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Can Agile Product Management Work in a Non-Agile Company?
Now that it’s been around for a number of years and many businesses have been able to use it to… Read →
Are You Thinking About Your Roadmap Document All Wrong?
There’s a powerful mental tool used in elite weightlifting and strength-training circles, called the “cue.” In this context, a cue… Read →
Atlassian Summit 2017: 8 Event Takeaways for Product Managers
This week, more than 3,500 attendees from 50 different countries arrived in San Jose, California for the 2017 Atlassian Summit…. Read →
5 Questions Product Managers Should Ask Their Sales Teams
Effective product managers employ all sorts of strategies to gather actionable intelligence about their products so they can continually improve… Read →
When Should Recurring Feature Requests Lead to Re-evaluating Your Product Strategy?
One of the most challenging aspects of being a product manager is reconciling recurring customer feature requests with your overall… Read →
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… Read →
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Why Your Minimum Viable Product Sucks
It’s not your fault. Not entirely, anyway. The pressure on software product managers seems to grow more intense every year… Read →
Valuable Insights from 5 Great Product Management Articles on Medium.com
“The secret every business leader is terrified you’ll discover!” “25 things successful professionals do every day—and you don’t.” “8 simple… Read →
Creating a Roadmap: A Guide to Get You Started
If you’re ready to start creating a roadmap, I’ll assume two things. First, your organization has already determined your product’s… Read →
4 Tips for Remote Product Teams
Is there a more controversial topic in business today than whether or not employees should be allowed to work away… Read →
Product Managers: Don’t Waste Your Time On These 6 Things
The dental profession has a saying: “You’re only billing if you’re drilling and filling.” A dentist’s practice is a complex… Read →
How to Build an Amazing Relationship Between Product Management and Marketing
Why is there so often conflict, friction, and even an outright adversarial relationship between a company’s product management and marketing… Read →
What I Learned From My Product Management Internship
Product management isn’t a very well-known occupation—at least among college students. On top of that, it seems like unless someone… Read →
2017 Product Planning Survey: The Results are In!
ProductPlan asked product managers from hundreds of companies about their product planning process. We collected their responses and crunched the… Read →
7 Tips for Hiring a Great Product Manager
Here at the ProductPlan blog, we regularly offer product managers advice about how to navigate and grow their careers. We’ve… Read →
How a Roadmap App Fits into the Product Management Ecosystem
Imagine the perfect word processing application: intuitive interface. Excellent functionality. Easy workflow. But now imagine this app has one major… Read →
10 Great Podcasts for Product Managers
Product managers are busy. But you’re also a highly creative and resourceful bunch. Whatever new tasks and obligations hit your… Read →
Can You Ever Stop Improving Your Product?
You’d probably think that the standard cranberry wouldn’t have much room for new features or product enhancements. (In case you’re… Read →