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Learn from some of the best product managers in the world through conversations hosted by The Product Management Center at the University of Washington. In each episode, Jeff Shulman, Red Russak, and Soumeya Benghanem dive into the tools, frameworks, and thought processes that will help drive success in product management.
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
8: Understanding the Product Development Life Cycle
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board members Red Russak and Soumeya Benghanem welcome Kavita Kamani (Microsoft) and Howard Ro (Tesla) to discuss the life cycle of product development, where to focus your attention to in whichever product development phase, identifying what should be considered valuable and what’s not, and tackling product management while maintaining a work-life balance.
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What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:27 The importance of the product development life cycle
- 06:29 Two points of view on the general concept of a product life cycle
- 09:09 Five D’s of a product life cycle
- 15:25 Asking a lot of questions help determine exactly where to focus on
- 17:57 Getting a clear idea if a problem is worth solving
- 19:47 Initial ideation and operating without boundaries
- 21:14 When there is tension and no easy answer
- 27:12 Different organizations have different structures and different expectations
- 31:11 Within the applications, what is truly valuable and what is not?
- 34:22 Focus on what's the core problem and what you're going after
- 39:26 Ensure that everybody is aligned to the common goals
- 43:16 Find a balance between the user outcome and stakeholder outcome
- 48:51 Bringing focus back to what you need to do
- 51:05 Work-life balance: assess or associate your happiness with impact
- 58:52 If you want to succeed as a PM, own the job
- 01:00:04 Don’t try to be everything for everyone
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