Category: Product Strategy
How to Build a Product Roadmap Based on a Business Model Canvas
If you had just one page, could you list all of the key building blocks you need to develop, manage,… Read →
The Impact of Human Psychology on Product Pricing
Before we get into specific tips for product pricing, let’s get one important point out there right away: A successful… 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 →
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 →
How to Tame the Product Roadmap Chaos
As you know if you’ve been a product manager for more than 15 minutes, it’s a messy role. Doesn’t matter… 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 →
Should Your Product Roadmap Go All the Way to Your Product’s Completion?
Think of Walt Disney walking into a meeting with his business partners to start discussions for building Disneyland. Do you… Read →
Why Product Managers Should Bring Their Roadmaps to Development Planning Meetings
Physicist and futurist Michio Kaku theorizes that in the near future, robots and artificial intelligence will replace any job, or… 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 →
4 Myths About Scaling Your Business
When I joined Sonos in 2005, I was the only software product manager. The company, known for its wireless smart… 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 →
What Product Managers Can Learn From 4 Products That Flopped
As product managers, we all strive to help our products not just survive but also thrive. It’s easy to acknowledge… Read →
Why Software Product Managers Need to 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 →
How to Collect Customer Feedback When You Don’t Have Any Customers
As a product manager, you need customer feedback at every stage of the product development lifecycle to inform your product… Read →
Four Steps to Creating a Strategy-Based Roadmap: Why Starting with Vision Matters
In my 12 years as a software product manager for Sonos, I benefited from an established company vision and strategy,… Read →
Innovation, Schminnovation: Are You Solving a Real Problem?
Comedian Norm Macdonald has a funny bit about how some sports on the cable networks are “just made up.” They… Read →