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Product Assignments 101

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  Hello readers👋 Hope you all are doing well! Today I am not sharing something that you must learn. It is something that comes from practice. If you have covered all the aspects of Product then I am sure you must be applying to different jobs to gain experience. While applying to different opportunities you may have come across assignments (not a new frontier ik 😛). So, if you want to practice some problem statements that are/may be present in your application journey then do read this blog. Now, you can definitely find many problem statements on the internet named Take Home Product Assignments but the benefit of going through this blog is that I have curated these problems with a lot of research and analysis, it will be easier for you to practice without any wastage of time.  What do companies ask in an assignment? Companies generally want to check your basic capability of how you understand the problem and whether you can work according to the company's future goals. Look ...

Product Requirement Document - PRD

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Hello readers👋 Today we will learn about Product Requirement Document and how to write one. It is the most essential document that a product manager builds for a feature release and sometime updates due to resource changes. So, let's delve deep into this topic! Why Product Managers write PRDs? 1. To clearly articulate the problem/feature requirements that the product needs so that the team understands the "why" behind the development effort. 2. Keeps the stakeholders aligned with the product's vision, scope and requirements which keeps everyone focused on shared goals. 3. Helps to layout the use cases, user stories and detailed requirements to the developers and designers for product development. 4. Highlights which features/functionalities are in priority to ensure timely delivery. 5. Helps to capture user needs, pain points and workflows based on research to meet real user needs and provide better experience to the customers of the product. (user-centric design) 6....

JIRA

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Hello readers👋 I think you have heard about Jira, didn't you? If not then I guess you did not dive deep into product management 😶. Well, let me introduce you to Jira! Jira is a software developed by Atlassian that assists with planning, tracking, reporting and releasing of projects in Agile teams.  🔗 -  Jira The best way to learn Jira is by practicing. You can watch some beginner-level tutorials to understand the working -  Click here Why do we use Jira? Are there other alternatives? 1. Jira helps in Backlog Management - Backlogs of user stories, tasks and bugs are managed using Jira keeping in mind the priority of the issues generated. 2. Jira helps in Sprint Planning and Tracking - In agile, Jira helps in sprint planning by assigning tasks to sprints. This enables the product managers to monitor progress and whether tasks are completed on dedicated timelines. 3. Jira helps to build Reports and Analytics - Built-in reporting tools (like burndown charts and veloci...