I’m Predictable in an Agile Environment
“Being Agile” and “being predictable” may seem mutually exclusive, at least when it comes to product management. A good sprint...
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Patterns of Pain: How Product Managers Solve High-Value Problems
The most successful product managers think of themselves as finders of pain, not finders of products. In my experience launching...
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When to Declare Backlog Bankruptcy
A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the...
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The Key to Defeating Analysis Paralysis on Your Roadmap
Thanks to the Internet, there is no unfindable fact. As information is always at the ready, there’s no excuse not...
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The Most Under-Appreciated Product Management Skill
We write a lot about the skills that product managers need to be effective. The skills are wide-ranging, from ruthless...
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Product Management 2019: Year In Review
What a year. There are so many changes happening in product management as I write this, and the evolution only...
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What Your Executives Want to See When You’re Presenting Your Roadmap
As a product manager who now sits on the other side of the table as an executive, I’ve had lots...
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How I Overcame Imposter Syndrome as a Product Manager
No matter how far into your career you might be, you’re never too old for imposter syndrome to make an...
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4 Phases of a Successful One-on-One with Your Product Team
We are excited to welcome guest writer Carlos González de Villaumbrosia to the ProductPlan blog. Carlos González de Villaumbrosia is...
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Grounding Your Product Roadmap With Themes and a North Star
We are excited to welcome guest writer John Cutler to the ProductPlan blog. John is a product coach with Amplitude,...
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Top 5 Ways to Mine Your Digital Customer Experience to Strike Insight Gold
As a product manager, you spend a lot of time trying to dig into the minds of your customers and...
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Product Managers: Learn to Let Go
Sometimes it’s hard to let go of something after discovering it no longer works as you expect. Especially if it’s...
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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...
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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....
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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?...
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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...
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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...
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The Rise of Product Ops: the New Discipline Powering Product Excellence
As product management continues to evolve, many new practices have been put in place to optimize product teams. Agile, Kanban,...
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3 Questions to Ask About Every Potential Product Feature
If you’re a product manager, then you know that demands for new features come from all directions. Sometimes these demands...
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Why Business Teams Need to Start Together, Work Together, and Finish Together
The most successful products I’ve been involved within my career came about when the entire cross-functional team opened the door...
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Making Sense of Planning in an Agile World
“But we’re agile. We don’t plan.” If you’ve ever worked with an agile team, chances are you’ve heard this excuse....
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How to Foster a Culture of Gratitude
As we head into a new year, we tend to talk more about gratitude. We talk about what we’re grateful...
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Why Transparency Matters When Prioritizing Product Features
Product management is about making informed, strategic decisions and ensuring product aligns with organizational goals and customer needs. But a...
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5 Product Marketing Lessons I Learned at INBOUND 2018
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending HubSpot’s INBOUND conference in Boston. The conference marked my first trip to...
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