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I’ve abandoned “MVP”

Mironov Consulting

After years of struggle, I’m advising all of my clients and product leader coachees to stop using the term “MVP”. These (of course) don’t exist yet, since we’re still concept-testing problem statements and feature/function and technical requirements. Do early technical trials change our scope or identify missing capabilities?

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What Skills Does a Product Manager Need?

BrainStation Product Management

Often referred to as “mini-CEOs” of a product, these specialists must possess a wide variety of skills and competencies to propel a product to success. Speak to a Learning Advisor. Technical Skills for Product Management. A question that comes up often among would-be Product Managers is: “how technical do I have to be?”.

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What Skills Does a Product Manager Need?

BrainStation Product Management

Often referred to as “mini-CEOs” of a product, these specialists must possess a wide variety of skills and competencies to propel a product to success. Self-styled ‘visionary’ Product Managers are dangerous – which is why I advise against hiring PM candidates who fire off (Steve Jobs) quotes during job interviews.

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13 Best Product Management Books to Read in 2021 – Product Manager Must-Reads

Userpilot

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. The book is evidence-based (references to theories in footnotes) and contains exercises you can start using right away. Challenges of transitioning from a non-technical background.

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The Collision of Product Management and Product Ownership

The Product Coalition

A story of love, hate, oppression and triumph I’ll admit, I’ve started to fall out of love with agile over the past year or so?—?don’t I wholeheartedly believe that you need to be adaptable to survive today but the further I travel on my own journey the more I wonder if we as an industry are moving past agile. Enter agile.

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Product Tours In 2021: The Ultimate Guide

Userpilot

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. To avoid confusion, we therefore often refer to effective product tours as "interactive product walkthroughs." But if you want a shortcut that's less technically demanding, read on… Why is product tour software important for SaaS? Get a demo today!

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Interactive Walkthroughs in 2021: The Ultimate Guide for SaaS

Userpilot

That’s why we often advise SaaS companies to segment users prior to their walkthrough, to make sure that customers only see features during their walkthrough that make sense for their individual use case. We sometimes refer to this as “ reducing Time to Value.”. This allows for a lot of agility, leading to regular product experiments.