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In Scope for My Role?

Mironov Consulting

Something that comes up periodically in my product leadership coaching sessions: “As a Director or VP of Product, how do I get folks outside my immediate span of control to make improvements or do their jobs better or take my advice?”    Easy to address, or massive potential technical debt?”

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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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A summary of “Building Products for the Enterprise”

The Product Coalition

Product specialization : “very tailored to solve a specific technical or business need” that becomes complicated quickly. To not try to please everyone, Ben and Blair advise “staying the course, given your strategy is sound”. The customer vs. the user: the one buying your product isn’t the same one who pays for it.

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An OKR Fable

Product Bookshelf

The story begins with the struggling founders meeting with their top advisor and board member who recommends OKRs. Hanna is a metric-oriented CEO who balances her relationship with a technical and idealistic co-founder who doesn’t always engage with business basics. Inspiration is a critical part of leadership.

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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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Build Strong Product Teams by Hiring Graduates

Mind the Product

It’s partly because few companies that hire PMs attend university careers fairs and so careers advisers and tutors are not aware of or familiar with the role. Often the most promising students are those who have demonstrated leadership, initiative, or entrepreneurship. Choosing the Right Graduates.