6 days agoMember-onlyWho SHOULDN’T the Product Management Team Report To?A while ago, I ran a poll on Twitter as I’ve spoken to a few people unhappy with how product management is treated in their company and I wanted to see what other people thought. The premise of the poll was simple… which C-suite member would you least like the…Product Management5 min readProduct Management5 min read
May 15Member-onlyHow Product Managers Can Work with Subject-Matter ExpertsA little while ago, I Tweeted about subject-matter expertise and how it can impact your product decision-making in a B2B startup. I broadly bucketed people into 4 categories on a quadrant. Let’s recap what these buckets mean before discussing some more general ways to approach dealing with subject-matter experts, who…Product Management4 min readProduct Management4 min read
Published inStartup Stash·May 2Member-onlyThe Interview Questions That PMs Should Ask to Find Out What They’re Getting Themselves IntoAvoid the career death spiral by making an informed choice — Sometimes, product managers go into the wrong jobs for the wrong reasons and they regret it afterwards. Sometimes they go into the wrong jobs for the right reasons, but they missed something important in the interview process and had no idea there was something wrong. In any case, job hunting…Job Hunting6 min readJob Hunting6 min read
Apr 30Member-onlyCan ChatGPT get you your first job in Product Management?You don’t have to look far on social media or online communities to find a common question… I’m trying to get into product management but am not having any luck. How can I get my first product management job? Now, I have my own thoughts on this, but I thought…Product Management9 min readProduct Management9 min read
Apr 28Member-onlyProduct Management when Everything’s a Top Priority“Just say No,” they said. “CEO of Product,” they said. Time to stop grumbling! — One of the biggest responsibilities of a product management team is making sure that they’re relentlessly prioritising the highest value initiatives. How they do this will depend on the environment they’re in, but fundamentally it should involve things like: User research Market research Sales & support feedback Tech trendsProduct Management5 min readProduct Management5 min read
Apr 26Member-onlyImproving Agility when You’re Anything but AgileWe are uncovering better ways of developing software by — argh! — Agile, hey? It all seems so simple. Read the Agile Manifesto, check out the Agile Principles and start building. There are so many thought pieces out there extolling the virtues of continuous delivery, breaking stuff down small, getting constant feedback from customers, changing based on that feedback, collaboration, communication, the…Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Apr 24Member-onlyShould Product Companies Charge the Customer for that Feature Request?All money is good money, right? Right? Anyone who has worked in a sales-driven B2B context is well aware of this scenario. The diligent product management team have pulled together a roadmap, based on a combination of “obvious” feature enhancements, stuff the sales team has surfaced in prospect discussions and…Product Management4 min readProduct Management4 min read
Apr 23Member-onlyHow to Best Share Roadmaps with StakeholdersAh, roadmaps. It seems like there’s a new article every week about whether they should have dates on, whether they’re delivery plans, whether they’re commitments or not. This is not one of those articles. I’m not going to argue about any of that stuff. Let’s assume that your roadmap is…Product Management3 min readProduct Management3 min read
Mar 29Member-onlyAutomating Product Management with ChatGPT and BardThe robots are coming! But are they going to do a good job? — I’ve been fiddling with ChatGPT 4 for a few days, and just recently got access to Google Bard. I recently participated in a panel discussion with Airfocus about How AI Is Transforming the Way PMs Work and recently recorded a podcast episode with ChatGPT 4 as my guest. Overall, I’m…AI4 min readAI4 min read
Mar 12Member-onlyThe Pondering, Puzzling Product ManagersOur PMs are having trouble prioritising features — but who speaks for the roadmap!? In a distant land of tech and software galore Product managers were there always looking for more Features and ideas they had in a plenty But prioritisation efforts were coming up empty They brainstormed, debated all…Product Management2 min readProduct Management2 min read
