Roadmaps are scary. For product managers, a roadmap is the most widely discussed and circulated document. Despite being one of… Read →

Regardless of your company structure, goal-setting strategy, or philosophical stance, at some point, the work you do on your product… Read →

There are many ways to build a roadmap and many types of roadmaps you can make. Some will delight and… Read →

Security is someone else’s problem. It’s up to IT. The developers will handle it. We use AWS or Azure, so… Read →

As a product manager who now sits on the other side of the table as an executive, I’ve had lots… Read →

We are excited to welcome guest writer John Cutler to the ProductPlan blog. John is a product coach with Amplitude,… Read →

Product managers receive a lot of advice. You should prioritize this feature. Here’s a new market worth investigating. Some of… Read →

Product managers should not create their roadmaps with a one-size-fits-all approach; each audience needs varying levels of detail and transparency…. Read →

Technological evolution doesn’t stop. It doesn’t go on vacation, it doesn’t take a victory lap, it rarely even pauses long… Read →

Product teams must not only create an amazing product, but they also need to set the stage for the product… Read →

When we plan out our lives, it’s always a balance between our immediate needs and our distant objectives. Our product… Read →

As a product leader, face time with the company’s executive team is to be expected. Although product managers may not… Read →

An outcome-based roadmap sounds like a good idea. Instead of a long list of context-free features and enhancements the roadmap… Read →

Prioritizing features is such a critical task for product managers and there’s no single “right” way to do it. Instead,… Read →

Short of going public, the goal of many companies is being acquired by a deep-pocketed, larger company with a complementary… Read →

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the ProductCraft conference, a one-day event for product managers in San Francisco…. Read →

First-mover advantage is a real thing. It even has its own TLA (its three-letter acronym being FMA, obviously). The common… Read →

Product managers are also problem managers. Crashes after a new version launch? It happens. Users dropping off after initial download?… Read →

Alignment is essential for any organization and a challenge that many grapple with regularly. Ensuring everyone is striving toward the… Read →

Product management receives a constant barrage of requests from a variety of sources. Whether you’re talking to customers, salespeople, executives,… Read →

As companies grow, informal conversations and emails aren’t sufficient to ensure the entire staff is properly informed and motivated. To… Read →

Product management owns the roadmap. They spend more time than anyone in the company poring over this important strategic blueprint…. Read →

Most aspects of our lives are about achieving specific goals. We want to eat, so we make a meal. We… Read →

When you’re continually shipping code, how do you plan, build, and communicate your roadmap? In this post we’ll outline the… Read →

Getting the green light to hire product managers is almost always a good sign. It means your company is growing,… Read →

Product managers interact with many parts of the organization on a regular basis, but it’s usually either asking for specific… Read →

One of the biggest challenges product managers face is including the entire organization in product planning while avoiding a phenomenon… Read →

When a company hires a fancy management consulting firm to help them “optimize” operations, one of the first things they’ll… Read →

If you’re a product manager, then you know that demands for new features come from all directions. Sometimes these demands… Read →

In today’s article, we’ll discuss the agile roadmapping process. We’ll start by reviewing the objectives of roadmaps and planning for… Read →

To understand the problem with technical debt roadmaps, we’ll start with a quote from renowned philosopher, Homer Simpson. “If you… Read →

If you haven’t found the right objective goal-setting framework for setting roadmap priorities, consider Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). The… Read →

The goal of any roadmap, whether it’s a product roadmap, IT roadmap, or marketing roadmap, is to capture and communicate… Read →

Are you prepared for your next product roadmap presentation? How are you planning to run better product roadmap presentations? As… Read →

No product is too dull for excitement features.  No matter your product, there’s always a way to add excitement and… Read →

Wouldn’t it be great if you could learn, right now, from hundreds of experienced product managers? What would they say… Read →