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Product Management has been rated as the 4th most important role in Corporate America, but that only is true if the Product Manager is making a valuable strategic contribution. The problem is that too many Product Managers are acting like Product Janitors, doing many low value activities, putting our fires and cleaning up messes. In this session, we'll discuss what Bad Product Managers do and define what you must do to transform into an Excellent Product Manager.

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Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager

Tom Evans

CompellingPM

@compellingpm

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“Being a good product manager is so hard that most product managers at most companies fail

to be good -- and instead are bad.”--Ben Horowitz and David Weiden

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Good PM v. Bad PM

Good Bad

Based on knowledge & confidence They think that….

Owns success of productToo many factors outside their

control

CEO of ProductMarketing resource for

engineering

Drives the what & why Defines the how

Grows the business Builds bells & whistles

Tells the story Presents features

Defines their role Others define role

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Reference: Ben Horowitz, 1996

Bad PM = Product Janitor

• Instead of working on the critical things that will make a big difference for your product and thinking strategically, the product manager [& product marketer] end up doing thankless low-level work that is not appreciated (and many times not necessary.)

Brian Lawley, 280 Group

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What Makes a Bad PM?

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Bad PM Session Notes

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What Makes a Good PM?

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Good PM Session Notes

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How Do We Transform?

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Discover Value

Create Value

Communicate Value

Deliver Value

Capture Value

Transform Session Notes

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What Are You Going to Be?What Will You Do Different?

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Thank You!

Tom Evans

CompellingPM

tevans@compellingpm.com

@compellingpm

www.compellingpm.com

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