Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I was asked to give a ten-minute overview of my continuous discovery framework and then participated in a fireside chat where the host, Cecilie Smedstad , asked me to go deeper in a few areas. I did classic web development before there were frameworks back in the ’90s. I recently spoke at the Y Oslo conference in Oslo, Norway.

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2025

Many organisations have no structured tools or frameworks for articulating the needs of the product management role and rely on informal conversations alone to set expectations. To find out more about defining and using capability frameworks, read our white paper on the subject.

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BrainMates

JUNE 17, 2025

The issue isn’t the framework. OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are a goal-setting framework used by teams and organisations to align effort with strategic priorities. Most teams adopt OKRs to improve focus, alignment, and impact. But too often, they become performance theatre — vague goals, vanity metrics, and forgotten check-ins.

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People-First Product Leadership

APRIL 30, 2025

Here's a framework I use with my coaching clients: Tactical thinking : How do we solve this problem? Try this exercise: Take your current roadmap and ask "Why?" Consider drafting a strategy yourself, using frameworks like the Strategy Stack. It's not just about getting things done. three times for each initiative.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 20, 2025

Running through this exercise has two key caveats. But how they engage with their skip reports and how that interplays with their direct reports can benefit from an exercise in extremes. How do I give input early enough that a line manager can course correct before it’s too late? skip reports) with the next principle.

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People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Let’s revisit the framework. At the foundation, product sense begins as a blend of ‘art’ and ‘science’ With the rise of AI, the framework for achieving and maintaining product sense is evolving. Regularly exercise your product judgment by making informed decisions and reflecting on outcomes.

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UX Planet

JUNE 9, 2025

Lets explore using atomic notes gathered into the wall-to-wall exercise of affinity diagrams with exploratory research scenario as the focus. Finally, revisit and refine clusters with your team by conducting a “walk the wall” exercise, gathering input from teammates who have worked on the data.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Below, you’ll find what I believe is the most actionable, specific, and straightforward framework for crafting a strategy, for both your product and your company. As Chandra shares below, his framework sits on top of the best strategy wisdom out there (e.g. So we teamed up to make that happen.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Nine Lives exercise reduces the pressure of finding your “one true calling” by exploring multiple exciting life paths. This exercise helps you tap into what truly excites you and brings more energy into your current life, without making drastic changes. Then, tackle each one like any other problem: make a plan.

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 8, 2025

This week, we’re diving into science-backed frameworks. Explore the exercises above or try this one out to begin the process: Identify two limiting beliefs about yourself that you want to change, like "I'm not strategic enough" or "I can't handle conflict." Which of the three framework elements resonates with you?

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 15, 2025

Find where you can add unique value within that framework. ” exercise. You’re not the protagonist in your company’s story—the CEO is. Your job isn’t to get your ideas implemented but to brilliantly operationalize the CEO’s vision. Help them earn their seat through valuable contributions.

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Sequent Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

Each area builds upon the others, creating a comprehensive framework for leadership through influence. Understanding what influence is and how it operates lays the groundwork, but to effectively exercise influence, you must first establish yourself as someone worth following (this is fundamental to effective leadership).

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Direction, Alignment, and Commitment (DAC) framework from the Center for Creative Leadership is a game-changer for making an impact - no matter your role. Try this interactive exercise. That experience taught me a key lesson about influence: Leadership isn’t a one-person show—it’s a social process.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 1, 2025

In part one of this comprehensive guide— The definitive guide to mastering product sense interviews — I explained why product sense and analytical thinking interviews matter and I walked through my framework for acing the former. Now I’ll walk through my framework for acing analytical thinking interviews.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Develop theapp Build the educational app using the latest technologies and frameworks. Focus on well-being: Include features like mindfulness exercises, breaks, and feedback on user stress levels to contribute to a holistic learning experience. Take advantage of Agile methodologies and opt for the MVP version to save resources.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 29, 2025

To find a great name, use the “diamond” framework: Draw a diamond and label “Win” (top), “What we have to win” (right), “What we need to win” (bottom), and “What we need to say” (left). they are told they are naming a bike).

