๐ฃ Trying to figure out product management together (and more) - SIP #14
This week's highlights:
๐ Trying to Product Podcast
๐จ 7 essential design principles for product managers
๐ How to Compare and Contrast Decisions as a Product Manager
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โand more.
We are super excited to share with you the launch of the Trying to Product Podcast ๐๐๐ฃ
The podcast is now officially available through all your favorite podcast apps. We are live on Product Hunt and appreciate any support that you and your friends can provide to get this product out to the world ๐
Please help us get started. Please tap your peers on the shoulder and encourage them to join.
Product Management can be tough, but we are here to figure it out together.
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๐จ 7 essential design principles for product managersโ
In this post, Latif talks about some key design principles that can help out product managers in their roles.
Design has become more and more of a priority at product organizations. It is important as a product manager to be knowledgeable and develop a good understanding of the user experience.
His key themes include:
- Tell users what to think
- Minimize cognitive load
- Three click mentality
- Reversible design
- Use verbs with context
- White Spaces
- Design in MSP (Minimum Saleable Product)
If you are looking to step your design game, read more below.
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๐ How to Compare and Contrast Decisions as a Product Managerโ
In Teresa's talk at the Mind the Product conference, she broght forward her framework for continuous discovery.
More often than not, as product managers we are trying to evaluate trade offs amongst features and deliverables for our products. We consider whether our not some opportunities are worth pursuing.
In her talk, Teresa argues against using the concept of "whether or not" questions.
In the talk, she shares her Opportunity Solution Tree as a framework to help answer bring enough opportunities forward for product managers to compare and contrast.
Check out the post as great primer to learning how to map the user problems and solutions, and develop a solid plan for figuring out what to build
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Job Board:
Entry - โAssociate Product Manager @ Salesforceโ
Intermediate - Product Manager, AR @ Appleโ
Advanced - Principal Product Manager @ Adobe
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Parv Sondhi
Product Manager by Day & Writer by Night
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