How to Choose the Right Feature Prioritization Framework
Prioritizing features is such a critical task for product managers and there’s no single “right” way to do it. Instead,... Read →
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (to Be Acquired)
Short of going public, the goal of many companies is being acquired by a deep-pocketed, larger company with a complementary... Read →
The Myth of First-Mover Advantage
First-mover advantage is a real thing. It even has its own TLA (its three-letter acronym being FMA, obviously). The common... Read →
How to Choose the Right Feature Prioritization Framework
Prioritizing features is such a critical task for product managers and there’s no single “right” way to do it. Instead,… Read →
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (to Be Acquired)
Short of going public, the goal of many companies is being acquired by a deep-pocketed, larger company with a complementary… Read →
7 Takeaways from ProductCraft 2019
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the ProductCraft conference, a one-day event for product managers in San Francisco…. Read →
The Myth of First-Mover Advantage
First-mover advantage is a real thing. It even has its own TLA (its three-letter acronym being FMA, obviously). The common… Read →
3 Useful Analytics Hacks for Mobile Product Managers
Product managers are also problem managers. Crashes after a new version launch? It happens. Users dropping off after initial download?… Read →
Are North Star Metrics Leading You Astray?
Alignment is essential for any organization and a challenge that many grapple with regularly. Ensuring everyone is striving toward the… Read →
How to Conduct an Effective Competitive Analysis
Competitors make our own products better—they create urgency and drive innovation by providing both motivation and a measuring stick. If… Read →
Why Cost of Delay is a Product Manager’s Secret Weapon
Product management receives a constant barrage of requests from a variety of sources. Whether you’re talking to customers, salespeople, executives,… Read →
7 Project Management Principles Product Managers Can Learn From
Product managers often think of project managers as tactical professionals. This is only partially true, but it’s an understandable misconception…. Read →
How Product Managers can Leverage All-Hands Meetings to Foster Alignment
As companies grow, informal conversations and emails aren’t sufficient to ensure the entire staff is properly informed and motivated. To… Read →
Forget about Growth. Here’s the Metric that Really Matters.
Ask any SaaS company about their key metrics, and growth will inevitably come up quickly. Whether they’re exceeding expectations or… Read →
The Definition of Done: What Product Managers Need to Know
Are we there yet? This is a difficult question to answer when no one agrees on where exactly “there” is…. Read →
10 Tips for Making Roadmaps Your Non-Product Team Members Will Understand
Product management owns the roadmap. They spend more time than anyone in the company poring over this important strategic blueprint…. Read →
Outcome-Driven Roadmapping: The Secret to a Focused Product Strategy
Most aspects of our lives are about achieving specific goals. We want to eat, so we make a meal. We… Read →
How Product Teams can Build Trust with Internal Teams
For a product manager to be successful, they must be viewed as both credible and trustworthy. Without that confidence, product… Read →
From PM to CEO: How Sundar Pichai’s Background in Product Paved the Way for Becoming CEO at Google
It’s been nearly five years since Sundar Pichai took the reins as CEO of Google. How did this relatively unknown… Read →
Scaling Decision Making: How Product Teams can Make Group Decisions at Scale
Nothing slows down progress like indecision. When a lone individual is responsible for making a decision, they may stall, worrying… Read →
Product Management’s Role at Every Phase of the Product Lifecycle
Every product has a lifecycle which consists of various phases. And the demands placed upon a product manager often vary… Read →