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BWP 2017 Year in Review

bpma ProductHub

Boston Women in Product 2017 Year in Review: By Emera Trujillo. 2017 has been an exciting year for Boston Women in Product. With that in mind, it’s apt that we include a round of thanks and appreciation to everyone who has supported Boston Women in Product throughout 2017, in ways both big and small. By the numbers.

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The Best Product Person of 2017 is…

The Product Guy

Take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2017: Melissa Perri. Melissa works with organizations to add the missing pieces to many digital transformations: training the product teams and consulting on strategy, structure, and process. She coaches them to answer two important questions – “Should we build this?”

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Top 10 Product Insights You Should Have Read in 2017

Mind the Product

WTF is Strategy? Strategic thinking is critical to being a successful product manager, but strategy is often an abstract and confusing concept. For more product management lessons from 2017 check out what we learned , our Top 10 Guest Posts , and our Top 10 Videos and of course subscribe to our newsletter for more weekly insights!

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What is Good Product Strategy?

Melissa Perri

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” This didn’t sit well with the CTO because in reality he didn’t want a strategy, he wanted a plan. This is the way we were taught to think about Product Strategy. This isn’t a strategy, this is a plan. Product Strategy emerges from experimentation towards a goal.

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Connecting Analytics to Strategy - Keeping Your Corporate Objective In Sight

Speaker: Tom Evans, Senior Principal Consultant and Trainer, 280 Group

But there is one essential element that is often left out of the conversation, and that is strategy. How does my product decisions support the overall strategy of the business, and am I tracking the right metrics based upon that strategy? It’s easy to lose sight of how the product fits into the overall strategy.

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7 Standout Moments From Mind the Product SF 2017

Product Talk

Janna argues your roadmap is a prototype for your strategy. So I loved this framing of roadmaps as strategy prototypes by Janna Bastow , CEO & Co-Founder of ProdPad. Your roadmap is a prototype for your strategy.” – Tweet This. Janna drops a brilliant insight. Repeat after me: There is nothing certain about the future.

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Top 40 Product Management Influencers 2017 [Highlights]

The Product Guy

I’m completely psyched to have made this year’s list of Top 40 Product Management Influencers of 2017 for the THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR! Chris Butler // Philosophie NYC Chris is the Director of Product Strategy at Philosophie where he helps organizations like Google and PwC with product strategy and management.