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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

I've been reflecting on the last decade in Product Management. Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy."

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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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Scaling Customer Obsession In Your Organization, Part 3: Engagement

The Product Coalition

When a company is first starting out, one of its main goals is to find the right product-market fit. and actively engaging their customers to find that fit. But what happens once the fit is achieved? It’s also the right time to add a dedicated customer research leader. It’s a fair question.

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Ask the Community: How Do You Shift From Functional Teams to Value-Driven Teams?

Product Talk

Feature parity across desktop and mobile is rarely what customers need or want. If an organization wants to shift to product teams—teams empowered to drive outcomes —they need to structure their teams such that each team includes the necessary skills and abilities required to build and deliver customer value. and CBC Gem.

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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product

Roman Pichler

Be Prepared to Look after People, Not Products. When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Common Product Vision Board Mistakes

Roman Pichler

This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. More Information : 8 Tips for Creating A Compelling Product Vision and Strategize , pp. Target Group is (too) Big and Heterogenous.

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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.  Why is this so critical to Product Management and the larger maker organization? 

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