You’ve probably heard the old adage “success is not a destination, but a journey.” Clearly its authors were not product… Read →

First-mover advantage is a real thing. It even has its own TLA (its three-letter acronym being FMA, obviously). The common… Read →

Product management receives a constant barrage of requests from a variety of sources. Whether you’re talking to customers, salespeople, executives,… Read →

Are we there yet? This is a difficult question to answer when no one agrees on where exactly “there” is…. Read →

Most aspects of our lives are about achieving specific goals. We want to eat, so we make a meal. We… Read →

When an employee leaves a company, there’s more walking out the door than a salary and a nameplate. They take… Read →

When you’re continually shipping code, how do you plan, build, and communicate your roadmap? In this post we’ll outline the… Read →

According to leading research on technical recruiting, the interview process for the Internet and Tech industry currently averages more than… Read →

One of the biggest challenges product managers face is including the entire organization in product planning while avoiding a phenomenon… Read →

Leading a product team during a high-growth period can be exciting. The team grows, roles shift, output increases, and many… Read →

Interviewing a product management candidate (and hiring product managers in general) is definitely more art than science. There aren’t many… Read →

The path to the product-market fit is not clearly paved for all products. Today we’ll explore a few ways you… Read →

So, you’re scaling your product management team. Congratulations! Your company is clearly doing something right if you need to bring… Read →

What does product leadership look like in an agile context? And, how is it different from leadership in traditional development… Read →

In today’s article, we’ll discuss the agile roadmapping process. We’ll start by reviewing the objectives of roadmaps and planning for… Read →

At ProductPlan, we love content. Especially product management content. That’s why we’ve published hundreds of blog posts and product management… Read →

If you haven’t found the right objective goal-setting framework for setting roadmap priorities, consider Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). The… Read →

No matter how much you plan, there’s always going to be some level of uncertainty. As Dwight D. Eisenhower famously… Read →

Can introverts be successful as product managers? No matter what you may have heard, we believe the answer to this… Read →

While customer feedback is the gold standard of insight for product managers, not every customer request is actionable. Today we’ll… Read →

What exactly is product design? And how do you differentiate between a good product designer and a great one? Today… Read →

Your executive stakeholders have life-and-death power over your products. In most companies, they have the final vote about which product… Read →

If we asked you right now to describe your organization’s product culture, what would you say? Don’t be too hard… Read →

No product is too dull for excitement features.  No matter your product, there’s always a way to add excitement and… Read →

Product innovation can certainly be exciting and rewarding. And in today’s hyper-competitive and fast-changing business environment, innovation is not optional…. Read →

Product management roles demand the ability to think about both strategy and tactics. Ironically, the most common product management career… Read →

When we think about product development within enterprise organizations, the phrases “rapid innovation” and “agile development” are probably not the… Read →

It is difficult to think of a phrase that has been more misinterpreted and misused by businesses than, “The customer… Read →

Product management is about making informed, strategic decisions and ensuring product aligns with organizational goals and customer needs. But a… Read →

If you’re a product manager responsible for SaaS applications, you’ve probably been hearing increasing chatter about data-driven SaaS product management…. Read →

Would it surprise you to learn that in the early days of scrum, the product manager was not generally considered… Read →

Product managers at rapidly growing companies are a unique breed that require different skills to be successful. Just as a… Read →

After working in the product management space for a few years, I realized that I needed to take some classic… Read →

It takes hours of hard work to get a product to market, and after putting in long hours and attending… Read →