This document provides a horoscope for product managers in 2017, describing characteristics and predictions for different "Product" personality types: - Product Ministers are great mentors to their team who excel at working across functions and harmonizing portfolios to ensure everyone wins. - Product Mediators are masters of alliances who can resolve channel conflicts, important for helping products succeed in complex markets. - Product Mavricks are true entrepreneurs willing to take risks and disrupt big players, making this a good year to raise money. - Product Magicians always deliver breakthrough ideas and innovations by keeping their eye on the market for disruption opportunities.

1. 2017 Product Management Horoscope
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precision and pride in product development
Product Mercenary
Product Maverick
Product MediatorProduct Minister
Product Mother
Product MatchmakerProduct Meanderer
Product Marathoner
Product MogulProduct Magician
Product Mastodon
Product Miner
You put your heart and soul
into every product release
and it shows. Your also are
a great mentor to your team
members.
Working in cross functional
teams and harmonizing
portfolios are what you do best.
Everyone wins under your
leadership.
In this complex marketplace
products need strong partners
to succeed. You are a master
of alliances and can resolve
channel conflicts.
You will do anything to make
customers successful. Go
ahead, commit to more features
and redo the pricing. It will
all pay off.
You are a true entrepreneur,
always willing to take risks and
take on the big established
players. This is a good year
to raise money.
Nobody knows how you do it,
but you always come through
with breakthrough ideas and
innovations. Keep your eye
on the market, there is room
for disruption.
Sometimes the roundabout
way to releasing new features
is the best way. Keep iterating,
keep that feedback loop going
and the results will be amazing.
You have been building
products for eons, and you are
still learning and growing. Your
products have great longevity
and resilience.
You have great stamina.
Sprints are just a walk in the
park for you, you have your
eye on the big picture and
are ready to deliver.
Many great products have
seen the light under your loving
care. It is so rewarding to see
your products mature and
spin out with great success.
Your products’ market share
will grow and grow. There are
no boundaries to what your
team can achieve when you
create the roadmap.
You can find requirements
in the most unusual places.
Support calls, error logs,
sales notes, to you they are
diamonds in the rough.