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Similarities Identical Rounds: Expect many of the same rounds, including coding exercises, behavioral interviews, and a recruiter screen. When you receive a take-home project, consider it a practical exercise and a foundation for future interview rounds. You could go through both in the same year without interviewing conflicts.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 19, 2025

🧠 Learn more : Dashboarding Interview Framework What interviewers are testing: Can you manage the scope without losing trust? Use frameworks like PACE (Problem, Approach, Calculation, Explanation) to structure your responses. Structure responses using frameworks like STAR or PACE. How do you proceed? Layer your practice.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 3, 2025

The person who can make you laugh or motivate you to exercise might be the new high-status profession. Starting as a teenage barista and web designer, he’s created a portfolio approaching $300 million in yearly sales (and he was personally worth over $1 billion at one point)—all without ever raising venture capital.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

1 ] In fact, some people argue that product leadership can only be exercised by a management role. Leadership can therefore be exercised without being a boss. The leadership they exercise is called emergent or lateral leadership.[ The leadership they exercise has been assigned or granted by the CEO or another executive.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

It is therefore important that you exercise leadership and address the people issues you are encountering even if this can be challenging and require courage at times. The following sections explain how you can apply the framework. On the positive side, when done correctly, it will not only remove the problems.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2022

If you’re looking to improve your team's work, a product management framework can be an excellent starting point. A framework is a set of guidelines or principles that can help guide your team’s decisions and provide a common understanding for all team members. Example of Applying DACI Framework 2. DACI What is it?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

Referring to people as product owners who do not manage a product and do not exercise the right ownership is wrong in my mind: It creates confusion and it sets wrong expectations: Someone who owns a product part cannot take on the responsibility of maximising the product’s value and achieving product success. SAFe Product Owner.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This individual leads the product team, not by being the boss but by exercising emergent leadership. To help you with this, I’ve created the framework shown in Figure 2. The final goal in the framework in Figure 2 is the sprint goal , which directs the work of the development team members.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 11, 2024

The Discover, Analyze, Create, Develop Design Thinking Framework for product managers You’ve heard about Design Thinking or even tried it. I think of Design Thinking as a framework and set of tools for problem solving. 5:09] Tell us about the phases of the Design Thinking framework: Discover, Analyze, Create, Develop.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The practice run was so helpful, and at the end of the day we concluded the sprint and felt more confident about the framework. The majority of the attendees had little experience with JTBD, apart from one participant who was more purist about its application and wanted to do some job-mapping exercises before doing the interview,” says Lily.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 15, 2020

You’re a product manager, and you need to run a collaborative roadmapping exercise with various teams across your company. What is a Collaborative Roadmapping Exercise? A collaborative roadmapping exercise is an ideation meeting. This environment can help you with every stage of the exercise: before, during, and after.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Here is a simple framework to help you understand what they need, and more importantly — where are your current gaps. Ideally, this should be a group exercise. Your product’s value needs to be defined, delivered, and perceived as such by your customers. Try including marketing, sales, customer success, and the CEO in the discussion.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 14, 2019

“Successfully managing complex sales requires a different level of visibility into your deals” To get visibility into large deals, I developed a visual framework – which I call the Agile Arrow – that applies popular project management principles to the work that we do as salespeople. Act II: Building a visual framework.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2024

Most products begin with functionality, but as I do this exercise with the companies I work with, they often realize that something is missing, even if the technical capabilities are there. Step 2: Deliver the Value Once you have a clear definition of the value, it’s time to make sure the product delivers that value. Stay tuned.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 3, 2022

How product managers can use the Modified Agile for Hardware Development Framework. They think they have the answer for applying Agile principles to hardware projects, and they call it the Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) Framework. 15:01] How does your MAHD ( Modified Agile for Hardware Development) Framework work?

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

I wanted to share with you the framework I use when doing this. Below is a brief overview of the framework that I use and a few signs of where you should start if you want to run this exercise yourself. If you complete this exercise, I’d love to hear your feedback. Did it help?

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

Instead, they look for patterns and frameworks that are widespread and valuable. There are plenty of solutions, and one of them is Start, Stop, Continue – a framework to structure a retrospective for a team, career or project. If you can’t answer these questions, the whole exercise is biased and almost doomed to failure.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 5, 2024

The challenge lies in fostering effective collaboration without a clear social framework to guide these interactions. This framework provides a holistic approach to leadership, encompassing knowledge, action, and personal attributes. As product managers, we must navigate both these realms.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Former Staff UX Designer Maureen Rodaro was also key to implementing and evangelizing this type of exercise and a driving force behind pairing product managers and designers. Going through this exercise also revealed that some tasks are in between roles. Frameworks also help them to keep their goals within the appropriate scope.

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First Round Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Leaders like Lenny Rachitsky, Nels Gilbreth, Jeff Lawson, Annie Duke, Ravi Mehta and more share the inventive frameworks they lean on for this annual exercise. We’ve combed the extensive Review archives for a timely roundup of the most unique advice for end-of-year strategic planning.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 7, 2024

DESIGN WORKBOOKS How to put design theory into practice in an efficient way My favorite UX design workbooks: develop your skills by solving exercises Learning design theory is a good step towards becoming a better designer, but it is also important to put the things you’ve learned into practice.

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