Main Takeaways:
- You are a product manager first. You need to understand the user and business problem at hand.
- Not every problem is well suited to be solved by ML
- Be ready to open the Black box and explain what your product does
New Team Mindset with Product Mentorship by Miro Platform PMProduct School
Key takeaways:
- What is product mentorship, how it works, and what effect it can have on your team
- Who can be a good mentor for a product team
- What questions and topics to focus on when you're working with executives and industry leaders as your mentors
How to Influence Your Engineering Team by Amazon PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Give them your listening ear - Understand their concern and what’s making them nervous about your proposal?
- Share the table- Bring them into your conversation with stakeholders them may be unaware of thereby showing them a bigger picture- Show them the data, where does the product/feature go from here, share anecdotal evidence from the customer
- Make them your key stakeholder- I’m a believer that the best ideas come from dev team- be it efficiency or a creative way of doing something, the dev team is a great resource for product/ feature brainstorming. Start a creative session and see where you go!
How to Focus on the Problem, Not the Solution by Spotify PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
-The five why’s - a tried-and-true method to effectively uncover user needs.
-Leveraging the JTBD framework - what are your customers trying to accomplish?
-How do you know you’ve solved the problem? Defining success metrics with your customers from the beginning.
PM Learnings: Startups vs Global Enterprises by PayPal Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Is bigger always better?
- Speed to market is not the dictator of success
- Comparing Jack of all trades & master of none v/s expert of a domain
Taking Your Product From 0 to 1 by Amazon Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Think big and get buy-in on the product vision. Connect the dots and define how the product fits into the grand scheme of things.
- Cut through prioritization. Define your MVP that provides significant incremental benefit to the customer.
- Own the product execution, market it, create buzz, and ship it right.
Common Mistakes When Starting A/B Testing by Warby Parker PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Reading significance in experiments
- Selecting minimal detectable effect without regard to practical significance
- Embracing the mental model of experimenting to learn
New Team Mindset with Product Mentorship by Miro Platform PMProduct School
Key takeaways:
- What is product mentorship, how it works, and what effect it can have on your team
- Who can be a good mentor for a product team
- What questions and topics to focus on when you're working with executives and industry leaders as your mentors
How to Influence Your Engineering Team by Amazon PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Give them your listening ear - Understand their concern and what’s making them nervous about your proposal?
- Share the table- Bring them into your conversation with stakeholders them may be unaware of thereby showing them a bigger picture- Show them the data, where does the product/feature go from here, share anecdotal evidence from the customer
- Make them your key stakeholder- I’m a believer that the best ideas come from dev team- be it efficiency or a creative way of doing something, the dev team is a great resource for product/ feature brainstorming. Start a creative session and see where you go!
How to Focus on the Problem, Not the Solution by Spotify PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
-The five why’s - a tried-and-true method to effectively uncover user needs.
-Leveraging the JTBD framework - what are your customers trying to accomplish?
-How do you know you’ve solved the problem? Defining success metrics with your customers from the beginning.
PM Learnings: Startups vs Global Enterprises by PayPal Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Is bigger always better?
- Speed to market is not the dictator of success
- Comparing Jack of all trades & master of none v/s expert of a domain
Taking Your Product From 0 to 1 by Amazon Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Think big and get buy-in on the product vision. Connect the dots and define how the product fits into the grand scheme of things.
- Cut through prioritization. Define your MVP that provides significant incremental benefit to the customer.
- Own the product execution, market it, create buzz, and ship it right.
Common Mistakes When Starting A/B Testing by Warby Parker PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Reading significance in experiments
- Selecting minimal detectable effect without regard to practical significance
- Embracing the mental model of experimenting to learn
Transitioning to Product from Marketing by Amazon PMProduct School
Many Software Engineers, UXs and other professionals want to transition to Product Management but do not know how. There are several areas of a product focus including strategy, roadmap, development, launch, metrics, financials and research that are needed from a Product Manager. In this session, the speaker will walk us through their journey to Product Management. They will also highlight their own product as a success story and provide tips on how to transition into Product Management to anyone who is interested.
Handling Uncertainty as a PM by Spotify Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- There are different sources of uncertainty and a Product Manager needs to be aware of them and monitor indicators of upcoming challenges;
- Underlying qualities that help a PM to address uncertainty are: curiosity, flexibility, perseverance, and empathy;
- A Product Manager can use different tools to mitigate and address the uncertainty: storytelling, creating a process, communication, networking, critical thinking, and prioritization.
Invest or Kill: a Product No One Wants to Manage by CNN Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Learn the Products that no one wants. Those are the ones that will surprise you and take off!
