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September 2022
Product strategy: avoid these 6 pitfalls while defining it
Lofty product strategy pitches buzzwordy with dense diagrams have become a norm. There's no issue with them, per se, but most are just words lacking…
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Surya Suravarapu
Building cool things vs. customer needs
Does the desire to build cool new things override the customer needs? In other words, a programmer's itch and urge to scratch it is crucial to retain…
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Surya Suravarapu
Being cognizant of your confirmation bias in product discovery
Confirmation bias in product discovery is prevalent. Something convinced you, and now you're on a mission to prove it everywhere. That, too, when new…
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Surya Suravarapu
Three pillars of building trust in a team setting
Nothing else matters if your team members are not trusting you. It goes without saying, building trust is essential in every facet of our lives…
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Surya Suravarapu
What is the difference between Product Owner and Product Manager?
Product Owner is an interesting name for the role a product person plays in an agile setting (scrum). Is it really different from Product Manager? And…
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Surya Suravarapu
August 2022
Finding your leverage and honing it for professional success
Your professional success is proportional to the leverage you have. How much of that do you have? But what is leverage? The dictionary provides the…
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Surya Suravarapu
Product strategy — understand it to refine or redefine
It's not unusual to feel every now and then that you are not making an impact as a Product Manager. If you never felt that way, you are either a perfect…
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Surya Suravarapu
Chasing opportunities when you are resource constrained
Depending on the stage of the company, you will see executive leadership chasing way too many opportunities (at least that’s your impression). Even to…
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Surya Suravarapu
Agility as a mindset over methods and terminology
Stories, story points, acceptance criteria, stand-up, sprint, retrospective … Keep going, you will soon cover several key terms of modern software…
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Surya Suravarapu
July 2022
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