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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

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As a product manager, do you need to be technical?

Ask any 10 experienced product managers and you’ll get a wide range of yes, no’s, and it depends on the product. To be clear, there are products that are inherently technical and requires a product manager with a high level of technical literacy. But regardless of the product, the question…

Product Management

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As a product manager, do you need to be technical?
As a product manager, do you need to be technical?
Product Management

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·Jan 24

The best and worst traits of PMs I’ve worked with

I am curious to know about the traits of the best PM you ever worked with — what set them apart? On the flip side, what about the most difficult PM you ever worked with — what were the biggest challenges? — Asked by Product Manager @ SAP Dear PM…

Product Management

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The best and worst traits of PMs I’ve worked with
The best and worst traits of PMs I’ve worked with
Product Management

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·Dec 21, 2022

How to become a Technical Product Manager for Product Managers

I’ve been a PM for 6 years. Due to the recent layoffs I’ve been thinking about how to make myself more valuable for employers. I don’t want to be a developer but I love working with devs and figuring out how things work so I want to start transitioning into…

Product Management

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How to become a Technical Product Manager — for Product Managers
How to become a Technical Product Manager — for Product Managers
Product Management

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·Nov 22, 2022

Future-proof your role: How to keep up with the latest engineering & PM best practices

“How do I future-proof my role as a PM to ensure that my capabilities/contributions are keeping up with the evolving best practices in engineering and expectations of my PM role?” — Asked by a BizDev manager at Brillio Dear BizDev manager, Well, first things first, let’s define “future-proof” to mean…

Product Management

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Future-proof your role: How to keep up with the latest engineering & PM best practices
Future-proof your role: How to keep up with the latest engineering & PM best practices
Product Management

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·Oct 27, 2022

What Product Managers get wrong about user stories

While product managers focus on the customer problem and solution (the what, the why, and what the customer experience should be), the core focus of engineering is the technical implementation details. These are two completely different perspectives. Bridging this gap is essential but it can be a messy process and…

Product Management

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What Product Managers get wrong about user stories
What Product Managers get wrong about user stories
Product Management

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·Sep 27, 2022

Understanding ETL vs ELT for product managers

Important Note: This article contains core technical terms and concepts in data, deployment, and software engineering that you’ll need prior knowledge of. If you’re unfamiliar with these fundamental terms and concepts, consider getting technical training through Skiplevel.co. Why is understanding data processing important for product managers? As a product manager, you’ve likely heard the terms data and business analytics…

Etl

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Understanding ETL vs ELT for product managers
Understanding ETL vs ELT for product managers
Etl

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·Aug 30, 2022

Acing Technical interviews for Product Managers

Photo credit: Christina Morillo Companies and teams are increasingly realizing how important technical literacy is in product managers and the benefits to team efficiency, effectiveness, and overall team cohesion. This in part explains the industry’s shift towards conducting technical interviews as part of the overall interview process for product managers. …

Technical Interview

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Acing Technical interviews for Product Managers
Acing Technical interviews for Product Managers
Technical Interview

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·Aug 1, 2022

Best Product Management SaaS Tools: The 2022 Must-Use List

Every great product manager uses a number of SaaS tools to be effective in their role, but it’s not always clear what types of tools and which specific SaaS product(s) you should use as a PM. While the answer depends a lot on the team, the company, the product, and…

Product Management

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Best SaaS tools for Product Managers
Best SaaS tools for Product Managers
Product Management

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·May 26, 2022

Product managers: Improve collaboration with your dev team w/ this one thing

Someone recently asked me: “What’s the one thing PM & dev teams should implement to save a whole lot of cross-team time and headache?” I have two answers to this question: first, having great documentation & Standard Operating Procedures (duh). Second, it’s setting up a *banging* data dashboard. Yep, bet…

Data Visualization

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Unlock long-term team success with this one thing! (Plus Kibana dashboard examples)
Unlock long-term team success with this one thing! (Plus Kibana dashboard examples)
Data Visualization

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Published in Becoming A More Technical PM

·May 3, 2022

3 Tips for writing user requirements for your engineering team

Feature image courtesy of CoWomen Recently, a product manager in the Skiplevel community asked for tips on writing stories/requirements to help developers make better decisions around improving latency. What a great question! The business requirements doc (BRD) and user stories are the two main ways we collaborate with dev teams…

Product Management

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3 Tips for writing user requirements for your engineering team
3 Tips for writing user requirements for your engineering team
Product Management

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Irene Yu

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Founder & software engineer at Skiplevel.co. Get more technical content via the Skiplevel Newsletter -> https://newsletter.skiplevel.co

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