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10 Skills Product Managers Should Have in 2021

In 2020, managers had to supplement their skill sets to meet the needs of changing workplaces. People had little choice but to adjust to a remote set-up. The working world as we know it shifted. Both employees and managers had to change the way they operated. This prompted a rise in project planning software and video calling. 

Product managers have always required communication, organization, and technical skills. Now more so than ever, their vast skill sets are in demand to keep businesses on their feet. This article aims to highlight these essential skills. We will look at the part they’ll play going forward in the aftermath of 2020.

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What Does Serverless Architecture Hold?

Let’s rewind a bit. The cloud emerged somewhere in the mid-2000s. Before its development, enterprises relied on their own infrastructure to house everything they needed for software, small business apps, or programs. Engineers were required to manage the hardware and software.

Put yourself in the engineers’ shoes, other than development, you still need to mind the integrity of your infrastructure. This includes servers, networks, storage, services, and application. Managing the hardware, let alone the software, is an expensive process that requires skilled technicians.

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How To Give Your DevOps Feedback Loop The Update It Needs

Introduction

With the highest performing DevOps teams deploying on average four times a day, the pressure is on. Your team should always be looking to improve the speed and quality of your process. A solution may be closer than you think.

What Is a Feedback Loop?

In society, we receive feedback continuously, from friends, family, and colleagues. Companies often have office telephone systems or entire call centers dedicated to receiving feedback from their customers. So, what is it doing in your DevOps process?

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How DevOps Will Change Now That Remote Working Is Here to Stay

As we all know, the way we work has changed forever and fundamentally. What started as a temporary shift to adapt to the pandemic has actually revealed several issues and outdated working practices. 

Now, software like Slack and the many 8x8 competitors out there feel as if they’ve always been with us. Soon, large swathes of office space will likely disappear, and some people may not feel the need to come into the office at all. Remote work is here to stay. 

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How to Secure Your Unified Communications Deployment

With an increasing number of communication channels available, managers are struggling to keep on top of business communications. This is where unified communications comes in. 

It pulls things like video conferencing, team messages, email, etc. and funnels them into one manageable system. The benefit of unified communications includes better oversight, increased worker productivity, and more. Because of its efficiency, UC and technology like VoIP is predicted to become a popular tool for communication and collaboration for development teams in the coming years.