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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more

CIO

As project-based business practices give way to product-focused cross-functional teams, the product manager role is taking on prominence, increasingly attracting interest from job candidates who might otherwise go into IT. Do product managers make good money? As you grow in your career, so will your salary.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower CTO

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Background Questions Let’s start with some background questions about the business and product. A Product Manager?

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

CIO

Build your network continuously Joe Puglisi, former CIO and now investor, advisor, and board member, leads a weekly call for the Society of Information Management (SIM) Members in Transition program. Top areas include product management, agile methodologies, design thinking, continuous improvement, and change management practices.

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager. INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan.

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Chief Technology Officer: Understanding the Main Tech Person In a Company

Altexsoft

Often considered a tech guru of the company or the smartest programmer in the room, the title of CTO alone indicates that the company is doing something big with technology. With this article, we’ll dip a toe into the field of the multiple responsibilities of an average CTO. The role of CTO. CTO’s tasks and responsibilities.

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From CIO to CEO: IT leaders rise to the top

CIO

“That’s when it moved from being opportunistic to very purposeful,” says Meyercord, who after a search for the right fit took over the CEO reins last November at Propel Software, a SaaS provider of engineering and product management software. “I If not, take a step back, figure out what’s not working, and move forward.”

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Outsourcing Version 1: Advice from a CTO

GreenBar

… While these two phases come after delivery of version 1 (which is why I’m lumping them together), you should be thinking from the start about how to resource follow-on work to manage and update your software. You can use the possibility of follow-on work to motivate high performance in your contractor now. Version 1.1,