Tools and Resources
Missed Details That Can Cause Huge Product Reputation Ramifications
Product managers are all about prioritization. The items that deliver the most value to a product’s reputation, help the product...
Andre Theus
Former VP of Marketing
Tools and Resources
5 Key Skills of Outstanding eCommerce Product Managers
Marketplaces like Amazon and eBay have built such outstanding online shopping experiences that consumers now take these experiences for granted....
Product Management
How Does an MBA Fit into your Product Management Career?
If there’s one degree that is most beneficial to product management types, it’s likely a Masters in Business Administration. An...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
5 Roadmap Templates for SaaS Businesses
Roadmaps are a unique tool for creating and maintaining stakeholder alignment, resource planning, and budgeting purposes. But what happens when...
Agile & Product Development
How Do You Know Your R&D Spend is Appropriate?
There is no more measurable part of an organization than the sales team. They have targets and quotas, and they...
Product Managers
How to Escape the Product Manager Hustle Culture
Crazy-busy. Hustle culture. These loaded terms have risen to become a badge of workplace honor. They describe a state of...
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Product Managers
5 Important Ways Product Managers Can Refocus on Goals in 2020
Unless your product management stack includes a crystal ball, all those goals and resolutions we made way back in January...
Product Management
4 Product Management Certifications that are Worth Your Time
Continuing education plays a crucial role in long-term career success in just about any profession. Product management is certainly no...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
7 Roadmap Changes That Will Make a Big Difference to Computer Software Product Managers
In a world of browser-based solutions, experimentation and rapid iteration are sometimes taken for granted. Some products get released multiple...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
How to Maintain Good Roadmapping Habits
Have you reviewed your list of New Year’s Resolutions recently? Statistically speaking, you won’t like what you see. According to...
Career and Interviews
The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager
What makes a strategic product manager? Do they vary at different-sized companies? Let's explore these questions.
Product Strategy
Your Product Outcomes Need to Impact Company KPIs (Otherwise You’re Doing it Wrong)
We live in the age of quantifiable measurability. Data abounds, analysis is cheap, and numbers are harder to dispute than...
Product Managers
The Number One Thing Product Managers Want This Year
Despite general happiness with their jobs, many product managers are still looking to improve some things, and there are some...
Career and Interviews
Are Product Managers Really Happy?
Product management roles offer opportunities for autonomy, creativity, and innovation. Variety is the spice of life; therefore, this should result...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Your Product Roadmaps Aren’t For Everyone
Your roadmaps aren’t for everyone. It’s essential to tailor your product roadmaps for your audience. One-size-fits-all might sound more manageable,...
Product Management
Staying Ahead: The Most Popular Prioritization Frameworks for 2020
The toughest part of product management might be prioritization. It’s where data and logic meet intuition and judgment. It’s easy...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
6 Crucial Conversations to Have Before You Start Your Roadmap
The beginning of your roadmap process can determine the success of your roadmap and product. Here are 6 conversations to...
Product Management
The 8 Biggest Challenges for Product Leaders
If you lead a product team, here are the eight most significant challenges product leaders face and how to prepare...
Product Management
Dear Sales, It’s Me… Your Product Manager
Should a product manager accompany the sales rep to prospect meetings to demo the product? When a customer calls their...
Product Management
What to do When Investors Say No to Your Product Idea
You have a great idea for a new product and pitched it to your potential investors. What should you do...
Tools and Resources
4 Project Management Tools Product Managers Love
Project managers are responsible for executing the plans handed off from product management. This hand-off means delivering on schedule and...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
37 Roadmap Tips to Align Stakeholders
In product management, there are many ways to build a roadmap and many types of roadmaps you can make. Some...
Career and Interviews
11 Revealing Product Manager Interview Questions
Hiring product managers is one of the most challenging and essential tasks for product team leaders. Unfortunately, there’s no perfect...