Do you see situations like these in your development team? 🧐

* 📝 Product Manager and devs **talking only through tickets** and not understanding each other's perspectives.
* 🚩 Prioritisation between features and technical debt becoming an **us vs. them** dynamic.
* 📆 Product pushing for lower estimations leading to dev teams padding them deliberately, while **deadlines still get missed.**

Rest assured, you are not the only one! Building a great product requires **great collaboration between product people and engineers**, but so often, that is not the case and the two sides find themselves at odds with one another.

But it does not have to be this way - especially as AI is increasingly blurring the lines between these roles and making the Product and Engineering partnership **the ultimate competitive advantage.**

For our next ProductTank Slovenia, we’re ditching the long slide decks for something much more practical. We will be joined by **Denis Čahuk**, an engineering leadership coach who specializes in the "human" side of tech teams. We’ll be exploring the often-misunderstood dynamics between Product Managers and Engineers, but not just as a typical "sit and listen" event. **We want you to be a part of it!**

**Agenda for the evening:**
17:45 - doors open
18:05 - organizers say hello
18:10 - **Interview with Denis on Broken Team Dynamics**
Common patterns behind broken team dynamics: what to look for and how to nurture improvement. Interview by Marko Jukić (ProductTank, IKEA).
18:40 - **Team Blindspot Check — Got a question?**
We’re hosting several interactive rounds where you in the audience will bring a real challenge to the floor. Denis and the community will help you find answers to your unique situation.
19:30 - Networking and refreshments

Whether you are a seasoned PM, a Lead Dev or just starting out, join us! The best teams aren't the ones without friction, they're the ones who **learned to work through it.** Come with a question, a challenge, or just an open mind.

This time our hosts will be the wonderful people of **Kaldi** 🐐, a Slovenian company building digital products from discovery to scale.

Grab your spot and we'll see you there!

ProductTank Slovenia

Marko Jukić

Blaž Košenina

Goran Ivašić

Uros Cadez

Mitja Gornik

Nina

Alen Kovač

Črt Mrzlikar

Jure Repnik

Uros

Filip Koprivec

klemenp

Katja Galin

Matej Hočevar

Matjaž Ravnikar

Sašo Vučič

Wiktor

Rizalina Mingazheva

Debug the Divide between Product & Engineering

Kaldi

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Arbeitest du im Produktbereich, suchst du nach Anregungen für deine persönliche Weiterentwicklung und möchtest du dich mit Gleichgesinnten aus der Produkt-Community austauschen?
Dann mach dich bereit für den ProductTank Nürnberg.
Nimm an unserer Veranstaltung im Möbelkollektiv teil und lass den Abend bei Networking und kühlen Getränken ausklingen.
Lass uns Kontakte knüpfen, Erkenntnisse austauschen und auf die faszinierende Welt der Produkte anstoßen.

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Agenda
19:00 Uhr – Einlass
19:20 Uhr – Begrüßung & Einführung ProductTank
19:30 Uhr – Vortrag von Christian Kleppmann, Jurist & Verhandlungstrainer (Talk in deutscher Sprache)
20:30 Uhr – Networking
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Praxisnah, strategisch und direkt anwendbar:
**Erfolgreich Verhandeln im Produktalltag**

Als Produktmanager\*in verhandelst du ständig – sei es mit Stakeholdern, Teams, Dienstleistern oder Kunden. Doch oft fehlt das strategische Handwerkszeug, um in diesen Gesprächen klar, souverän und auf Augenhöhe zu agieren.

In diesem interaktiven Vortrag werfen wir gemeinsam einen Blick hinter die Kulissen erfolgreicher Verhandlungsführung. Du lernst, wie du nicht nur überzeugst, sondern auch die Interessen deines Gegenübers verstehst und für beide Seiten tragfähige Lösungen entwickelst. Diese Techniken eignen sich dabei auch ideal für Verhandlungen innerhalb von Projektgruppen.

**Das erwartet dich:**

* **Verhandlungstechniken mit Substanz:** Lerne praxiserprobte Methoden kennen, die dir helfen, auch in herausfordernden Situationen wirksam zu bleiben.
* **Ausweg aus der Sackgasse:** Was tun, wenn ein Gespräch stockt? Christian Kleppmann zeigt dir Wege, wie du neue Beweglichkeit in festgefahrene Situationen bringst.
* **Unfaire Taktiken erkennen & kontern:** Erfahre, wie du manipulative Methoden identifizierst – und dabei selbst souverän bleibst.

Der Vortrag basiert auf der langjährigen Erfahrung von Christian Kleppmann als Verhandlungsführer in der Wirtschaft, bei Softwareprojekten und in der Politik – mit Gruppen von wenigen bis zu über 100 Beteiligten. Freu dich auf praktische Impulse, echte Fallbeispiele und einen offenen Austausch.

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Do you work in the product sector, are you looking for inspiration for your personal development, and would you like to exchange ideas with like-minded people from the product community?
Then get ready for ProductTank Nuremberg. Take part in our event at Möbelkollektiv and round off the evening with networking and cool drinks. Let's make contacts, exchange insights and toast to the fascinating world of products.

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Agenda
7:00 p.m. – Doors open
7:30 p.m. – Welcome & introduction to ProductTank
7:45 p.m. – Presentation by Christian Kleppmann (Talk will be in German)
8:30 p.m. – Networking
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Practical, strategic, and directly applicable:
**Successful Negotiation in Everyday Product Management**

As a product manager, you are constantly negotiating—whether with stakeholders, teams, service providers, or customers. But often, you lack the strategic tools to act clearly, confidently, and on equal terms in these conversations.

