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The 10 Commandments of Product Management:
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Thou shall focus on The User.
Thou shall focus on The User.
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Thou shall not optimize for product outputs. Thou shall optimize for business outcomes.
Thou shall not optimize for product outputs. Thou shall optimize for business outcomes.
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Thou shall not drop the name of the CEO in vain.
Thou shall not drop the name of the CEO in vain.
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Thou shall remember to build high agency, embody deep care, exude optimism, practise kind candor, and aspire to low ego.
Thou shall remember to build high agency, embody deep care, exude optimism, practise kind candor, and aspire to low ego.
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Thou shall honor that product management is part art, part science and aspire to be skillful in both.
Thou shall honor that product management is part art, part science and aspire to be skillful in both.
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Thou shall take the necessary time to understand the real problem before starting to solve it. Thou shall not confuse Execution problems with Strategy problems, Culture problems, or Interpersonal problems.
Thou shall take the necessary time to understand the real problem before starting to solve it. Thou shall not confuse Execution problems with Strategy problems, Culture problems, or Interpersonal problems.
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Thou shall put The User first, company next, team after that, and then thyself. Thou shall trust that this will lead to better long-term outcomes for thyself than any other ordering.
Thou shall put The User first, company next, team after that, and then thyself. Thou shall trust that this will lead to better long-term outcomes for thyself than any other ordering.
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Thou shall build influence with thy communication: spoken, written, but above all, listening.
Thou shall build influence with thy communication: spoken, written, but above all, listening.
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Thou shall first work hard to not fool thyself. Thou shall then work to not let thy team get fooled.
Thou shall first work hard to not fool thyself. Thou shall then work to not let thy team get fooled.
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Thou shall not blindly follow any product commandments, rules, processes, templates including these 10 commandments. Thou shall consider thy current context as paramount.
Thou shall not blindly follow any product commandments, rules, processes, templates including these 10 commandments. Thou shall consider thy current context as paramount.
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