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Introducing AI Loves Pasta, a cool AI generated content creation project

An Innovator's Sketchbook • 39 implied HN points • 13 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Content creation Product Management Artificial Intelligence Tools
  1. AI Loves Pasta is a project exploring AI generated content creation in the area of cooking and gastronomy.
  2. The project aims to use ChatGPT for recipe creation, social media distribution, and potential monetization.
  3. The creator plans to publish an ebook in 20 weeks, build an Instagram presence, and track progress through regular updates.

6 Dynamic Ways ChatGPT Revolutionizes Product Management 🚀 and 50+ Product management prompts

The Product Channel By Sid Saladi • 37 implied HN points • 26 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Product Management Decision-making Market research Documentation
  1. ChatGPT helps product managers streamline tasks, focus on strategy, and deliver innovative solutions.
  2. ChatGPT provides product managers with AI-generated insights to enhance decision-making.
  3. Integration of ChatGPT in product development process leads to creating innovative solutions and enhanced user experiences.
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Week 27 - 📈 📊 How to Develop and Write KPIs: A Guide for Product Managers 📋

The Product Channel By Sid Saladi • 40 implied HN points • 19 Feb 23
💼 Business Product Management Metrics KPIs
  1. KPIs and metrics help product managers track product performance and areas for improvement.
  2. Developing effective KPIs involves aligning them with business objectives and defining specific metrics.
  3. Choosing the right KPIs and metrics is crucial for measuring progress, making data-driven decisions, and communicating with stakeholders.

A Letter to Devs: What to Expect from Product Managers

Odai’s Substack • 3 HN points • 12 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Product Management Software Development Collaboration Innovation User Feedback
  1. Product Managers need to excel in figuring out the next most valuable thing to build and bring clarity to the dev team.
  2. Product Management involves a structured 'discovery' process with stages like framing, observation, synthesis, strategy, and prototyping.
  3. Product Managers should show the value proposition of what is being built, provide clear direction during development, and measure outcomes to ensure usefulness.

Week 28 -🕵️‍♀️ Uncover Your Customer’s Deepest Needs 💡: How Jobs-to-be-Done Can Revolutionize Your Product Strategy

The Product Channel By Sid Saladi • 33 implied HN points • 26 Feb 23
💼 Business Product Management Innovation Customer Needs Strategy Market Analysis
  1. The Jobs-to-be-Done framework helps companies understand customer needs and innovate.
  2. Identifying and categorizing customer jobs is crucial for product strategy.
  3. Competitor analysis, prioritization, and solution development are key steps in applying the JTBD framework.

Week 45 - 🚀 Harness the Power of Rapid Prototyping

The Product Channel By Sid Saladi • 23 implied HN points • 25 Jun 23
💼 Business Product Management User Feedback Risk management
  1. Rapid Prototyping is key in product management to test ideas quickly and improve solutions over time.
  2. Prototyping involves creating visual mock-ups, gathering user feedback, and refining the solution based on insights.
  3. Having the right mindset and embracing an experimental approach is crucial for successful rapid prototyping.

5 ways to empathize with users and involve your team

Step-by-step Product • 19 implied HN points • 05 Mar 23
💼 Business Product Management Team Collaboration User Research Communication Strategies
  1. Observing users regularly and involving your team is crucial for building successful products.
  2. Maintaining continuity in the discovery process by having weekly touchpoints with customers helps generate insights.
  3. Creating a stakeholders repository and using tools like empathy maps and user scenarios can enhance team collaboration and communication.

Diya Jolly (Incoming CPO at Xero, ex-Okta)

The Takeoff • 19 implied HN points • 20 Mar 23
💼 Business Product Management Leadership Company Culture Remote work
  1. Lagging indicators for product success include revenue, mid-level indicators involve usage metrics, and early indicators consist of feedback from target customers.
  2. Building a strong product culture involves deep customer empathy, a focus on business growth, a drive for learning, and a collaborative team culture.
  3. Success in product management is measured by revenue generation, usage metrics, and meeting target customer needs through strategic decision-making.

Ask your team this simple question: 'What can we subtract?'

The Kahneman Bot • 19 implied HN points • 26 Apr 23
💼 Business Product Management Innovation Simplicity Teamwork
  1. Subtraction can be more effective than addition in problem-solving. Always ask 'What can we subtract?'
  2. In product development, companies like WhatsApp, Canva, and Apple have succeeded by simplifying their interfaces and products.
  3. To incorporate subtraction in product processes, reduce cognitive load, optimize notifications, and reassess onboarding. Team exercises like 'Subtract the Obvious' and 'Worst Feature Elimination' can help identify what to remove.

20/36 : 🧠 Outcome based Product roadmaps?

Product Mindset's Newsletter • 15 implied HN points • 04 Jun 23
💼 Business Product Management Strategy Collaboration Stakeholders
  1. An outcome is a measurable change in customer behavior, not just a list of features.
  2. Product roadmaps are essential for aligning teams, communicating priorities, and providing strategic vision to stakeholders.
  3. Outcome-based roadmaps focus on outcomes over outputs, provide clarity and alignment, and empower product teams to solve problems.

What's the ROI of R&D?

