Alisa Antypova: From Engineering to Management: Synergies and Challenges (UA) UA Online PMDay 2024 Winter Website – www.pmday.org/online Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/startuplviv FB – https://www.facebook.com/pmdayconference

1. From Engineering
To Management
Alisa Antypova
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisa-antypova/

2. Introduction
10 Minutes
Challenges
10 Minutes
Synergies
10 Minutes
Conclusions
5 Minutes
Please, share! + Q&A
10 Minutes
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3. Introduction
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4. My story
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5. Hey, I´m Alisa!
From Engineering To Management
- Bachelor in “Applied Mathematics”, KNU
- 5 years working in
Data Analysis / Science / Engineering,
Genesis - UofT - Preply

6. Hey, I´m Alisa!
From Engineering To Management
- Bachelor in “Applied Mathematics”, KNU
- Masters in “Data Science”, UCU
- 5 years working in
Data Analysis / Science / Engineering,
Genesis - UofT - Preply
- <1 year in Product Management, Preply

7. For whom is the presentation?
- For those, who consider a career switch
- For those, who decided to switch careers and actively working on it
- For those, who switched recently
- For those, who wants to help others with the switch
- For me 1 year ago :)
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8. How to achieve anything?
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9. How to achieve anything?
1. Define your point A.
2. Define your point B.
3. Create the road from A to B.
4. Walk the road and adjust on the way!
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10. My story
1. Should I?
Period of doubts
The goal: decide to be or not to be
2. I want, I will!
The decision is made. Actively
learning & looking for opportunities.
The goal: make a switch
3. Wow, I´m PM, what's now?
New role, a bit overwhelming.
The goal: find some comfort, establish
your way of being PM.
4. How to be a great one?
I am PM and I know what to do with it.
The goal: become a great (senior) PM.
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11. Skill gaps
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12. Detecting gaps
1. Vacancies analysis
2. Feedback
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13. Skill gaps
1. Long-term planning
2. Prioritizing between multiple projects
3. Stakeholders and team management
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14. The way
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15. Challenges
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16. The limit is you
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17. No experience
- Take initiative and learn from doing
- Look into backlog
- Join / organize initiative
- Ask your manager / other managers about opportunities
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18. No formal education
- Online courses
- Reading. A lot
- Reflecting on experience
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19. I am not the smartest one
Multipliers, Liz Wiseman
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20. From solving to guiding
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21. Navigating Uncertainty
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22. Synergies
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23. You're not starting
from zero!
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24. From Engineering To Management

25. Did you?
organize a party
plan a trip
convince people
volunteer
teach
manage a project
make repairs
mentor
take exams
build a routine
raise a child
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26. How does it help?
Probably, you won't put it into CV, but you can reflect on it!
“Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards”
Ask yourself:
- What went well?
- What didn't go well?
- How could you improve the process?
- ….
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27. Look for competitive advantages!
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28. Public speaking & teaching
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29. Background in data
- Data-driven decision-making
- Leveraging it for effective communication
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30. Amazing people around
- Role model
- Mentor
- Coach
- Friends
- Authors, influencers,...
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31. Process optimization
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32. Understanding technical possibilities and
limitations
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33. Conclusions
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34. The plan
1. Define your point A.
Where are you now? What skills to you have? What you struggle the
most with?
2. Define your point B.
Where do you want to be? What skills would you need to be there?
3. Create the road from A to B.
How can you gain those skills? How can you practice them?
What will help you? What challenges will you face?
4. Walk the road and adjust on the way!
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35. Do one step forward at a time
Motions Actions
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36. Failing + Learning = Growth
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37. From Engineering To Management

38. Grow coaching framework
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39. Resources
1. “Multipliers”, Liz Wiseman
2. “Good Strategy, Bad Strategy”, Richard Rumelt
3. Google Project Management certification, Coursera

40. Ideas for practice
Create vision
Create strategy
Define team members´ motivators
Manage communication
Lead a project
Mentor people
Participate in hiring
Participate in user research
Write article
Give a speech
Improve a process
Facilitate meetings
Interview other PMs
Summarize best practices
Organize event

41. Skill gaps
1. Long-term planning
- Creating vision
- Creating strategy
- “Good Strategy, Bad Strategy”
2. Prioritizing between multiple projects
- Defining OKRs
- Measuring impact of previous OKRs
3. Stakeholders and team management
- Managing communication
- Facilitating meetings
- Leading projects
- Moving motivators
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42. Q&A
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43. Please, share!
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44. Please, share!
1. What is your current career goal? 🌟
2. What is your background? 📚
3. What are the skills you want to master? 💪
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