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Melissa Perri Books

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Melissa Perri is a product management expert, CEO of Produx Labs, and founder of the online school Product Institute. She advises organizations worldwide on building effective product teams and creating value-driven strategies.

Known for: Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value, Product Operations: How Successful Companies Build Better Products at Scale

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Understanding Product Management

When I first became a product manager, I quickly realized that many people misunderstood what the job was supposed to be. Too often, product managers are seen as project coordinators or backlog keepers. But true product management is about identifying opportunities to create value for both customers...

From Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

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The Product-Led Organization

Escaping the build trap takes more than good intentions; it requires structural change. A product-led organization is one where every decision starts with understanding the customer, and every team connects their work to measurable outcomes tied to company strategy. In such organizations, product ma...

From Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

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Defining Product Operations and its Role in Scaling Product Management

As organizations grow, the number of people involved in designing, building, and managing products increases exponentially. Product management teams expand, engineering groups multiply, and customer insights pour in from every direction. What was once a nimble team of a few product leaders quickly b...

From Product Operations: How Successful Companies Build Better Products at Scale

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Challenges of Scaling Product Organizations and How Product Operations Solves Them

Growth introduces complexity, and complexity kills alignment. As teams scale, three challenges dominate: misaligned priorities, inefficient processes, and the absence of trusted, centralized data. Without a system to address these, product organizations risk drifting away from their mission. Denise...

From Product Operations: How Successful Companies Build Better Products at Scale

About Melissa Perri

Melissa Perri is a product management expert, CEO of Produx Labs, and founder of the online school Product Institute. She advises organizations worldwide on building effective product teams and creating value-driven strategies.

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Melissa Perri is a product management expert, CEO of Produx Labs, and founder of the online school Product Institute. She advises organizations worldwide on building effective product teams and creating value-driven strategies.

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