Clarity at the Intersection of Product Management/Development and Analytics
Last Wednesday, Line of Sight Group attended the PDMA MN Chapter Meeting entitled, “The Intersection of Product Management/Development and Analytics.” There was networking, a tour of Optum including their version of the “Big Board” to monitor data and trends worldwide, and a panel moderated by Dave Mathias that included practitioners Kristen Womack, Jasmine Russell, Edward Chenard, David Quimby, and Scott Thomsen. They had great stories and examples drawn from real world experiences.
The final question had the panelists share some favorite resources and tips, which I scrambled feverishly to write down:
- Lean Analytics Book
- Mind the Product – UK Government example
- Edward Tufte – Visualizing Data
- Nate Silver – The Signal and the Noise
- Analytics Vidhya Articles
- Philosophy – there are timeless concepts e.g. Chinese Medicine that can potentially inform the “New Thing” you are working on
- Cyberpsychology Topic
- LEAN Innovation Topic
- Eric Ries and Steve Blank – Customer Discovery
- Business Model Generation
- Zack Nies – Frame before you Build, Measure and Learn
- IDEO – Design Thinking
- Look internally for agents of change
- Be self-reflective, fix impediments to change and be okay with a dynamically changing environment
You can find these resources and tips at the intersection of deep and practical.