Product Management in the Open (Source) - community and direction
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Describes concrete moves: a volunteer product manager program and Wikipedia Foundation grants that funded roadmap work for Wikisource, public Firefox user study profiles, and handling Firefox OS regulatory requirements for phones; names a painful maintenance case with bind8 sunset. Explains community-sourced user interviews, in-person listening and metrics (Mercurial debate referenced via lemonpie) that turn requests into prioritized roadmaps and shows the matching problems of volunteers to developers and sustaining execution.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Product management in open source
- 2:47Core responsibilities
- 8:28Defining products and problems
- 14:55Roadmapping and prioritization
- 24:31Product vs project management
- 31:52Community engagement and research
- 38:59Balancing dictatorship and collaboration
- 43:36Volunteer roles and recognition
- 46:02Summary
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