Brick by Brick • 18 implied HN points • 13 Feb 23
💼 Business Finance Technology Product Management Investments Startups
  1. Establish concrete business outcomes for R&D investments before making them
  2. R&D organizations should be able to articulate investments and outcomes in terms of business metrics like net new ARR and sales efficiency
  3. Maximizing R&D pre and post PMF involves investing strategically in product features that align with market needs and drive incremental value

How to get into tech as a behavioral scientist

The Kahneman Bot • 19 implied HN points • 13 Feb 23
💼 Business Tech Start-ups Product Management Data science Behavioral Science
  1. To get into tech as a behavioral scientist, consider starting in a junior PM role, transferring internally, working at a startup, or starting your own company.
  2. Before transitioning into tech, make sure you enjoy building software and understand how tech teams work.
  3. Experienced behavioral scientists can enter tech by joining a big tech company as a researcher, rebranding as a data scientist, or joining a tech company that values behavioral science as part of its IP.

A Dispatch On All Things Tools

Building Rome(s) • 7 implied HN points • 11 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Tools Software Architecture Software Development Product Management
  1. Building timelines can be frustrating due to lack of ideal tools like Gantt charts or whiteboarding tools.
  2. C4 Diagrams are a great visual language to discuss software architecture for TPMs and PMs.
  3. There is a desire for an all-in-one tool to manage product development, simplifying the use of multiple tools like Slack, Linear, Coda, Figma.

Product Management ++ 👀

Turnaround • 138 implied HN points • 16 Dec 19
💼 Business Product Management Technology Marketing Management Career development
  1. Neil McElroy's memo proposing the 'Brand Men' role at Procter & Gamble laid the foundation for modern brand management and product management in consumer product companies.
  2. The evolution of technology has shifted the composition of Fortune 500 companies towards the technology industry, impacting the role of product managers who now require a blend of management frameworks and tech understanding.
  3. Product managers today need to not only understand management strategies but also be adept at technology to succeed in the competitive landscape of building successful companies.

Punch It In

CTOrly • 19 implied HN points • 13 Sep 22
💼 Business Product Management Planning Leadership Strategy
  1. Having a plan is crucial, but it's essential to plan practically and realistically for today.
  2. Traditional roadmapping may give a false sense of accomplishment without delivering tangible benefits to customers or the market.
  3. Prioritize making plans based on the current reality rather than uncertain future projections.

The Pivotal Thing

CTOrly • 19 implied HN points • 25 Aug 22
💼 Business Product Management Leadership Planning Problem Solving Change Management
  1. Guard against unnecessary, preventable volatility in planning and focus on the quality of the problem rather than constantly changing solutions.
  2. Detangle desired outcomes from specific features in planning to enable pivoting on how to achieve goals while maintaining the constancy of overall objectives.
  3. Leaders should balance adapting to changes when necessary without causing unnecessary chaos by crying wolf with constant changes.

10/36 - User Research 101: Navigating the Discovery Process

Product Mindset's Newsletter • 9 implied HN points • 19 Mar 23
🕹 Technology User Research Product Management Data Collection
  1. User research helps understand user behaviors and needs through various methodologies to improve product usability.
  2. Benefits of user research include cost reduction, increased user satisfaction, and gaining a competitive advantage.
  3. User research methods include qualitative and quantitative approaches, attitudinal and behavioral studies, and a mix for a comprehensive view.

Chasing highs that hurt your product

Product Managers at Work • 6 implied HN points • 19 Jun 23
💼 Business Product Management Analytics Team Management Execution Prioritization
  1. Jumping into implementation without sufficient customer discovery can hurt product success.
  2. Focusing on firefighting and feature development without data analytics can be detrimental to the product.
  3. Constantly pinging team members about updates may not be an efficient way to drive execution; creating efficient systems is key.

Ask Aadil - Wrong way to use the TPM function

Building Rome(s) • 7 implied HN points • 12 May 23
💼 Business Management Leadership Product Management Workplace dynamics
  1. Technical Program Managers operate on two planes: strategic and tactical.
  2. The real value of TPMs comes from operating on both strategic and tactical planes.
  3. To fix the situation of using TPMs in the wrong way, help evangelize the TPM role, ensure the culture is right for a TPM, and ease in the TPM role while establishing a Program Charter.

Why hire Technical Program Managers when we have Product Managers

Building Rome(s) • 7 implied HN points • 13 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Product Management Project management Tech Roles Collaboration
  1. Hiring Technical Program Managers can add value by keeping track of complex project schedules and dependencies.
  2. Product Managers can sometimes handle the work of TPMs, especially in early stage startups.
  3. As organizations grow, there may be opportunity costs in not hiring TPMs to ensure effective communication, alignment, and risk mitigation.

SaaS: The Lazy Industry

Alex Ghiculescu's Newsletter • 4 HN points • 07 Apr 23
💼 Business SaaS Software Development Innovation Competition Product Management
  1. SaaS companies prioritize cash flow over product improvements, leading to less investment in innovation.
  2. The high cost of software production creates strong moats for B2B companies, making it challenging for competitors to enter the market.
  3. To avoid becoming 'lazy,' companies can focus on disciplined spending, lean teams, and continuous innovation.

Why You Should (Still) Join Warp

Why You Should Join • 3 implied HN points • 12 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Startups Development Product Management Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence
  1. Warp has seen significant growth in user base and engagement due to innovative features like Warp AI and Warp Drive.
  2. The company has a strong team with expertise in product development and engineering.
  3. Warp needs to focus on expanding to different platforms, delving deeper into existing features, and adding new functionalities to continue evolving.

My Career Journey, Part 2

The Next Chapter • 4 implied HN points • 04 Mar 23
💼 Business Product Management Startups Work-life balance
  1. The author reflects on their journey in product roles, navigating challenges and finding their niche as a consumer product builder.
  2. Transitioning to a startup role during a global pandemic was transformative but also induced anxiety and self-doubt.
  3. The author grapples with the desire to become a startup founder, questioning sacrifices and uncertainties about their future career path.