The names of our processes can sometimes be the thing that keeps adoption low. Here’s a way to rethink that.
Good Storytelling is Good Product Management
Posted on July 3, 2023.Every artefact and deliverable a product manager creates is an opportunity to tell a story to drive alignment, direction and progress.
Forget Agile. The goal is agility.
Posted on May 15, 2023.We are always going to make a plan. Inevitably parts of that plan are going to be wrong. What you do at that moment makes all the difference.
The OKR Cycle
Posted on May 1, 2023.What does a complete cycle of planning and delivering on OKRs look like. Here's an example.
OKRs and User Story Mapping
Posted on April 24, 2023.User story mapping is a powerful tool for coming up with timely, user-focused key results with your product development team.
Product managers are navigators of uncertainty
Posted on April 17, 2023.Modern product managers are not in charge of the production line in the feature factory. They job is to navigate a product through the uncertainty of idea to production.
Process Experiments
Posted on April 3, 2023.How to use product thinking to de-risk your agile implementation.
Case Study: How product management saved Fender guitars
Posted on March 13, 2023.There are no short cuts to product success. This case study shows how Fender guitars used solid product management work to discover and define a winning, modern product strategy.
Talking to customers is not a waste of a developer’s time
Posted on March 6, 2023.Everyone should talk to customers. Most companies buy the idea. They also believe it's a waste of time with developers. Here's why they're wrong.
Writing unambiguous objectives
Posted on February 20, 2023.OKRs should have an opinion. Without one, teams lack clear direction. Here's how to write unambiguous objective statements.