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Looking Back at 2021 Predictions

The end of the year is traditionally a time when people will reflect back on the year that was and look forward to the year that will be. This week we’re doing the same thing but with a twist. We thought it’d be interesting to take a look back at what people predicted for product managers for 2021. We’ll leave it up to you to decide how good these folks were at predicting the future.

Product Management Predictions for 2021. Dave Wilner, Auth0 CRO, talked with five product management leaders from various sectors to get their predictions for 2021. Their answers provide an inside look into the trends they thought that impact product management in the coming year. Read on to see how good they were at identifying 2021 trends.

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Future of Product Management: 2021 Forecast. There is more interest and awareness in product management than ever before. But the product world has also become an increasingly chaotic domain. There are many human and commercial motivations at play, influencing the state of the product management domain. Gabriel Steinhardt outlined some of the market dynamics in product management which he expected to emerge in 2021. Did they?

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Product Manager Edition)

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

not a computer was touched. Not even the mouse. 
 

The out-of-office messages were written up with care.

in hopes that no emergencies would pop up out of nowhere.

When all of a sudden, I heard a notification from Slack.

I sprang from my bed and nearly threw out my back. 

"The website is down!", the fiery message read.

"The apps are broken, too -- all of our products are dead!"

Away to my workstation I flew like a flash,

tore open my Mac and gave my keys a smash. 

When, what to my home office doorway should appear,

but my wife with a snack... and a Christmas ale beer.

My wife was the culprit -- she played a cruel joke.

No apps were down. No website was broke. 

She was dressed in her Christmas Jammies, from her head to her toes,

and along with the snacks had a present... wrapped in a bow.

She had devilish grin -- she was up to something indeed.

I asked her, "But why?" She handed me a box and said, "You'll see."

Was it new Airpods? Or the keys to a scooter?

Or maybe an Oculus Quest? Or a brand new computer?

A wink of her eye and a twist of her head

soon gave me to know it was something else instead.

I tore away the paper, and could only give a smile.

I saw a small box, marked "Leave your device in here a while." 

A box for my phone. To keep away from the web. 

The truth is, I didn't need it. It was time to be with family instead.

So I closed up my Mac. And tossed my phone inside. 

And gave my wife a kiss. "Merry Christmas, my bride."

The next day was marvelous. Fantastic. So great. 

Family time, we had... and lots of cookies, we ate.

And wouldn't you know it, Saint Nick visited, too.

When he left, he ho-ho-ho'ed, "Merry Christmas to all -- onto 2022!"

What are Product Management Trends for 2021? Hygger Predictions. To be competitive in their market product managers have to follow trends and permanently look for new ways to create value for their customers. In fact, trends can be hard to identify given the variation in product management purposes and objectives between companies and industries. Pavel Kukhnavets took a look at the situation at the beginning of 2021 and formulated these conclusions and predictions about where product management is headed. How did he do?

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Product Management Trends & Predictions 2021. ProductCamp Online pulled together a panel including long-time product management experts Steve Johnson and Rich Mironov, JJ Rorie, Vice President at Sequent Learning Networks, David Nash, Vice President at 280 Group, with moderator Hector Del Castillo of Bold PM. The group discussed product management trends and perspectives and looked at predictions for the year ahead. In the face of unprecedented market shifts, exponentially changing buyer behavior, reduced team capacity, and new requirements for remote working, they discussed how product managers require an ever-increasing velocity and scale of analysis in terms of processing and access to accelerate innovation and forge new paths for their organizations to remain relevant.

(via @ProductCamp)

AI / Product Management / UX Design Predictions for 2021. Brian T. O'Neill did not put out a long list of 2021 predictions, but he did have a couple on his radar. First, AI/data product management seems to be picking up. Second, model interaction and exploration come to the forefront.

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