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Two Roadmaps Diverged: Strategic and Tactical Routes to Product Development

By Jerry Gutierrez

Product professionals are often called upon to act as both product owner and product manager. The key to doing that well? Maintaining separate strategic and tactical roadmaps. Here’s how.

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Building Simple and Efficient Components With React-Bootstrap

By Matej Bilić

Mobile web traffic is booming, making responsive website development more important than ever. Leverage the power of two popular technologies with the React-Bootstrap library for performant, responsive components.

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Heavy Computation Made Lighter: React Memoization

By Prateek Karki

Unnecessary component computation drastically reduces application performance. Avoid this pitfall by using React memoization hooks and render component caching.

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Program Manager vs. Product Manager: A Conflict Resolution Strategy

By Kamil Imański

Program managers and product managers often clash. Improving communication at three specific touch points can alleviate tension, develop more positive relationships, and ensure smooth project delivery.

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You Be You: Creating Content for the Gen Z Design Aesthetic

By Jorge Gonzalez Miksi

Today’s young adults have enormous buying power, but they’re choosy shoppers with particular tastes. Understanding what drives their purchasing decisions can help you design content that resonates with Gen Z.

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React Router Tutorial: Redirect Like a Pro

By Nathan Babcock

Naive React routing increases risk and maintenance. This tutorial provides a full exploration of routing approaches, achieving an elegant solution that seamlessly fits into any React code base.

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The Power of 3-statement Modeling: Best Practices for Valuations and Projections

By Abdullah Karayumak, CFA

To value or build projections for a company accurately, you have to factor in working capital—and you can’t do that without investing in a three-statement financial model.

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By Federico Albanese

Listening is everything—especially when it comes to effective marketing and product design. Gain key market insights from social media data using sentiment analysis and topic modeling in Python.

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What Is a Product Owner? A Project Manager’s Guide

By Elizabeth A. Anderson

It’s not uncommon for project managers to be assigned duties that should belong to a product owner. Find out how you can use this role confusion to your advantage, and increase your skills in both arenas.

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