There is no single template — so where do you start? — Suppose that you’ve just joined a company or launched your minimum lovable product to market. You’re beginning to receive fantastic feedback and validation from your clients. Congratulations! You are now being bombarded with feature requests your customers, partners and suppliers. They are all asking you when you can deliver their…

A framework for choosing frameworks. Inception much? — Many product managers “don’t know” or “don’t have” a process for planning and prioritizing initiatives, according to ProductPlan’s 2020 Product Management report. There are a few reasons for this: Many managers simply want to focus on creating value and solutions to problems faced today, not tomorrow. Many managers focus on…

Time to take my writing to the next level, with my own publication: The Product Post. — Hey all, I have some exciting news to share. After careful consideration, I’ve decided to slowly transition away from writing on Medium exclusively, to create my own own newsletter on the Substack platform: the Product Post. It was not an easy decision, so let me give you a quick rundown…

Discover the superpowers that have been within you all along. — So you’ve been gaining experience in your product management career, learning to master product delivery and execution, taking on each challenge as they come. Fantastic! But over time, your satisfaction starts to wane as you run out of growth opportunities in your current role. …

In today’s unpredictable business world, companies are often faced with volatile economic conditions that can affect their growth and profitability. …

Instead, adopt an infinite product mindset, every time. — During the past 12 months, I’ve been struggling to reconcile in my mind whether I prefer designing product strategy within a business environment of uncomfortable uncertainty or relative stability. I previously wrote about how to create product strategy from scratch, referencing Roger Martin’s Strategy Choice Cascade. …

Manage your stakeholder’s with ease with this simple checklist. — We’ve all seen this: a backlog composed of at least 2 to 3 months of commitments, and a seemingly endless supply of issues and requests coming in from internal and external stakeholders. You then receive one or more “urgent” or “high priority” issues from your CEO, Sales, or Leadership team…

Sometimes you shouldn’t play as a Tetris world champion would. — The product backlog is a list of the features, fixes, infrastructure changes or other activities that a team may deliver to achieve a specific outcome. It is known to be the single authoritative source for things that a team works on. Managing a backlog is often compared to playing the…

Know your audience and prepare a compelling narrative — Have you ever found yourself feeling like you’ve been trying to gain agreement on a significant decision, but you’re getting nowhere? Have you ever sent communications about a significant project or initiative, with limited to no engagement or reply to your emails or messages? Have you ever held a meeting…