- You will not always get the chance to work on the most exciting or biggest product or feature at an organization. Very often- you have to deal with ones that are neglected. But these are the ones with the greatest opportunity and you have to know what to look for
- Turning things around and launching a product that people is excited for
Product-Led Growth by Amazon Senior Product ManagerProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How to build a product that sells itself
- Product-led growth is when your product sits in the center of the growth strategies to attain new customer acquisition, retention, and expansion
- Product-led means creating a champion product which serves as a primary driver for business growth
Why You Should Think Like an Editor by Google AR PMProduct School
Takeaways:
As a Product Manager, in many cases, you are working as an editor rather than an author. Balancing these two roles can:
- Ensure a shared vision
- Produce a coherent strategy
- Build a roadmap that capitalizes on all the great ideas that the team has to offer
How to Use Data to Power Your Product by Expedia Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How strong data understanding can make you a better Product Manager
- The nuances of understanding A/B testing data, marketing attribution, other data sets you can acquire and use
- How to correctly use data to power your product
Bias in Usage and Experimentation Data by fmr Microsoft PMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Experimentation may be a false prophet: we love A/B experiments but it might not be what you need
- Data bias: remember *who* your data is coming from
- Customer Diversity & Inclusion: your product may impact the diversity and inclusion of your customers
- Growth by engaging non-traditional users: increasing participation by nonparticipants could be a great way to drive growth
Building Ecosystems Around Nascent Techs by fmr Adobe PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Chicken vs the Egg: Bootstrapping Networks with New Technology
- Technical platform requirements
- Understanding your multi-sided business platform
- Customers vs partners/demand vs supply
- Putting it altogether
Practical Job Search Tips by Google Product ManagerProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Virtual networking: Making the LinkedIn algorithm work for you
- Supercharging referrals: Leveraging your network
- Interview prep tips
Where Product Meets Compliance by Booking.com PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How to maintain pace and customer focus whilst working on compliance and legal changes
- How to balance legal risk vs business benefit/outcomes
- How to influence and persuade key legal and compliance stakeholders
Building & Testing Products Around Physical Ops by Etsy PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Missing data can tell you as much as the data you have
- The happy path is not always the common path - do real tests
- Sometimes iterating means removing use cases or features
Planning for the Future by fmr Square Product LeadProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Why prioritization matters
- How to pick the right metrics to make the right decisions
- Look at a few commonly used frameworks that can be helpful.
Product Management and the CEO Mindset by Coinbase PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- A business is just an extension of a product - the same basic principles apply to create and run successful ones
- It's all about your customer and the bottom line. The job of Product is to enable sales; if someone says otherwise tell them to sell crazy elsewhere, we're all sold out
- You have to have what it takes to go from Zero to One; the right of passage for any Product Manager. What's the journey from thoughts in your brain to returning dollars in the bank?
How to Get a Group on the Same Page by Google PMProduct School
Product Management today is the hot trend that everyone wants to be a part of. And there's lots that you can learn from established professionals. So when you're starting out your Product Management career, how should you go about it? What are the key tools you need to consider? Join to find out with Darko Vukovic from Google. Being a Product Manager requires structured and organized thinking. Frameworks and toolkits are a handy and effective way to approach problems. Product Managers will learn about many and develop their own throughout their product careers.
Product Strategy & The Time Poor PM by Intercom Sr PMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- We’ll learn about common reasons, misconceptions, and dysfunctions that cause Product Managers not to invest in strategic thinking.
- I’ll share techniques, with real examples, that will help you break out of these ways of thinking and build an impactful strategy.
- We’ll explore how keeping your strategy fresh, tracking specific themes, and managing stakeholders are key to your success.
Improving Seniors' Health with Smartwatches by Walmart Dir of ProdProduct School
Main Takeaways:
-Smartwatches continue to expand on health capabilities but adoption in seniors is very low due to barriers in adoption
-Overcoming these barriers successfully can lead to increased adoption and improvement in health outcomes
-Special attention needs to be placed on accessibility and usability for seniors
Transitioning to Product from Marketing by Amazon PMProduct School
Many Software Engineers, UXs and other professionals want to transition to Product Management but do not know how. There are several areas of a product focus including strategy, roadmap, development, launch, metrics, financials and research that are needed from a Product Manager. In this session, the speaker will walk us through their journey to Product Management. They will also highlight their own product as a success story and provide tips on how to transition into Product Management to anyone who is interested.
Handling Uncertainty as a PM by Spotify Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- There are different sources of uncertainty and a Product Manager needs to be aware of them and monitor indicators of upcoming challenges;
- Underlying qualities that help a PM to address uncertainty are: curiosity, flexibility, perseverance, and empathy;
- A Product Manager can use different tools to mitigate and address the uncertainty: storytelling, creating a process, communication, networking, critical thinking, and prioritization.
Invest or Kill: a Product No One Wants to Manage by CNN Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Learn the Products that no one wants. Those are the ones that will surprise you and take off!
