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Setting Goals: Fall 2013
Product Manager in Heels
AUGUST 29, 2013
Looking forward to Fall 2013! As summer wraps up (sad, I know) I can't help but think of some of the things I am hoping to accomplish over the next few months!
2013 Related Topics 
2013 Product Powers Hall of Fame & Shame
Product Powers
DECEMBER 15, 2013
We're now accepting 10-second nominations for the 2013 Product Powers Hall of Fame and Shame. Even if your loved/loathed product or service isn't new this past year, if you discovered it, fell in love with it, or developed a mutual enmity in 2013, nominate it here. What is that, you ask? As before, the goal is to assemble the " top product triumphs and gaffes of the past year as nominated by you. "
Why Write Requirements
Tyner Blain
JULY 17, 2013
There is a lot of advice out there for how to write requirements. There is not as much discussion about why to write requirements. Spend some time thinking about why you write requirements before you make decisions about how to write your requirements. Why Write Requirements?
Is Agile Really Cheaper?
Tyner Blain
JULY 9, 2013
There are several ways to answer the question “is agile cheaper than waterfall?” ” Here are two of my favorites: “It depends. Agile done well is cheaper, as long as you measure correctly.” ” “You’re asking the wrong question.
Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough
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How To Build Your Audience Well Before Launching Your Product
Sachin Rekhi
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
Most entrepreneurs assume that the marketing and audience building phase of their startup begins post product launch. Yet I’ve seen some startups successfully build their audience well before they reach this point.
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Get to the User Goal
Pragmatic Marketing
JUNE 3, 2013
Agile developers want user stories; product managers want to bring back stories from the market about users. What we really need, however, is to understand user goals. User stories are one of the most misunderstood and misapplied artifacts when implementing Agile development. At first glance, they look like requirements—and it can be very easy for a team to sit in a room and crank out a bunch of them when under the gun to generate work for the next sprint.
How is SaaS Changing Product Management – A Research Thesis
Tyner Blain
AUGUST 7, 2013
Paddy Barrett in Ireland is preparing his Master’s thesis on Product Management and would like to interview (USA) state-side product managers for his primary research. It would be awesome if you could help him, and help us all. My Connection.
The Art of Decision Making as a Product Manager
Sachin Rekhi
MARCH 17, 2013
Product managers have to make many decisions every day, including product prioritization decisions, product design decisions, bug triage decisions, and many more. And the process by which a product manager makes such decisions can result either in an extremely well functioning team dynamic or.
How Am I Going To Move My Product Forward Today?
Sachin Rekhi
MARCH 3, 2013
The role of a product manager is a broad one and there are variety of tasks you could be involved with each day.
New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report
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The Most Underrated Product Management Skill: Influence Without Authority
Sachin Rekhi
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
Product managers require a diverse set of skills to excel at their role, including design, technical, analytical, communication, and more. Yet there is one skill that I find is often underrated but critical for the success of a product manager. And that is the skill of influence without authority.
How should product managers write requirements?
Product Manager in Heels
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
A requirement is a short statement of the problem. Everyone has different ways to write requirements.
What is 'leadership', and how important is it for product managers?
Product Manager in Heels
OCTOBER 30, 2013
Leadership is a necessity for product managers, yet many of us can't quite figure out the definition. Go ahead, try and define it- it wasn't easy for me. The standard definition is "the power or ability to lead other people", but does that really encompass everything that leadership is about?
The Product Manager as the Quarterback of the Team
Sachin Rekhi
MARCH 31, 2013
I usually summarize the role of the product manager as the CEO of their product. But I had a great conversation with a fellow product manager a couple of weeks ago who was telling me what he loved most about being a product manager was being the quarterback of the team.
Top 10 Posts on Product Management from the Industry's Best
Sachin Rekhi
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
I thought I'd follow up my recent post on What is Product Management? with a summary of ten of the most informative and inspiring posts I've come across on the role from some of the greatest product leaders in the industry.
What is Product Management?
Sachin Rekhi
JANUARY 27, 2013
The role of product management in technology firms is a critically important one that is often misunderstood.
Whole Product Game
Tyner Blain
AUGUST 1, 2013
How can Theodore Levitt’s classic Whole Product approach help with defining a product roadmap? I’ve been revisiting his concepts and their use recently, thinking about how to revise them for some exercises I’ve been doing with product teams. Whole Product Game Background.
The Inputs to a Great Product Roadmap
Sachin Rekhi
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
I’m often asked how I think about coming up with the product roadmap for an upcoming release. To help answer this, I thought I’d share how my team recently went about thinking through the roadmap for an upcoming product we’re working on. Analysis of existing usage metrics.
3 Reasons Better Products Don't Always Win
Sachin Rekhi
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
One lesson entrepreneurs often learn the hard way is that even if they build a product that is better than the established players in the space, it doesn’t always result in them winning the market.