In this interactive presentation, we will take a look behind the scenes of successful negotiation. You will learn not only how to be persuasive, but also how to understand the interests of your counterpart and develop viable solutions for both sides. These techniques are also ideal for negotiations within project groups.

What you can expect:

* **Negotiation techniques** with substance: Learn tried-and-tested methods that will help you remain effective even in challenging situations.
* **A way out of the impasse**: What to do when a conversation stalls? Christian Kleppmann shows you ways to bring new flexibility to deadlocked situations.
* **Recognizing and countering unfair tactics**: Learn how to identify manipulative methods—while remaining confident yourself.

The presentation is based on Christian Kleppmann's many years of experience as a negotiator in business, software projects, and politics—with groups ranging from a few to over 100 participants. Look forward to practical ideas, real-life case studies, and an open exchange.

ProductTank Nürnberg

Jonathan Stütz

Alide von Bornhaupt

veronicasemeco

Ronja Dörr

Daniel Knauss

Florian Pollok

Dani G

Andreas Wünsche

Alex Key

Alice

Carsten Fritz

Alexander Reinhold

Meltem Alca

Nadja Deuerlein

Philip Baumann

Dr. Daniela Kouklakis

Stefanie Friedrich

Debora Ferreira

Anna Osipova

Erfolgreich Verhandeln im Produktalltag

Möbelkollektiv

**Connecting business goals with outcomes and everyday product work**
Why is it still so difficult for product teams to clearly explain how their work contributes to business goals?

Impact Mapping is a simple but powerful tool that helps teams connect the dots between “what are we building?” and “why does this matter?” by connecting

* Business goals
* Actors
* Behavioural changes and outcomes
* Concrete solutions

In this hands-on crash course, we will build an impact map together based on an example goal. Step by step, you will practise connecting:

Goal → Actor → Outcome → Solution

You’ll leave with a clear mental model you can immediately apply in product discovery, roadmap discussions, or strategy conversations.

Agenda
17.45 Doors open
18.00 Impact Mapping Workshop
19.00 Networking

**Who is this workshop for?**
Designed for Product Managers, Product Designers, and Product Engineers. The number of participants is limited to keep it hands-on.

**Thank you to our sponsor Liip!**
*Liip is a Swiss digital agency striving for digital, human progress by building user-centred products with lasting social, environmental and economic value.*

ProductTank Zürich

Tanja Lau

Anna-Lena König

Raffael

Savvas Stampolloglou

Jeremy Tuson

Nicolai Finke

Gunnar

Tobias Widmer

Karl Aschwanden

Catarina Martins Simoes

Mariana Coelho Silva

Julian Wilczek

Kateryna

Pascal Mollet

Nico Erb

Patrick Fischbacher

Hasse Lienert

Gianluca Negrello

Marco D'Addezio

Bianca O

Impact Mapping: A Practical Crash Course for Product Teams

Liip AG

Dear Product People in Cologne:

Dependencies are not the enemy.

Unclear ownership, slow synchronization, and too much parallel work are. Drawing on her experience leading a portfolio of 12 product teams, Anna will share practical “how-to” approaches.

She will touch on how to:

\- Make dependencies first\-class roadmap citizens
\- Stabilize alignment after a pivot
\- Surface dependency risks early without leadership intervention
\- Introduce WIP limits at the portfolio level

Don't miss the chance to ask your questions & connect with Anna and the community. Of course you'll have time to mingle and connect with curious product people from the Cologne area again.

**Agenda:**
7pm: Arrive and networking
7:30pm: Talk of Anna Hannemann (in person)
8:15pm: Q&A about everything you want to ask
8:45pm to end: open networking

We're proud to present **Netlight** as our location host again. Their new office is very central in Spichernstrasse! As always we're super happy to engage in a lively conversation with our speaker, and we'll get to mix and mingle at a beautiful location in Cologne.

Looking forward to see you on March 16th!

Best,
Shehrina, Simonetta, Tim, Esjona, & Dominik
Your ProductTank Cologne Team

ProductTank Cologne

Dominik Rose

Esjona Musta

Shehrina

Simonetta

Tim Klein

Esjona 

Pavel Ryukhov

Maru Waan Ek

Sumit

Lena

Maya

Zorlu

Thomas Brouwer

Peter Niessen

Felix Stein

Michail Petrischenko

Julian Junghänel

Haolin Ziehh

Eldin Zaimovic

Khattab Al-Ali

Managing Dependencies in Practice (Or: Why your roadmap is lying to you!)

Netlight Cologne

As AI transforms how products are built and delivered, traditional signals of credibility are becoming less reliable. In this Lunch & Learn meetup, Author and Growth Coach Kurt Schmidt will guide us through the exploration of how trust is earned—not just through outputs or expertise, but by revealing the decision-making process behind products. We’ll discuss how trust impacts product adoption, internal momentum, and organizational support, and share practical strategies for product teams to build trust that scales.

**What to Expect:**
\- A candid discussion on why trust is weaker and signals are noisier in the age of AI\.
\- Insights into how trust manifests as adoption\, momentum\, and “air cover” within organizations\.
\- Exploration of three critical areas where trust must exist: in the product\, in the people building it\, and in the organization backing it\.
\- Why narrating effort isn’t enough—showing decisions and tradeoffs is key\. \- Practical\, scalable ways product teams can build and maintain trust\.

ProductTank Twin Cities

Esra Kucukciftci

Darrick Jensen

Joe Lamusga

Maura McCafferty

Matt Roscoe

John D

Sufian Abu

Andrea Merrill

Mark Prondzinski

Sarah B-L

Davide Aldrovandi

Mark Leppke

Susan Quakkelaar

David Rodriguez

Matt Potter

Mark Dirnberger

Vicki O

koepp.alec

Marilyn

A Product-First Take on Trust in An AI-powered World

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