06.06.2026 –, ZKM Kubus Sprache: English
How do you make sure you build the right product and build the product right?
In this talk I will elaborate on the role of user-centric product managers in open source context. What does it actually mean to be a product manager and how can this role facilitate community engagement in product development?
You will leave this talk with very tangible best practices, which you can implement immediately in your project.
I will answer the following questions:
- What is user-centricity and how to become user-centric product manager?
- Why in open source is perfectly suited to this form of product development?
- Why it's cheaper to validate hypotheses and stay in the problem space first instead of jumping to the solutions?
- How to conduct user research without a huge effort?
- How to start with user research in case you haven't done it before?
I will also present a real example of user-centric product development process, based on my work at OpenProject.
Rosanna Sibora is a user-centric product leader, changemaker and FOSS ambassador. Currently she is a CPO at OpenProject, the leading free and open source project management software. In her previous roles as CIO and VP of Digital Products & Innovation, she built product teams and led IT departments. She is an expert in IT transformation, particularly the transition from a project-oriented to a user-centric, product-oriented way of working, as well as in transitions from closed source to FOSS.
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