- You will not always get the chance to work on the most exciting or biggest product or feature at an organization. Very often- you have to deal with ones that are neglected. But these are the ones with the greatest opportunity and you have to know what to look for
- Turning things around and launching a product that people is excited for
Product-Led Growth by Amazon Senior Product ManagerProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How to build a product that sells itself
- Product-led growth is when your product sits in the center of the growth strategies to attain new customer acquisition, retention, and expansion
- Product-led means creating a champion product which serves as a primary driver for business growth
Why You Should Think Like an Editor by Google AR PMProduct School
Takeaways:
As a Product Manager, in many cases, you are working as an editor rather than an author. Balancing these two roles can:
- Ensure a shared vision
- Produce a coherent strategy
- Build a roadmap that capitalizes on all the great ideas that the team has to offer
How to Use Data to Power Your Product by Expedia Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How strong data understanding can make you a better Product Manager
- The nuances of understanding A/B testing data, marketing attribution, other data sets you can acquire and use
- How to correctly use data to power your product
Bias in Usage and Experimentation Data by fmr Microsoft PMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Experimentation may be a false prophet: we love A/B experiments but it might not be what you need
- Data bias: remember *who* your data is coming from
- Customer Diversity & Inclusion: your product may impact the diversity and inclusion of your customers
- Growth by engaging non-traditional users: increasing participation by nonparticipants could be a great way to drive growth
Building Ecosystems Around Nascent Techs by fmr Adobe PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Chicken vs the Egg: Bootstrapping Networks with New Technology
- Technical platform requirements
- Understanding your multi-sided business platform
- Customers vs partners/demand vs supply
- Putting it altogether
Practical Job Search Tips by Google Product ManagerProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Virtual networking: Making the LinkedIn algorithm work for you
- Supercharging referrals: Leveraging your network
- Interview prep tips
Where Product Meets Compliance by Booking.com PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How to maintain pace and customer focus whilst working on compliance and legal changes
- How to balance legal risk vs business benefit/outcomes
- How to influence and persuade key legal and compliance stakeholders
Building & Testing Products Around Physical Ops by Etsy PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Missing data can tell you as much as the data you have
- The happy path is not always the common path - do real tests
- Sometimes iterating means removing use cases or features
Planning for the Future by fmr Square Product LeadProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Why prioritization matters
- How to pick the right metrics to make the right decisions
- Look at a few commonly used frameworks that can be helpful.
Product Management and the CEO Mindset by Coinbase PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- A business is just an extension of a product - the same basic principles apply to create and run successful ones
- It's all about your customer and the bottom line. The job of Product is to enable sales; if someone says otherwise tell them to sell crazy elsewhere, we're all sold out
- You have to have what it takes to go from Zero to One; the right of passage for any Product Manager. What's the journey from thoughts in your brain to returning dollars in the bank?
How to Get a Group on the Same Page by Google PMProduct School
Product Management today is the hot trend that everyone wants to be a part of. And there's lots that you can learn from established professionals. So when you're starting out your Product Management career, how should you go about it? What are the key tools you need to consider? Join to find out with Darko Vukovic from Google. Being a Product Manager requires structured and organized thinking. Frameworks and toolkits are a handy and effective way to approach problems. Product Managers will learn about many and develop their own throughout their product careers.
Product Strategy & The Time Poor PM by Intercom Sr PMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- We’ll learn about common reasons, misconceptions, and dysfunctions that cause Product Managers not to invest in strategic thinking.
- I’ll share techniques, with real examples, that will help you break out of these ways of thinking and build an impactful strategy.
- We’ll explore how keeping your strategy fresh, tracking specific themes, and managing stakeholders are key to your success.
Improving Seniors' Health with Smartwatches by Walmart Dir of ProdProduct School
Main Takeaways:
-Smartwatches continue to expand on health capabilities but adoption in seniors is very low due to barriers in adoption
-Overcoming these barriers successfully can lead to increased adoption and improvement in health outcomes
-Special attention needs to be placed on accessibility and usability for seniors
Webinar How PMs Use AI to 10X Their Productivity by Product School EiR.pdfProduct School
Explore AI tools hands-on and smoothly integrate them into your work routine. This practical experience is here to empower you, offering insights into the mindset of successful Product Managers. Learn the skills to become a more effective Product Manager.
Main Takeaways:
Hands-On AI Integration:
Learn practical strategies for integrating AI tools into your workflow effectively.
Mindset Insights for Success:
Gain valuable insights into the mindset of successful Product Managers, unlocking the secrets to their achievements.
Skill Empowerment for Growth:
Acquire essential skills that empower your evolution toward becoming a more effective and impactful Product Manager.
Webinar: Using GenAI for Increasing Productivity in PM by Amazon PM LeaderProduct School
In this webinar, you will learn how AI can take work off your plate, allowing you to focus on deep thinking or critical work. Cut out the drudge work in Product Management and get more out of your day.
Learnings:
Improve workflows that are high frequency - "manual tasks"
Increase the quality of output that has high importance - "brainy tasks"
Put GenAI to work today
Unlocking High-Performance Product Teams by former Meta Global PMMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- High-Performing Team Dynamics: You’ll gain insights into fostering high-performance teamwork.
- Unveiling Team Personas: You’ll learn about different personas in the team and how to foster these differences.
- Decoding the Team Needs x Productivity Equation: You’ll learn about different team needs and how they correlate with engagement and productivity.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.