Category: Product Management
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 →
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 →
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 →
5 Successful Products and their Secrets to Success
Recently we published a post here about the fatal flaws that led to several products’ untimely demises. Cautionary tales shared… Read →
The ONE Word Execs and Investors Never Want to Hear
Product managers are often viewed as strategic leaders of their products. They’re expected to take the reigns of their product… Read →
The SaaS Product Metrics Pyramid
Having a healthy appetite for information is a prerequisite for good product managers, but only if you know how to… Read →
The Product Manager’s Scientific Method
In the Amazon TV series Bosch, a sign stapled to the cubicle wall of homicide detective Harry Bosch reads, “Get… Read →
How Should You Set Your Product Roadmap Timeframes?
If you saw a product roadmap that spanned 15 years into the future, how useful do you think those items… Read →
Books for the Product Manager’s Summer Reading List
A Pew Research study released in 2018 found that one in four Americans hadn’t read a single book in the… 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 →
When a Product Manager Can’t Get Enthusiastic About Her Product
You’re a few weeks into your role as a product manager with a new organization. Your offices are pretty cool…. Read →
How to Defend Your Product Roadmap When HiPPOs Attack
A HiPPO, or “highest paid person in the room’s opinion,” is something all product managers face multiple times throughout their… Read →
Is Your Product Using the Right Sales Channels?
Can you guess which profession Americans deem the most ethical and trustworthy? How about the profession they trust the least?… Read →