The Boundless Opportunities in Business Productivity Apps
Sachin Rekhi
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
The modern day business has come a long way in leveraging technology to enable global-scale collaboration, real-time communication, data-driven decision making, and so much more.
How I Learn: By Carefully Studying the Products I Love
Sachin Rekhi
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
I’m often asked by fellow or aspiring product managers how best to master the craft. They are inevitably looking for classes or books they might read to pick up the basics of product management and product design.
The Many Ways YouTube Encourages Content Discovery
Sachin Rekhi
AUGUST 26, 2013
YouTube sets the gold standard on creating an experience built from the ground up to strongly encourage content discovery.
Product Managers need to help stakeholders define the problems as opposed to solutions
All About Product Management
MAY 28, 2013
As a Product Manager I’m responsible for ensuring that stakeholders express their requests in terms of business problems as opposed to a pet feature, so that their real needs are met and do not get lost sight of when backlog items are aggregated into common themes as the product team figure out the best solution.
Weekly Digest Emails as an Effective Engagement Mechanic
Sachin Rekhi
JULY 21, 2013
I’m a firm believer that despite the growth of social networks and messaging app alternatives, email is far from dead as an important communication channel. Usage continues to grow with Google reporting over 425 million active users on Gmail and Microsoft with over 400 million on Outlook.com.
Making the jump
Product Manager in Heels
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Next May I'll officially be complete with my MBA from Babson College , which means it's time to start thinking about my next career move.
My Favorite Product Management Tools
Sachin Rekhi
MAY 22, 2013
I thought I’d share my top ten favorite tools for helping me accomplish my day-to-day responsibilities as a product manager. These tools fall into three categories: collaboration, user feedback, and analytics. Collaboration.
How a Product Manager Can Listen to Their Users Every Day
Sachin Rekhi
MAY 18, 2013
In the ever evolving world of web and mobile products, it’s incredibly important to have a constant pulse on the sentiment, needs, and frustrations of your users.
Becoming the best!
Product Manager in Heels
AUGUST 29, 2013
I came across an article that I think is valuable to share with all of the current and aspiring product managers out there. Frequently, I struggle with where to focus my day-to-day activities.
Evaluating a Product Manager's Portfolio
Sachin Rekhi
MAY 12, 2013
It's customary in the design world to evaluate a designer's existing portfolio as part of the interview process to get a better understanding of their work and the process they leverage to develop their designs.
Mastering Effective Communication as a Product Manager
Sachin Rekhi
MARCH 24, 2013
Product managers spend much of their time communicating ideas, plans, designs, and tasks to their teams.
The Value Equation of Productivity Applications
Sachin Rekhi
FEBRUARY 24, 2013
My passion has always been in building productivity apps for consumers and small businesses. The productivity space is a tough one though with thousands of applications but very few breakout success stories.
Process for Prioritising the Product Backlog
All About Product Management
MAY 22, 2013
I’ve spent the past year bringing a new product to market, as a consultant Head of Product for a start-up business unit that’s owned by a multi-national. I had the opportunity to pretty much start at the beginning: pulling together the vision, setting up a product council/steering group, talking to users about the initial concepts and shape the overall product direction. After launching V1 of the product I ran a number of prioritisation meetings with key business stakeholders.
How I use Mint, Personal Capital, and Wealthfront to Manage my Finances
Sachin Rekhi
JANUARY 31, 2013
I’m a big believer in Marc Andreessen’s view that software is eating the world and more and more of our daily lives will be improved by technology running brilliant software. One sector in which we are already seeing this shift is personal finance.
The Best Startups Minimize Their Dimensions of Innovation
Sachin Rekhi
JANUARY 13, 2013
The best startups choose a main dimension or two of innovation and invest significant effort to truly differentiate themselves from the rest of the market along that dimension.
Considerations in Designing a Developer Platform
Sachin Rekhi
JANUARY 6, 2013
The meteoric rise of developer platforms over the last seven years has been impressive to watch and a major boon to the social and mobile ecosystems.
Is Product management a skill?
Product Management and Strategic Marketing
MARCH 27, 2013
Most of you are probably familiar with skills & expertise on LinkedIn. Among the many skills to choose from is product management. Being a product management professional, I have posted that on my profile and have been widely endorsed.
Product Management needs to tackle objections before they are raised at steering group meetings.
All About Product Management
JUNE 5, 2013
As a product manager I need to tackle objections before they arise at the product steering group meeting so that key decisions are made in a timely fashion. The smart product manager will have individually briefed the members of the product council prior to his/her presentation to learn of any issues and resolve them, so he's not caught by surprise."
What matters most (to investors)?
Product Manager in Heels
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
Occasionally, we have guest speakers at Babson College, and sometimes we get a really good guest speaker! Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Scott Friend from Bain Capital Ventures. He was extremely sincere and provided very useful feedback about what matters most to investors, and how he evaluates the pitches he receives. When evaluating a company to invest in, Scott listed several things that he focuses on: TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM (do you get the point?)
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