I’ll admit it, in the past, I’ve wrestled with needing to control uncertainty. For years I thoroughly planned most everything and felt the need to know the eventual outcome of decisions. I had expectations, and if the expectations weren’t met, I was disappointed....
The most successful product managers think of themselves as finders of pain, not finders of products. In my experience launching ProductPlan and prior products, I’ve learned that talking early with potential customers to identify pain can lead you to create better,...
A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the product was hard: it was taking longer to develop than everyone expected (of course). The complexity of what we were trying to accomplish became...
We write a lot about the skills that product managers need to be effective. The skills are wide-ranging, from ruthless prioritization, the ability to build consensus with stakeholders, metrics-based decision making, and a host of other business and technical skills....
What a year. There are so many changes happening in product management as I write this, and the evolution only seems to be accelerating. Our ProductPlan community of writers and speakers (and you) have led the charge behind these trends. With your support, we dove...
