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Breaking into product management: A practical guide for aspiring product professionals

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Louron serves as the Editor at Mind the Product, bringing nearly a decade of experience in editorial positions across business and technology publications. For any editorial inquiries, you can connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Louron Pratt

<p>It’s safe to say that a bunch of stuff has changed both in and out of the world of product since 2017. However, one thing that hasn’t changed is the ongoing conversation behind the optimal mindsets of product development. In this <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/sunday-rewind/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday Rewind</a>, we look back to when Product Leader, <a href="https://jonnyschneider.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonny Schneider</a> helped us understand how Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile can all work together in harmony.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/16935895-8df4-450e-b9a1-1d22c7b59105_Screenshot202023-01-1020at2012.57.10.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Breaking down the three concepts, Jonny explains how “Design Thinking is how we explore and solve problems; Lean is our framework for testing our beliefs and learning our way to the right outcomes, and Agile is how we adapt to changing conditions with software.”</p>
<p>The real benefit comes when we bring all three mindsets together. Too often, the question is “lean or agile?”. The answer is “and”, not “or”: it’s Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile. That’s easy to say, but what does it look like in practice? Jonny offers some key lessons that he’s learned from applying Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile in the wild.</p>
<h2>Purpose, alignment, and autonomy</h2>
<p>Building a product is a lot like a combat mission. A team of skilled people operate in conditions of high uncertainty; a commander sets clear outcomes with some guiding principles; but we expect the unexpected; and, we’re trained to take best action, responding to new information as the situation unfolds. All of that takes discipline. And practice.</p>
<h2>Measure things that matter</h2>
<p>How will you measure outcomes? When will you know you’ve achieved it? Will your metrics help you make a decision?</p>
<p>We all know that vanity metrics – like total page views, or total new customers – are pointless. But knowing what not to measure doesn’t make measuring the right things any easier.</p>
<h2>Make decisions based on learning</h2>
<p>Why do we learn? To make better decisions. Many solutions fail because they solve no meaningful problem, and we tend to fall in love with our ideas and let our biases get the better of us. We don’t need to be scientists to learn the right things, and, insight doesn’t have to belong only to the research team. If we think through our approach, it can help us make better decisions.</p>
<h2>Many mindsets, one team</h2>
<p>Most important of all, it’s about working together and achieving together. Learning is a team sport, and collaboration is key if we’re going to find our way to the place we want to be. There is no one correct way, nor is one single mindset enough. But all together, elements of each mindset help us to find our way forward.</p>
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<p>Read this <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/understanding-design-thinking-lean-agile-work-together/">amazing in-depth guide</a></span> by Jonny Schneider in full, or delve into other pieces in our <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/sunday-rewind/">Sunday Rewind </a></span>series.</p>

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What good product design looks like – Miguel Fernandez (VP of Product Design, Slack)

10x Product X Design: Product and research team collaboration by Jane Austin

Learnings from London: What is it like to hold Google in your hand?

Learnings from London: How to build a billion dollar app

Product Systems: How to manufacture lightning in a bottle by Oji Udezue

Product management meets UX design by Tanmay Goel, Emi Kwon, Simran Kaur

Designing a sustainable future by Leyla Acaroglu

Making Hard Product Decisions for All the Right Reasons

Product Vision 2020

The Importance of Empathy, By Jack Sheppard

SUNDAY REWIND: Understanding how Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile work together

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