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Are You Doing Product Management or Bullshit Management?

Untrapping Product Teams • 687 implied HN points • 10 May 23
💼 Business Management Product Decision-making Stakeholders
  1. Companies often misunderstand the role of product management, focusing more on pleasing stakeholders than solving end-users' problems.
  2. Bullshit management happens when product managers get stuck in tasks unrelated to actual product management, like gathering requirements from stakeholders or attending numerous meetings.
  3. To escape bullshit management, focus on evidence-based decision-making, empower teams to make decisions, prioritize learning over planning, and resist anti-patterns that hinder product management success.

Agile transformations to make stakeholders "happy" reduces trust

🔮 Crafting Tech Teams • 19 implied HN points • 28 Feb 24
💼 Business Stakeholders Trust Organizational Culture Incentives
  1. Balancing different forces in organizational culture is crucial for success, as there is never a perfect stillness.
  2. Pursuing agile transformations solely to please stakeholders can lead to a reduction in trust within the organization.
  3. It is important to be mindful of conflicting incentives and motives when shaping the culture of an organization.
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Strategy Is About Confident Decision-Making

The Strategy Deck • 19 implied HN points • 14 Apr 23
💼 Business Strategy Investment Analysis Stakeholders Planning
  1. Strategy in business involves making confident decisions for success and profitability.
  2. Three fundamental elements of strategy are investment decisions, analysis and prioritization, and stakeholder involvement.
  3. Types of strategy work include business strategy, product strategy, and strategic planning, each with specific focuses and benefits.

Look at your fish

The SEO MBA • 13 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
💼 Business SEO Customer Experience Leadership Stakeholders Workshop
  1. SEO and customer experience are now tightly linked, with enhancing customer experience being crucial for SEO success.
  2. Senior executives often overlook the impact of user behavior changes on SEO performance, leading to missed opportunities.
  3. Conducting collaborative workshops involving various stakeholders can help in evaluating and improving the customer experience on a website.

Are you missing the window to influence your stakeholders?

CAUSL Effect • 19 implied HN points • 19 Apr 23
💼 Business Stakeholders Decision-making Analysis Consulting Product Management
  1. It's important to understand that decisions happen over time, not just at deadlines. Stay engaged with your stakeholders to make sure you can influence their choices.
  2. To avoid wasting time, identify the minimum level of analysis needed to make a good decision. Don't chase perfection when it's not necessary.
  3. Remember that being a decision maker is hard. Our job is to provide insights when they're needed, so be timely to maximize your chance of influencing the outcome.

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.

How to have a kickass kick-off meeting

Askwhy: UX Research, Product Management, Design & Careers • 0 implied HN points • 08 Aug 23
💼 Business Management Communication Planning Execution Stakeholders
  1. Kick-off meetings set the tone for a project and involve aligning stakeholders on the problem and solution.
  2. Key attendees in a kick-off meeting include sponsors, engineering teams, designers, and cross-functional teams.
  3. Ideal preparation for a kick-off meeting involves ensuring key stakeholders are aligned beforehand and sharing necessary context.

A Crash Course on Incident Response, Part 1

realkinetic • 0 implied HN points • 01 Jun 20
🕹 Technology Incident Response Communication Stakeholders Management Training
  1. Incidents are inevitable, but effective incident management practices can help recover quickly and efficiently with minimal stress and impact.
  2. Proper incident management involves clear communication to stakeholders, focusing on reducing stress and unnecessary decisions and engaging the minimum resources needed for resolution.
  3. High-quality incident communication is crucial, including standardized formats, clear titles, severity assessments, impact indicators, and information on engaged teams and next updates.

READ ME: 🥸Designing the work

Mehdeeka • 0 implied HN points • 15 Dec 24
💼 Business Marketing Productivity Teamwork Stakeholders
  1. It's important to figure out what work is truly necessary for your business. Talk to different teams and find out what they need, and then prioritize those tasks based on their potential impact.
  2. Once you've identified important tasks, make sure to keep everyone updated on what you're doing. Share your progress with others and show them how your work can help their teams too.
  3. To get the most done effectively, always focus on the quick wins that are easy to tackle first. These small successes can build momentum and help you tackle bigger projects down the line.