Product Managers
Product Managers Give Too Much Context
Product managers balance between providing too little or too much context in order to gain stakeholder alignment. How much is...
Annie Dunham
Former VP of Product Management
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
The Product Trust Communication Curve
The product trust communication curve suggests that trust between a product team and stakeholders, lessens the need on-one-on communication.
Product Managers
Kicking Off a Greenfield Project: What Product Managers Need to Know
Kicking off a greenfield project presents unique challenges and requires a different approach from other types of product development.
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
5 Things Your Product Leader Doesn’t Want to See on Your Roadmap
Explore the 5 things that your product leader doesn't want to see on your team's roadmap and ways to mitigate...
Product Leadership
The Difference Between Thought Leadership vs. People Leadership
Thought leadership vs people leadership, the two terms are interchangeable. The former have proven themselves as effective people leaders.
Product Leadership
Your Product Team’s Communication is Making or Breaking Your Product
Effective product team communication is not about talking more often to your team or giving them more granular task details.
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Finding Your True Career IMPACT Within the Product Field
Learn how IMPACT can provide a structure for identifying your strengths and weaknesses to find your true career impact in...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
The Secret to Product Planning
What is the secret to product planning? The answer: It depends on your team's overall vision and whether you can...
Prioritization and Backlog
Employ an IMPACT Prioritization Strategy to Your Product
Discover how an IMPACT mindset can help you implement an effective prioritization strategy that addresses the needs of your customers.
Product Leadership
Lead with Context, Not Control
Discover how effective product leader communication can help you effectively manage your product roadmap and product team.
Product Strategy
How to Retroactively Measure Product Vision Success
Does your product vision impede your product team's success? Learn how to measure product vision in retrospectives in this blog.
Product Leadership
6 Product Leadership Interview Questions and Answers
How do you know if a candidate will fill the position well? Here are 6 product leadership interview questions to...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Roadmapping with an IMPACT Mindset
Learn the power of creating meaningful roadmaps with IMPACT for prioritization, setting themes, and even determining the timeframe.
Career and Interviews
Why Gender Diversity Leads to Better Products
In the 2021 State of Product Management Report, our annual collection of data designed to bring to life the trends...
Product Leadership
Meaningful Product Processes with IMPACT
After reading a blog or a book or attending a conference or talk on product management, I’m always excited to...
Product Leadership
How to Hire with an Impact Mindset
Finding good talent is tricky—but can be even more impactful than some product decisions. Learn how to apply impact in...
Prioritization and Backlog
Is It Time to Dump Your Product Frameworks?
Great products come from great product teams—not from frameworks. Using the right product framework can help guide a team’s work....
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
3 Tips to Make Your Product Manager Resume Stand Out From the Rest
According to LinkedIn, interest in product management has doubled in the United States in the past 5 years. ProductPlan’s State...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
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...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
How Do You Know You’re Hiring a Good Product Team Member?
Product leaders don’t often get many chances for hiring product team members. It’s not overstating things to label bringing on...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
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...
Product Strategy
The Roadmap Revolution: A Chance to Hit “Reset”
It’s that time of year where I’m both overwhelmed and excited to work on my roadmap. Maybe it’s the feeling...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Declaring Roadmap Bankruptcy
Is it Time to Declare Roadmap Bankruptcy? Whether your product finds a market or falls flat, your team needs to...
Product Leadership
3 Reasons You Should Hire a Senior Product Manager
Once you’re blessed with the opportunity to expand your product management team with a new hire, you have options to...