10 Feb 2024
SHIPPING IS THE OUTCOME THAT MATTERS
Many sources describe how to be a great product manager. Amongst all the techniques and guides, one critical skill stands out; getting your product shipped. Going from idea to product takes navigating your organization successfully while building your product to get your product to customers.
29 Dec 2023
YOUR PERFECTLY IMPERFECT PM BRAND
Your brand enters the room before you do. If you're a PM with a powerful and positive brand, you will be more effective motivating teams and getting what you need done. Brand is tricky, however, because you don't own it; you only influence it.
14 Jul 2023
WHAT PMs CAN LEARN FROM TAYLOR SWIFT
The gap between product inspiration and customer delivery can be large. Coming up with the great idea is only the beginning. Assembling a great team is necessary to build and survive to even release your vision to customers.
13 Nov 2022
YOU BUILD WHO YOU ARE
How you build a product is intricately tied to who you are as a person. Training builds skills, and experience builds a career, but who you are is just as important to the final product. Who you are is how you build product in surprisingly personal ways.
11 May 2022
STAND AND PITCH; BECOMING BULLETPROOF
Few things seem to induce terror in people more than public speaking. I have met many in my life who avoid it any form. In a product management career, this is a critical skill in order to be effective, prosper and get ahead. Become bulletproof with practice and by applying techniques shared in this post.
05 Feb 2022
WRITING PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS (MRDs, PRDs, User Stories)
PMs work hard to get the right product out to customers. Requirements documentation creates key inputs to getting the right result. Explained are the primary assets PMs create for MRDs, PRDs, user stories, and the development processes they feed.
05 Jul 2021
12 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT TRAPS TO AVOID
Based on a long career in product management, these are 12 PM career traps to avoid. It's natural to learn and improve at PM over time, but it's better to sidestep the avoidable traps. This post covers role and product selection, working with coworkers and customers, and knowing what you do and don't own.
01 Jun 2021
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT UNDER THE HOOD [PODCAST 2]
Episode two: A short oral history in podcast form on my own career in product management. Included are common questions and answers, plus my points of view on techniques and career. Hosted by Ashwini Vasanth at the Through the Corporate Glass podcast. https://www.throughthecorporateglass.com/.
21 May 2021
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT UNDER THE HOOD [PODCAST 1]
Episode one: A short oral history in podcast form on my own career in product management. Included are common questions and answers, plus my points of view on techniques and career. Hosted by Ashwini Vasanth at the Through the Corporate Glass podcast. https://www.throughthecorporateglass.com/.
27 Apr 2021
SHARPENING THE KNIFE; THE PRODUCT OF YOU
Product manager skill sets require practice and sharpening over time to get better and more effective. To achieve this, investment in self is an important and strategic learning technique for working professionals. Better skills can also help open the door to more opportunities with more responsibility and authority over time.