Product Backlog Prioritization: 3 Easy Steps Using effective, time-tested techniques to prioritize product backlogs is an important step in getting a product to market rapidly that meets customer needs. If you prioritize your backlog in a non-optimal manner then you may be wasting engineering resources by having them build features that aren’t the highest priority…
Setting up your own business is one of the most rewarding and fulfilling things in the world. It is a validation of your skills and knowledge. A lot of people feel the need to start something for themselves after years of working for different employers or different companies. They feel that it is time to put…
Iron Triangle Definition: The Iron Triangle defines the relationship between scope, resources, and time. I was taught that you could not get more of one without more of the other. Thus, if I wanted to add more scope to my release, I would have to add more resources, time, or both. I could also fix…
How to Improve your Product Management Productivity by Mastering Email. As a Product Manager you can’t afford to waste time. Email sucks up your time for a number of reasons. You may read the same email multiple times. You may be tempted to respond immediately to messages as they come in. You may allow emails…
Tesla Agile Development: Version 8.0 Software and Product Management at its best. Last week I received the version 8 update from Tesla. For those of you unfamiliar with how updates work with Tesla and the Model S or X, your car connects to your home wifi and then every month or so you get great…
The Product Manager salary for a new hire in Silicon Valley is now higher than that of engineers. Looking to find out what a reasonable Product Manager Salary is? This article will give you some statistics about being a Product Manager and what to expect in terms of salary and other benefits. The importance of…
Being a Product Leader Tasked with Disruptive Innovation In the 2006 article “Inhibitors of disruptive innovation capability: a conceptual model” author Marnix Assink found several ways in which large companies inhibit disruptive innovation, including: the inability to unlearn obsolete mental models clinging to a successful dominant design or business concept a risk‐averse corporate climate innovation…
Vision Built on Uncertainty When I started my career as a young programmer I was tasked with bug fixing as a way to learn the code base….I hated it. It wasn’t challenging enough for me. Now, several decades later as a Product Manager there are times I miss those days. Not for the nostalgia, but…
First of all, what is a Product Vision? A product vision is a high-level statement that outlines the ultimate goal or purpose of a product. It is a broad, aspirational description of what the product aims to achieve, both for the company and its customers. It should help guide the product development team’s decision-making and…
Product Management Rule #42 from the best-selling book, 42 Rules of Product Management, was written by Greg Cohen, Senior Principal Consultant, Productside As we look to advance our products, we must be aware of the larger picture and environment in which we work. Rules are designed to prevent failure and, in particular, the repetition of failure.…
