If you have a less than stellar relationship with your boss, you may be tempted to place the blame squarely on them. Truth be told, the product leader/product manager relationship is a two-way street. If you want to have a…
Product Managers identify why a problem needs to be solved. Engineers establish how to solve that problem. These two roles need each other to create successful products. Yet it’s easy to forget their interdependence when Product Managers constantly change their…
The Product Manager and UX Designer roles have several similarities and a few differences. That mix of overlap and separate responsibilities can lead to some tension. However, as these resources show, teams need to work through that tension and figure…
As we wrap up our collection of posts looking back at 2020, we wanted to share some posts that we found particularly insightful or relevant. These posts take a different look at some product management ideas or compile helpful information…
Earlier this year we recommended some good podcasts for product people by product people. As we continue our look back at the year, we wanted to suggest some specific podcast episodes recorded during 2020 that cover key aspects of product…
In many cases, the most useful advice for dealing with a situation comes from people who have already gone through that situation. As we reach the end of the year, we thought it would be good to take a look…
Iterating on your product does not mean that you’re entering into the software development version of Groundhog Day. There’s value to iteration, but only if you gather feedback from each iteration and learn from that feedback in your next iteration.…
Every product lifecycle has events you’d love to repeat and others you’d like to avoid at all costs. Unfortunately, if you don’t take a little bit of time to reflect on your work on that product, those events can easily…
You want feedback on your product and you want to make data-informed decisions, so where do you turn? You can ask your customers and users, but their responses only paint part of the picture. You’ll want to supplement conversations with…
What gets measured gets managed. So it stands to reason that if you measure the wrong metrics for your product you could end up managing your product in the completely wrong direction. Here’s some advice for establishing the right product…