Feature Flags: A Product Manager’s Best Friend
Today, software development is all about the need for speed. Feature updates, UI changes and bug fixes are all done... Read →
Tips for Presenting Your Product Roadmap to Investors and the Board
As a product leader, face time with the company’s executive team is to be expected. Although product managers may not... Read →
11 Online Communities Product Managers Should Join
As product managers, there are some things we just have to learn through experience. You’ll never know what it really... 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 →
3 Reasons Product Managers Quit (and How to Prevent It)
When an employee leaves a company, there’s more walking out the door than a salary and a nameplate. They take… Read →
How Do Roadmaps Fit into Continuous Delivery?
When you’re continually shipping code, how do you plan, build, and communicate your roadmap? In this post we’ll outline the… Read →
How to Get Budget for Product Management Tools
You can be a successful product manager without any tools. Unlike a maintenance worker, a carpenter, a lumberjack, or a… Read →
3 Things Product Managers Owe to Internal Constituents
If you’re a product manager, then you probably have a lot on your plate. Meeting deadlines. Making customers happy. Keeping… Read →
Leaving a Job? 5 Keys to Leaving a Positive Last Impression
I’ve spent the past year as Marketing Coordinator at ProductPlan learning new skills, developing friendships, and working closely with a… Read →
What is the Ideal Product Team Size?
Getting the green light to hire product managers is almost always a good sign. It means your company is growing,… Read →
How to Negotiate Your Product Management Salary
Salary negotiation isn’t easy in any profession, but it can be particularly tricky in product management. Whether it’s because some… Read →
How to Measure Product Manager Performance
Product management is a role largely comprised of soft skills and strategy, which, at first glance, would make it difficult… Read →
Treat Your Product Team Like a Sports Team, Not a Family
Cultural fit is a relatively new concept in hiring and team building. While organizations have always had culture, the long-held… Read →