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Product Managers: 5 Tips for Dealing with Different Personality Types
If you were running a focus group for a new product and you knew a few members of the group… Read →
If You’ve Never Built a Product Roadmap…
If you’ve never built a product roadmap, the task can seem daunting. The roadmap is, after all, a high-profile strategic… Read →
How to Be a Well-Rounded Product Manager
Alaska Airlines used to have an unofficial policy of temporarily rotating employees into different areas of the company every couple… Read →
The Typical Product Planning Process
The product management role is incredibly dynamic and, frankly, that’s part of the appeal. The rules aren’t always clearly defined,… Read →
Creating a Roadmap: How Long Should it Take?
A successful product roadmap is, in a sense, a work of art. So to answer the question, “How long should… Read →
The Product Manager’s Checklist for Prioritizing Features
Let’s say you’re getting underway on the development of a new product. You have a finite amount of resources to… Read →
How Vacation Schedules Affect Product Release Planning
“Oh no! I just realized we haven’t updated the help file for next week’s release, and Sandra’s still in Maui.”… Read →
4 Themes to Take Away From Mind the Product 2018
Mind the Product has certainly established itself as a premier event for product people to connect, share, and learn from… Read →
How to Build a Product Roadmap Based on a Business Model Canvas
If you had just one page, could you list all of the key building blocks you need to develop, manage,… Read →
The Impact of Human Psychology on Product Pricing
Before we get into specific tips for product pricing, let’s get one important point out there right away: A successful… Read →
3 Prioritization Matrix Examples for Your Team
More than 40% of product managers today re-prioritize the initiatives in their backlogs every week. That’s what we found out… Read →
5 Ways Product Managers Can Reduce Scope Creep
It would be great if the problem always showed up as “scope giant leap,” wouldn’t it? You were planning to… Read →
How and When to Share Your Product Roadmap
Let’s say your executive team schedules a meeting for you to discuss your product’s progress and plans for the future…. Read →
3 Reasons Your Product Launch Should Include a Pre-Mortem
The pilot episode of the now-cancelled TV series Low Winter Sun opens with a scene in which two cops have… Read →
How to Tame the Product Roadmap Chaos
As you know if you’ve been a product manager for more than 15 minutes, it’s a messy role. Doesn’t matter… Read →
6 Tips for Running a Better Product Retrospective
Regularly occurring product retrospective meetings can help your team find strengths and weaknesses in your current processes. They help you… Read →
Why Product Managers Should Use Design Thinking
Educators are in the education profession. Police are in the business of policing. Obvious, right? But what about product managers?… Read →
How to Craft a Great Customer Survey
“Please complete the following 20-minute customer survey.” If you saw that subject line in your email inbox, would you feel… Read →