Product Development

As a product manager, with only a few chances to make an impact you got to make the right choices while prioritizing what to build next from a long list of options. The first and foremost choice is to choose between value and innovation and honestly, the vision and mission…

Introduction By now almost all software development teams use either Kanban or Scrum or some sort of their own version of the two. What your team uses does not really matter as long as the processes work for all team members and you are able to track your progress and productivity…

Why is the promise of big data so much better than the reality? Data has been extolled as the vanquisher of uncertainty, the harbinger of a robotic future, a necessity in every role from product management to engineering, sales to design. Yet many of us who have tried to use…

A few weeks ago in our Manifesto for the Data Informed, one of the five beliefs presented was Company-wide familiarity with metrics rather than outsourcing to ‘data people.’ Immediately, we were pummeled with questions: Does this really matter? Is this a realistic expectation? How can an organization achieve this? So…

Most of the time when someone mentions the “Spotify Model”, they only talk about structure: Squads, Chapters, Tribes, Guilds. When it comes to product development culture, structure is the last thing you should be worried about, not the first. Without even looking at specific contexts, I bet that there are…

Product Managers doubling as the gatekeepers of work in sprints is a tale as old as time itself. But with such little reward, the question begs to be asked: why? Product Managers have the critical role of building a product that will win the hearts and wallets of the masses…

In my opinion, these were the best product management and UX articles of 2021, which is the 6th year I’ve compiled this list. I read quite a few articles, and I’m very happy to include some new authors on the list this year. …

And the kernel of truth behind them — The world is a heavy place right now, I figure a moment of levity might help. I stumbled upon a bunch of product management memes while preparing for a talk. These memes are funny in their own right, but as with anything of this nature — they are making fun…

Product managers require high amount of collaboration to come up with product specifications. An effective way of managing and brainstorming product requirements is user story maps. What are user stories? User stories are simple descriptive explanation of how a feature or a product should work from a user perspective. It serves as stepping stone…