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🎢Mid-Year Trends in Agile Product World

the customer is still most important thing

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In today’s edition is what I have added to my playlist for the week and some interesting articles…

  • 12 product principles

  • How to Train Customer Teams

  • Technology Trends 2024

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Shane Drumm, newsletter editor

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12 Product Principles by David Pereira, Author of Untrapping Product Teams

10min Read by Product Compass

How to Train Customer Teams to Get Really Useful Feedback

  • Why it’s important to train them

  • What does useful product feedback look like? 

  • The challenges of getting good feedback from your customer team

  • How to train your customer teams to speak to the roadmap 

  • How to structure a training session

  • How and when to deliver the training

  • Examples of good product feedback to show them

  • Don’t let them forget! 

15min read by ProdPad

Everyone was earnestly working on this issue from their own perspective, but no one had the full picture, leading to unnecessary roadblocks

Network effects largely depend on what the product has to offer. However, there is also a tactical aspect that involves creating easy paths for teams to add more members.

Customer obsession is critical for building great products. Jeff recommends several techniques for staying close to customers

Technology Trends 2024

Tech that is undervalued, appropriately valued, overvalued, close to disruption, right but wrong

This is not a “99 AI tools you must try” listicle.

  • 5 steps to craft a great AI prompt

  • 8 AI tools that I can’t live without

  • 7 AI prompts for my PM and creator work

  • 7 custom GPTs that boost my productivity

  • The best AI resources that I’ve found online

Recap of the 6 product management trends

  1. Blurring of Product Management and Product Marketing

  2. Product Managers need to know how their products are sold

  3. Product Managers becoming general managers

  4. Product Managers are key to transformation projects

  5. Ethics questions land with Product Managers

  6. Merging of Product Management and technology

YouTube Masterclass

1 hour 20min Masterclass YouTube video by Marty Cagan

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