Category: Agile & Development
3 Key Traits of Successful Product Designers
What exactly is product design? And how do you differentiate between a good product designer and a great one? Today… Read →
How Product Managers Can Use Wireframes
Have you ever tried to communicate with developers about a user story and found yourself stumbling over your description? Have… Read →
8 Ways to Use Agile Principles to Drive Innovation in Large Organizations
When we think about product development within enterprise organizations, the phrases “rapid innovation” and “agile development” are probably not the… Read →
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… Read →
Product Management’s Role in a Modern Cross-Functional Team
Would it surprise you to learn that in the early days of scrum, the product manager was not generally considered… Read →
Why In-App Onboarding Deserves a Spot on Your Roadmap
If you work for a SaaS company, you probably regard in-app onboarding and training the way many software product managers… Read →
Growing Pains: 5 Challenges Faced by Product Managers at Rapidly Scaling Companies
Product managers at rapidly growing companies are a unique breed that require different skills to be successful. Just as a… 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 →
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 →
6 Tips for Better Product Retrospective Meetings
Product retrospective meetings, also sometimes called sprint retrospectives, can help your team find strengths and weaknesses in your current processes…. 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 →
Product Management Lessons I’ve Learned From Cave Diving
After working in the product management space for a few years, I realized that I needed to take some classic… Read →
Product Management Book Recommendation: Product Leadership
Can you describe the difference between a product manager and a product leader? Can you think of three aspects of… Read →
How Software Product Managers Can Budget Resources for Refactoring
After they’ve started using their very first credit card, many young people have a similar reaction when they review their… Read →
6 Ways to Prioritize Your Product Backlog
Let’s talk tactics. How do you maintain your product backlog today? If you’re like most product managers (read: busy!), you… Read →
#prodmgmt: 2017’s Most Interesting Product Management Tweets
At ProductPlan, we’re lucky to work with product managers on a regular basis. One thing we’ve noticed is that product… Read →
5 Agile Best Practices Many Product Teams Neglect
People can get very philosophical when talking about agile development. And often, a product manager’s discussion of their company’s agile… Read →
Leveraging Kanban in your Product Management Process
Product managers rely on a variety of specialized tools to get their work done, including everything from issue tracking and… Read →