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The Definition of Product Management Is Shrinking. It’s Not Good!

Product Management University

The definition of product management has been changing and evolving over the past 10 years and I’m not sure it’s for the better. I make it a regular habit to have conversations with product management directors and VPs. In other words, the agile development process is redefining what we call product management.

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The Product Manager Development Framework I Never Had

The Product Coalition

Now, I have the amazing responsibility of coaching other Product Managers. I’ve been on a journey when it comes to PM development frameworks. I have a lot to learn and there are definitely faults with this, but if somebody else can find use in it, I’ll be delighted. I was left mainly to learn from my mistakes.

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Definition Playbook

The Product Coalition

So I asked the team to share the playbook we’ve used to help prepare them to begin Definition. Read on for the Definition Playbook written by Rebecca Monfries and Nathan Bruce. What is Definition? Once you have completed enough discovery on your product or feature, the next stage is to prepare for the development process?

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The Value Assessment Framework (Part 3)

The Product Coalition

The value assessment framework allows you to identify gaps in any of the value layers — definition, delivery, and perception. Photo by Iain Kennedy on Unsplash When I was a product lead at Imperva, there was a feature that engineering kept telling me required a rewrite. Some even need to be left untouched.

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The Value Assessment Framework (Part 2)

The Product Coalition

Your product’s value needs to be defined, delivered, and perceived as such by your customers. If this isn’t challenging enough, what your customers want and need varies based on their profile and maturity with your product. In the value definition column, describe for each profile what is the value that they need as you see it.

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Product Thinking: Definition, Process, and Practicing Tools

Userpilot

Use these problem space tools to practice a product thinking mindset: 5W1H. Jobs-to-be-done framework. Check out these solution space tools for product thinking: User stories. To identify the problem space using this framework, you can conduct micro surveys or interviews. The Mom Test. Find a solution.

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The Biggest Difference Between Product Management and Portfolio Management

Product Management University

The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments. Here’s a bonus.