Should devs care about product management? Economics of labour

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Hey there!

Wealth has always really come from productivity.

The more you produce, the more you are rewarded.

But that's not the whole story, is it?

If no one is willing to buy what you produce, then it hasn't actually been productive, has it?

Product management, in its essence, explores the art and science of productivity. It ensures you're building what people want, and doing it in a way that's profitable.

If you're curious to learn how to make better decisions, build better products, and increase your team's productivity, then I invite you to explore our latest tech talks on product management:

The Experience is the Product

The products that we create communicate experiences that form the basis of our relationship to them, and ultimately to their success. Peter addresses the shortcomings of typical product management, the opportunity that experience-driven thinking provides, and new organizational structures to support products that focus on the experience.

What Indiana Jones Taught me about Product

Product managers spend too much time thinking about ROI and not enough time thinking about their product's chances of survival. Matt draws useful analogies from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to navigate to product success and help keep the expectations of our bosses, investors and other stakeholders in check.

Designing a User Onboarding Compass

It is not always easy to set up new users for success, adapt to changing situations, and guide them through multiple stages of their product journey. In this session, Krystal will share the mindset, strategies, and techniques that teams can use to design onboarding that guides users from different situations to the same destination of success in our products.

10 Rules for a Successful Product (or How To Work With Developers and Designers)

Delivering a successful product is easy: mix two parts empathy with one part innovation, shake well and garnish with the JavaScript framework of your choice. Job's done! Or so you thought. Listen in as I share my experience as a product manager, conveniently distilled into 10 rules for delivering a successful product.

The Product Polygon

The shape of a successful PM role can vary wildly between companies, teams, or even roles on the same team, so we’re always on the lookout for models to help make sense of our field. In this talk, David will introduce a new model for understanding what PMs do, what they can bring to teams, and how PMs can relate it to understanding and developing their careers.

Happy Learning!

The SitePoint Team