Product Breaks

The community for Product Managers working in challenging environments.

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Platform Product Manager is a hard role to get right. Read why you should take on the challenge in this weeks Product Breaks article.

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@ttorres We've just posted some ideas on how to use Continuous Discovery techniques to drive agile team performance (in addition to delivery product value). Thought you might like it.

https://t.co/uv1vSWEjFW

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On this weeks ⁦@productbreaks⁩ Elvira Delija explores Human - Product interactions. Learn about the 3 things you should have in mind to evoke positive emotions in the user. https://t.co/gI3Eur9tAE

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Communicating is so important as a product manager. The latest post explains how to tell your product story and gives five ways to make communicating about your product more story-ish in order to make your message or idea more memorable and engaging.

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In the face of tactical pressures, how do you keep your Product and your team aligned around an outcome-driven strategic roadmap?

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@ttorres would love to know what you think about our latest post: https://t.co/c5mz5o4toV

We'd look to use your techniques whatever the environment, but you might disagree with our views on how things work in legacy orgs.

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🦄 Unicorn, 🐴 Horse or 🫏 Donkey... what kind of discovery are you working on - and how can you make the most of it?

Read this week's post to learn more: https://t.co/c5mz5o4toV

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Horrible mentions for great experience to:

@Airbnb , @waze and @TheRAC_UK ...

They did the business for writer, https://t.co/86QwBtpfVL

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📬This week's post looks at how it's important to understand your users and their needs, viewed through the lens of a road trip across Europe. 🇪🇺

Read it here: https://t.co/1WyalfyNsA

#productmanagement #UserExperience

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Digital ID provides a reliable way for individuals to prove who they are online. What do PMs need to know about it?

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This week's PB article 'Failosophy 101: Fail. Learn. Repeat. Succeed.' tells the story of Daniel's first steps in product, and how and why quick and dirty fails are better than epic fails.

Read it here and let us know what you think!
https://t.co/dUG1tPFiy2

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Have you been doing product strategy all wrong? Lessons from @RichardRumelt's new strategy book 'The Crux' https://t.co/P3Yopa6vbc

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Thinking of working in Product Management in the public sector? 🤔In this post, James Lilwall explains what to consider when joining projects in this space.

https://t.co/AmuUYuiO0p

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Developments in genAI will not only have a seismic impact on business, they’re also an opportunity to learn.

In this post, @timothyscudder draws parallels between a new training process undertaken by GPT4 and product best practice.

https://t.co/5l6A0g6bms

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🧑‍💼How can we develop and maintain amazing product management chops in a world where multi-task management is the surest path to career advancement? ↗️

🚩In this post, @timothyscudder writes about the tension between career development and focus:

https://t.co/fLySIfXJ4y

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In ‘Focus on the Negatives’, Tim Scudder encourages us to look hard for opportunities to uncover untapped value via sources like customer research, market analysis and team performance data. 🧮

Read it here: https://t.co/k7sS2wAxI5

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“Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations” said Taiichi Ohno, a founding father of Lean thinking. 🚗

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It is often assumed that product managers are extroverts. We’re challenging that assumption, and exploring how to create the best possible outcomes from people’s inherent traits.

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Read the full article here, where we've also included useful non-functional requirements to put in place that will allow you to iterate and improve your product:

https://t.co/QpkIxhnDpW

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In today's data-driven world, building effective data products is key to unlocking valuable insights and driving business growth. But, contrary to what you might think, you don't need to be a technical product manager to build a data product #thread 🧵

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Finally, 5. Data Storage

Consider how and where the data is stored for future use. In determining the best storage options, speak to your tech lead to understand the balance between cheaper long term storage, and more costly but typically quicker to access options.