Main Takeaways: -A lot of what we read online is either describing the ideal or a very specific situation but the advice is presented as a one size fits all solution. -Literature tends to focus on satisfying the customer while ignoring the people and the technology that contributes to building, but agile provides tools to do both. -Product management is part art part process. While a good toolkit is important, adapting to the reality of your product and company is equally important.

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6. About me
● My name is Laura
● I’ve been a Product Manager for 5 years
○ Currently: Cloud Enablement at Booking.com
○ Previously: EU Expansion at Amazon.com
● My big confession: product management wasn’t my
childhood dream

7. Ok what now?
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8. The trend...
● Product/product management centric view
■ Product Managers vs The World

9. Product Managers vs Developers
● While PMs don’t directly manage developers, our choices
impact
○ Their productivity
○ Their career path
● When things aren’t running smoothly, it’s easy to assume why

10. Product Managers vs Developers
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13. Product Managers vs Developers
● When things aren’t running smoothly, don’t assume!
○ Ask your TL/Engineering Manager
○ Ask your developers
● Collaborative Scrum teams are build!
● You can be agile even if you call it a feature or an epic, not a
user story!

14. Product Managers vs Animals

15. Product Managers vs Animals

16. The takeaways
● Not everything posted online is applicable to you
● Customer is King but a technical team that is at odds with you will kill
your product before making it to the market.
● Don’t get hung up on on terminology
● You need to align to your company’s vision and reality, even if that
means delays in the roadmap

17. Thank you for tuning in!
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