If You’re Hitting All the Dates on Your Roadmap, You’re Doing It Wrong
Imagine a product team out for dinner and drinks. They’re celebrating a big win. The product manager, development team, product owner, maybe even a...
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Strategy is Important But It Isn’t Everything
In an ideal, data-driven world, every product, project, and program would come gift wrapped with its own precise set of goals, objectives, and KPIs....
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It’s that time of year where I’m both overwhelmed and excited to work on my roadmap. Maybe it’s the feeling of a fresh start...
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Is it Time to Declare Roadmap Bankruptcy? Whether your product finds a market or falls flat, your team needs to understand why this outcome...
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Once you’re blessed with the opportunity to expand your product management team with a new hire, you have options to consider. You can hire...
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I’m Predictable in an Agile Environment
“Being Agile” and “being predictable” may seem mutually exclusive, at least when it comes to product management. A good sprint cadence creates a predictable...
The Key to Defeating Analysis Paralysis on Your Roadmap
Thanks to the Internet, there is no unfindable fact. As information is always at the ready, there’s no excuse not to check sources, find...
4 Reasons You Must Use Metrics to Determine Feature Decisions
Any good goal is measurable, so organizations with properly defined objectives will establish metrics and KPIs to track their progress and momentum. KPIs attach...
12 Product Managers Lessons You Can Learn from Kids
You’ve carefully curated your product management career trajectory. You’re a full-grown professional with valuable life experience. You know what makes a great product manager...
12 Things Every Product Manager Should Do in Their First 30 Days at a New Company
Congratulations on your new job! This might be your first product manager role or (as in my case) the most recent position in an...
4 Key Responsibilities of Outstanding Product Managers
For such a vital and pivotal position within many companies, the product manager’s job description is often not well defined. Product manager responsibilities often...
