I joined GitLab in mid-2019, back then the biggest all-remote company in the world. For four months, I was highly sceptical that one could do product right in an all-remote setting. Two more months later, the pandemic started, and everyone had to adjust. While the pandemic might be over, for many of you, one change it brought is a strong push towards being remote.In this talk, I would like to shar...
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Creativity in product leadership is at the source of innovation, ingenious problem solving, state-of-the-art user-centric design, market disruption and industry transformation. Creative moves can be bold, counter-intuitive, pre-calculated, masterful and purely accidental. How can product leaders harness and embody multifaceted creativity in their complex environments?In this interactive talk, Anja...
TL,DR; Successful initiatives to change software architectures are directed at achieving an outcome, rather than producing output. Objectives & Key Results provide an accessible mechanism to set and track desired outcomes as goals. Wardley Maps enable software teams to challenge the goals by linking the higher level objectives to constraints in the domain model and in the software architecture.Whe...
Do you realize that your data decisions today will impact what you can build tomorrow? Join me as we delve into 5 data dilemmas every product manager encounters. Let's discuss the common mistakes that happen even in the big tech companies - and how to avoid them....
In a world increasingly preoccupied with cost effectiveness, few of us have the luxury to work with dedicated Product Operations staff. However, all that work still needs to get done...Whether you're a product leader navigating the muddy waters post-layoffs, or whether you're an individual contributor just looking to make your own work a little easier - at some point you'll have to do some Ops wor...
What happens after you build a strategy? If you aren't careful - it can end up just a piece of paper that no one references. Much like a tree that falls in the forest, what happens if it doesn't make a sound?This is why Strategy Custody is important. How your strategy travels and affects the people who are effected by it is the difference between an alive strategy, and a dead one. In this session,...
Alex sheds light on the inadequacy of traditional team-building models in today's fast-paced product landscape. Drawing from personal experiences, he shares valuable insights into his journey of building teams that excel in performance, foster mutual support, and possess a multidimensional problem-solving approach.Alex's talk challenges the status quo by addressing the limitations of the tradition...
This talk will explore ideas to help us navigate the future. The future impacts every aspect of our lives, and to prepare for the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous natures of the future, we must get accustomed to thinking, learning, and playing in the future. In this talk, we will examine how what we can learn from the future from speculative design, storytelling, and system thinking. Sp...
Product-led Growth is no more a fad, it's starting to become a tablestake in tech since It's so incredibly efficient in acquiring users compared to what sales-led growth has to offer.But it's much more than just freemiums and trials.I will show you why that is the case, in which markets what works best, and how we can turn it into a thing that has an impact internally and with our customers: produ...
Abstract: This talk unveils the journey undertaken by a Platform Product Manager in her journey at HelloFresh and Spotify in reshaping traditional platform teams into dynamic forces guided by a product-first philosophy informed by the 4th topology outlined in Team Topologies and Thoughtworks in theirTech Radar for three years running. Rooted in these principles, HelloTech and Spotify platform tea...
Building a product community? Let's dig in:Discover: What really matters in community-building.Understand: Link activities to genuine outcomes.Apply: Get tools to drive engagement and growth.Join us and let's level up your community strategy, no fluff....
What happens in an organization where cross functional teams speak entirely different languages? Join find out about challenges and best practices on how to approach ML problems as a Product Manager especially when the users require solutions to complex biological problems....
Over the past decade, many companies have made great strides in delivering software, and convincing their companies to turn to Product Management to get out of the Build Trap. But, so many of these companies get stuck putting these practices into place so that the entire business is working together to become product led. In this talk, Melissa will address the most common issues companies face onc...
Should your line manager be an expert in your field?Join us for a live recording of AVK podcast aka Leadership anonymous! - a podcast dedicated to spreading modern leadership knowledge and best practices amongst Hungarians! All three of the show hosts are experienced leaders from the tech industry, having worked for startups, medium to large organizations and multinational enterprises as well. At ...
During the presentation you will learn more on how exactly accumulation of metrics from different streams in one place has helped to leverage productivity, enhance stable delivery and engineering excellence....
2023 welcomed our group with multiple planned project deliveries, the hype and demand of hybrid working mode, while half of the team had less than a year experience in their current field.This talk is about what we have done to attack this situation, to build up motivation and competency to achieve project targets and how we’re getting our function development team up to speed while increasing eng...
From the first production ready automotive radar in the end of the 90's to today, RADAR sensors have been playing a major role in the development of Assisted & Autonomous Driving. In this talk the followings will be discussed: the important aspects of RADARs, why they are essential and what the future could look like for this technology....
TEAM ZEISS Employee Portal is a vital tool for improving enterprise search capabilities, knowledge sharing, and employee productivity. In this presentation we elaborate on the vision of employee portal as central entry point into the daily work that increases productivity of all employees worldwide and connects as well as enables them. Our comprehensive search experience supports the portal vision...
Prepare for an exciting journey into the future of banking with Kate, the first AI-based digital financial assistant in Hungary. In this presentation, we unravel Kate’s moments from her birth through kindergarten to becoming a real Bank executive reshaping the financial landscape of AI assistants....
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion on the topic of "The Power of Allyship", featuring prominent tech leaders in the industry:Benaz IraniHajnalka PatakiLeah TharinTheresa JohnsonExplore the current state of diversity, understand the vital role of allyship, and gain actionable insights into breaking down barriers. Discover how the tech industry can evolve into a more inclusive and equitable fut...