Sri Kandikonda’s Post

Who exactly is a product manager ? A product manager is someone who helps the team and company to ship the right product to their users. A product manager is someone who helps addressing user's 'job/s to be done' along with meeting the company's goal/s. #productdesign #productdevelopment #productdiscovery #productmanagement #productmanager

Product Managers must know how to say "No"

As a product manager, I've realised it's not always about going fast. Sometimes, we think we are doing great because we are moving quickly, but what if we're rushing in the wrong direction? It is like choosing to fix something big and noticeable, but maybe it is the small, less obvious stuff that really helps us move our north star. It is important to stop, think, and make sure we are focusing on the things that truly make a difference for our product and our users. #productmanagement #qualityoverquantity

I am a Product Manager and of course... 👇 * People outside of the tech world never understand exactly what I do; * We need to keep up with the 100+ new trends every week to make sure our product does not stay behind; * We are obsessed with users/clients and how their experience is going; * We talk to a lot of people in different teams such as development, marketing, design, and so on, and it's pretty cool; * We do multiple tasks at the same time and putting out fires is our specialty; * We get a ton of feature requests and need to figure out which one makes more sense to implement. Am I missing something? Tell me below and happy Friday! #product #management #productmanager

If you lead a team of product managers, I can bet your team isn't talking to enough end-users. Set context on why it makes sense to deeply empathize with the end-user, put it in their Key Results. This is one of the easiest yet impactful ways of improving the products your team builds / owns. #product

" How To become PRODUCT MANAGER from scratch ? " So many esteemed product leaders and mentors have tried to answer this million dollar question in their own way. My favorite mentor Shravan Tickoo gave a different flavor to this intriguing topic. For starters, Any one with critical thinking and problem solving attitude can become a Product Manager. ( Isn't that nice to start with 😅 😅 ) I thoroughly enjoyed 90 minutes YouTube video where he explained all the facets involved in Product Market Fit. (https://lnkd.in/dcP_kM8) Some of my key takeaways - - Any thing which adds value in our life is a PRODUCT and a PRODUCT Manager is a Problem solver at Scale - a PM solves a user paint point, which improved his life in tangible way. - Examples of IRCTC for improving previous customer experience by 10x and bigbasket.com for solving supply chain problem in Indian grocery industry were right on the money ( nevertheless, leaving their poor UX) - There are some key skills required to become a Product Manager a) Art of Critical Thinking- Through this you build a solid Hypothesis. Thinking through first principle thinking helps in curating the initial Hypothesis There is a very interesting intrinsic factor - COMPASSION FUNNEL (inspired from Bhagwat Gita) which turns your compassion --> Passion -->Problems. b) Art of Prioritization- Teaches you the ability to structure your information in such a way which is valuable ad consumable by the person of perspective or on the other side. Prioritization should be done through User's perspective. example- Uber's prioritization item is - User should book aa cab under "30 secs- 2 min" duration. Otherwise, that user will never be using the UBER again. Constraint thinking is an important part of prioritization - writing a PRD in 100 words 😋 c) Art of Feedback - Take feedbacks to come up with Constructive facts !!! Once you take feedback, don't get driven by opinions and stay away from Confirmation Bias Once you are done with these, iterate again and again till at least 7out of 10 people ( or roughly 60-70 %) gives you the positive feedback (great NPS and CSAT) Then the real deal PRODUCT MARKET FIT is launched and delivered Shout out to Shravan Tickoo and #artandproductmusings community #productmanager #productfitmarket #pmf #productdesign #criticalthinking #leadership

Converting Good Ideas into Great Products requires tremendous craftsmanship and tradeoffs. Great Products are built by Great Teams collaborating and supporting each other. A Product Manager must be good at both Product Strategy and Execution. #productstrategy #teamwork #productdevelopment #productmanagement

I think I’ve recently found a way to become a great product manager, and I’m gonna let you steal it.... Popular Opinion: "Honest Product Management” only means "Product Management Humor." Not so popular opinion: Honest product management is great product management. #producthumor #productlife

🚀 As a Technical Product Manager, I'm passionate about two crucial aspects: building the right product and building the product right. 💡 🎯 Building the right product means deeply understanding our users' needs and pain points, and crafting solutions that truly address them. It's about empathy, research, and continuous feedback loops. ✨ Building the product right involves meticulous attention to detail, robust engineering practices, and a commitment to quality at every stage of development. It's about scalability, reliability, and delivering an exceptional user experience. 🌟 As we embark on our product journey, let's remember the importance of balancing both aspects. Because only by building the right product and building it right can we truly make an impact and drive success. 💪 #ProductManagement #Tech #Innovation #UserCentricity

If you wonder what the Product manager does.. here is the perfect example for the same.😂 I can see a successful product manager in this kid.☺️ #product #productmanager #associateproductmanager