Category: Product Strategy
5 Common Pitfalls in Data-Driven SaaS Product Management
If you’re a product manager responsible for SaaS applications, you’ve probably been hearing increasing chatter about data-driven SaaS product management…. Read →
The Counterintuitive Truth About Your Product Demos
Nobody watching or listening to your product demo actually cares about your product, your company, or you. That’s why one… Read →
Why Your Startup Needs a Product Roadmap
We’ve noticed a disturbing trend lately. Some product managers have been suggesting that startups don’t need a product roadmap—and that… Read →
The Typical Product Planning Process
The product management role is incredibly dynamic and, frankly, that’s part of the appeal. The rules aren’t always clearly defined,… Read →
The Product Manager’s Checklist for Prioritizing Features
Let’s say you’re getting underway on the development of a new product. You have a finite amount of resources to… Read →
How Vacation Schedules Affect Product Release Planning
“Oh no! I just realized we haven’t updated the help file for next week’s release, and Sandra’s still in Maui.”… Read →
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 →
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 →