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Hi.

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I’m a Product Manager

I’m Rosemary

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Sources:

Janice Frasier, Pivotal Labs + Luxr

Pivotal Labs Product Managers Practice

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What does Product Manager mean to you?

Development

Design

Product Managers sit here.

Where We Live

Business

Users

We are neutral

We build bridges

We bring everyone to the table

We point out risk

(don’t be that guy)

We measure and test

Ask me what 9 x F is.

It’s Fleventy-Five.

So what does all this REALLY mean?

Balanced Teams

PM Tasks

BUILD THEBACKLOG

WRITE STORIES

COORDINATEDESIGN

RUN IPMS

RETROSANSWERQUESTIONS

ACCEPTSTORIES

RUN DEMOS

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Cadence

TEAMSTANDUPS

OFFICESTANDUPS

DAILY WEEKLY

IPMS

RETROS

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IPMs

Review unfinished stories in current sprint

State goals for next sprint

Review stories

Estimate*

*Lots of different ways to do this

Everyone is in the room

StoriesAs a _______ I want to ______

because ______.

Requirements in Gherkin

Acceptance criteria

Design Mock-Ups

Team Culture

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Kent Beck taught us in Extreme Programming that:Courage to speak truths pleasant or unpleasant fosters communication and trustCourage to discard failing solutions and seek new ones encourages simplicityCourage to seek real concrete answers creates feedback These are the challenges PMs face

Some things PMs are NotYour MomYour Secretary

A Fascist Dictator

A Superhero

We are the Glue.

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But what about the Product?

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MVP

“The MVP of a wedding cake is a delicious cupcake.”

Janice Frasier

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Thank you!

Questions?

@rozemaryking