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Whose Job Is It Anyway? A Real-world Guide to Agile Roles and Responsibilities
When organizations scale or hybridize Agile, job roles and responsibilities often stray from textbook definitions. Address role overlap and achieve alignment on your product teams with this guide.

Richard Abi Chahla
Richard is a product manager and entrepreneur who has successfully bootstrapped multiple enterprises, SaaS web and Windows solutions, and mobile applications. He’s managed agtech products for companies such as Yara International and Varda. From idea to launch, he’s led and consulted at more than eight tech startups.
HiPPOs and the Product Roadmap: How to Manage Senior Stakeholder Intervention
Don’t let someone’s intuition overshadow data-driven decision-making. Use these strategies to manage the highest-paid person’s opinions (HiPPO) and build robust, consistent processes around your product roadmap.

Ryan Strong
Ryan is a senior product manager and startup CEO with more than a decade of experience building innovative products. His previous roles include Director of Product Management at 7-Eleven, where he played a key role in creating the first cashierless store, and Product Manager at AIG Retirement. Ryan has led both software and hardware projects using data to guide and validate at every stage of the process.
Struggling With Stakeholder Management? Hire a Product Manager
Product managers can be invaluable partners for CEOs and other executive leaders during times of organizational change. By negotiating with stakeholders at all levels, the product manager can achieve alignment for vital products and initiatives, and remove operational roadblocks.

Scott Lee
Scott is a product manager and consultant with more than nine years of experience working in global markets for companies like LVMH, Kering, and Richemont, as well as startups at all stages of development, from pre-seed to scaling.
Product Manager vs. Product Owner: Who’s Who?
Product management has evolved to encompass numerous roles, each with its own skill set and knowledge. So which one does your business need?

Douglas L. Ringer
Doug is a senior product manager and executive coach who has led teams at Fortune 500 companies including GE, Honeywell, and Ericsson. Over his two decades of experience, he has helped numerous businesses increase efficiency, revenue, and product quality.
How to Build AI Product Strategies and Teams
Great AI products begin with an AI product strategy. Tackle complex development projects with this step-by-step planning guide.
Mayank Mittal
Mayank is a product manager who has built products for GE, The Emirates Group, KPMG, and Kraft Heinz, and launched two startups in the IoT and AI spaces. Mayank specializes in Agile-based execution of robust go-to-market strategies. He holds a master’s degree in information systems management from Carnegie Mellon University and is the author of The Art of Building Great Products.
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Getting Started in AI Product Management
The booming AI product market is growing companies and careers. This primer on AI tech and product management will help you thrive in this fast-moving field.
Mayank Mittal
Mayank is a product manager who has built products for GE, The Emirates Group, KPMG, and Kraft Heinz, and launched two startups in the IoT and AI spaces. Mayank specializes in Agile-based execution of robust go-to-market strategies. He holds a master’s degree in information systems management from Carnegie Mellon University and is the author of The Art of Building Great Products.
Keeping Sight of the Forest: Risk Management and Creativity in an Agile Ecosystem
Agile has a reputation for delivering results in uncertain times and high-risk industries. But when risk management turns into a culture of total risk aversion, you may find that it comes at the cost of innovation.

Scott Lee
Scott is a product manager and consultant with more than eight years of experience working in global markets for companies like LVMH, Kering, and Richemont, as well as startups at all stages of development, from pre-seed to scaling.
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