What’s the secret to happiness? We’d tell you if we knew. But when it comes to finding happiness in your… Read →

We live in the age of quantifiable measurability. Data abounds, analysis is cheap, and numbers are harder to dispute than… Read →

In our fifth annual Product Management report, communication ranked the most important skill absolutely essential to the role of product… Read →

“Being Agile” and “being predictable” may seem mutually exclusive, at least when it comes to product management. A good sprint… Read →

Product management isn’t for everyone. For example, some product managers might love hearing product management is “responsibility without authority.” For… Read →

The most successful product managers think of themselves as finders of pain, not finders of products. In my experience launching… Read →

Happiness can be hard to find, especially in the workplace. Yet product managers generally love what they do and find… Read →

Despite general happiness with their jobs, many product managers are still looking to improve some things, and there are some… Read →

Product management roles offer opportunities for autonomy, creativity, and innovation. Variety is the spice of life; therefore, this should result… Read →

Your roadmaps aren’t for everyone. It’s essential to tailor your product roadmaps for your audience. One-size-fits-all might sound more manageable,… Read →

The toughest part of product management might be prioritization. It’s where data and logic meet intuition and judgment. It’s easy… Read →

A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the… Read →

Thanks to the Internet, there is no unfindable fact. As information is always at the ready, there’s no excuse not… Read →

In computer programming, context switching refers to storing an active process in its current state so the system’s CPU can… Read →

A human mind is a pattern-seeking machine. Our species has evolved an impressive ability to spot small, subtle clues to… Read →

A carefully constructed roadmap can be a powerful tool that can align stakeholders and motivate coworkers. It can even jumpstart… Read →

We write a lot about the skills that product managers need to be effective. The skills are wide-ranging, from ruthless… Read →

If you lead a product management team, you know firsthand just how challenging it can be — balancing being a… Read →

Technology pricing can be tricky, particularly for software and services. When there’s no traditional cost of goods sold (COGS) to… Read →

At ProductPlan, we’re pretty obsessed with user feedback. We gather as much feedback as possible, intending to learn more about… Read →

Windows of opportunity are fleeting. Sometimes there’s only a short amount of time to do something before its benefits diminish…. Read →

What a year. There are so many changes happening in product management as I write this, and the evolution only… Read →

Should a product manager accompany the sales rep to prospect meetings to demo the product? When a customer calls their… Read →

National politics might dominate the headlines and dinner table conversations. But office internal politics impact your everyday life in a… Read →

Your customers don’t want to buy your product. I mean, sure, they’re willing to hand over the cash (or credit… Read →

Roadmaps are scary. For product managers, a roadmap is the most widely discussed and circulated document. Despite being one of… Read →

Regardless of your company structure, goal-setting strategy, or philosophical stance, at some point, the work you do on your product… Read →

Imagine this scenario. You’re a product manager working for a software startup, and you’ve come up with an idea for… Read →

Project managers are responsible for executing the plans handed off from product management. This hand-off means delivering on schedule and… Read →

In product management, there are many ways to build a roadmap and many types of roadmaps you can make. Some… Read →

When we’re new at something, we turn to trusted experts. Sure, we also glean all we can from the resources… Read →

Hiring product managers is one of the most challenging and important tasks for product team leaders. There’s no perfect template… Read →

Hiring a good product manager is hard to do. Think about how lucky your company is to have you! Augmenting… Read →

Security is someone else’s problem. It’s up to IT. The developers will handle it. We use AWS or Azure, so… Read →

Product management is one of the least-defined roles in the professional world. But you can identify many of the skills… Read →

Think being a product manager requires a lot of strategic thinking and long-term planning? You’re right. But you’ll need to… Read →

Implementing a successful enterprise architecture (EA) transformation requires stakeholder buy-in. Hearing that may make you frustrated and worried about the… Read →

As a product manager who now sits on the other side of the table as an executive, I’ve had lots… Read →

Making a sale deserves celebration, but ringing that bell is only the start of the customer journey. Now it’s time… Read →

We spend lots of time praising the savvy strategic moves of winning products and companies. But for every success story,… Read →

No business can survive without their customers. Too often, organizations get caught up in their own priorities. While the company… Read →

Until real users get their hands on your product, you can never be 100% sure it works. That’s why product… Read →