you wish you had known?

What's one piece of advice you wish you'd had when you started working in product?Today we’re highlighting six answers to this question from our Product Makers community. The answers were pulled from our Featured Maker series, so be sure to explore the posts for more words of wisdom. 💡 Pieter Strouven“Don't productize until you've walked a few miles in your customers' shoes. It's so tempting to fall in love with your first - abstract and technically beautiful - solution. Don't build it right away. There's no shame in acting like a service company until you've mastered the problem. Be a human solution first before engineering one. I guess this corresponds to Ries' fail fast mantra or some of Ash Maurya's teachings. A starting PM should look closely at those works.”  Gavin Guest“Execution is far more important than ideas. As a young, new product designer, it seemed like everyone else in the world was making bad products because they simply didn’t have good ideas. Eventually, I realized

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david.morgan
12 days ago
Niels Vynckier
Niels VynckierCollaborator
posted in Talk product

Reforge and On Deck experiences?

Hello fellow Product people,I’m looking to take some form of “baseline” training in Product Management. I know, you can learn a lot from books, blogs, podcasts, … But I feel the need to have a proper foundations training from someone experienced in the field. I asked a senior PM in my LinkedIn connections, and he referred me to Reforge and On Deck as the go-to training resources in Product Management. Do some of you have any experience with one of both? Or other “Product Schools” I should look into? For the record: I’m not looking for a fancy LinkedIn Certificate, I just want to do a better job and feel confident about it! Thanks for any insights on this. 

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Niels Vynckier
12 days ago
ddoylesf
Productboard
ddoylesfProductboard
posted in Talk product

Digital sausage

Catch your attention a little? It's never a pretty sight- making sausage that is, but maybe there are sausage machines out there that get things done in a way we’d want to see??I started my career in tech in the early 90s and didn’t know anything about digital product management. In fact, I completed my formal education in the 80’s and wrote my college senior thesis long hand, pecking it out on typewriter after. Through many years at Oracle I sold code made by people working their black magic in the ivory towers overlooking the Redwood City lagoon not fully appreciating what those teams were doing or what was happening in the world of business software. Those product people were icons who would come in and present to our prospects and customers on what they were building in the future and why large companies should partner with us to deliver better business results. Further down the road, I started to realize the value of customer feedback and the interest represented from users that w

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ddoylesf
Productboard
15 days ago
michelle.fifis
Community Manager
michelle.fifisCommunity Manager
published in News & announcements

This week in the community 5/1/22

Here’s what’s happening this week in the community:📖  Tuesday:  The job market is hot right now, 🔥  and we know many of you are busy interviewing for PM jobs and hiring PMs for your team. Check in on Tuesday to share the one interview question you are always prepared to answer. 🆕  Wednesday: Join us for our monthly Product Makers community check-in! This is a time for us to come together to discuss what’s happening in Product Makers, what’s coming up, and hear what you are currently working on.  🗣 Thursday:  Prioritizing to build what customers need: saying no to 1000 things. Join Laura Andina, Senior Product Manager at Productboard, as she shares what happens in companies when it's time to prioritize. We will discuss the risks and benefits of these methods and, lastly, and most importantly, share some actionable advice that can hopefully take your priorities to the next level.  Friday:  We'll wrap up the week by highlighting the top community discussions, welcoming new members, an

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michelle.fifis
Community Manager
15 days ago
ashivory
ashivoryProduct Makers Ambassador
posted in Reads & listens

Adult ADHD - Super relevant to Product Managers!

Recently I’ve been going through the process of being diagnosed with adult ADHD, it seems off topic at first but a lot of quirks from having ADHD are also what make me a great product manager, interesting listen all round, especially if you are also working on products that help people focus!  https://www.alieward.com/ologies/adhd 

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ashivory
16 days ago
magalipelissier
magalipelissierCollaborator
posted in Reads & listens

Working with legal counsels

If you're already a PM, then you may have experienced this.Waiting on your legal team to approve T&Cs, a disclaimer, a screen or a functionality... or worse: not being able to release because your legal counsel says your feature poses a legal risk 😫 As product managers, we often leave legal reviews to the very end of the development cycle, resulting in frustration for both product and legal teams. What if we could partner with our lawyers and collaborate to design better products? Listen to this episode with Gabriela Porto, Head of Compliance at Flo health, a women's health app. I am curious to see if this resonates with people in this community. Have you had challenges as a PM with your legal team? Has the episode inspired you to work better with them?

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magalipelissier
17 days ago

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