How to be An Effective Product Manager

Product Managers play a pivotal role in the product management lifecycle.

Product Management is all about delivering innovative products that challenge the status quo, change the way certain things are done and most importantly solves problems of your customers.

Whatsapp, Slack, Viber changed the way people communicate.

Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin paved the way for social collaboration from both personal and professional standpoints increasing global connectivity.

IPhone, iPods and Smartphone’s changed telecommunication & the way music is consumed forever.

You get the drift!

Innovation and disruption in a good way is at the heart of all these technological wonders backed with a breakthrough vision, robust product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.

And Product Managers are right at the centre of converting these ideas into “massy reality”.

Do not get sucked into the idea that Product Manager is just one role. That is far from true. 

 
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How Remote Teams Benefit From Centralized Collaboration

Remote teams are heavily dependent on centralized communication and collaboration to ensure their projects are delivered well. Real-time information exchange is key to prevent chaos when your remote team is busy handling multiple projects at once. 

 

Not being able to see the most current status of tasks creates confusion, may lead to rework or incessant chasing for updates. 

 

All of which lead to waste of precious efforts that could have been spent on actual project work. Add to it the stress and anxiety.

 

Impact of not having centralized communication and collaboration

 

• No visibility of progress in real time

• Disconnect between teams and stakeholders

• Task assignments aren’t clear

• Increased wait times to get tasks done

• Lot of confusion and chaos

• Issue resolution is delayed

• Greater scope for team conflicts

• Task objectives aren’t clear

• End deliverables are delayed

Now let us take a look at how we can overcome the above challenges and ensure seamless project collaboration and execution by your remote teams.

 

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The Future Aspects of Project Management Technology Revealed

Rapid technology improvement ensures increased efficiency and higher productivity in every business whether it is small or large. Here we will see how technology is scaling our business and project management in an altered way and what the plans are.

So let’s move;

Normally, project management is an applied science that doesn’t have any dimensions. But yes, it has a dimension that is carried by factors of computational and managerial skills.

But the question is what does the future of project management hold?

Essentially, a project is a process that is meant to complete a service, a goal or product within a fixed budget, time, and resource.

 

In earlier days, projects had to be managed at any cost to be completed. But there was no certain management process that was discovered to manage the process and projects.

This was the biggest issue for which the managers and the entire organization had to face a lot.

What does the project management process look like? Here’s the answer in a pictorial form;

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