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Everyone thinks their product is ready to scale, but few are truly ready. I’ve been on my fair share of teams scrambling during the 11th hour for something that should have been done weeks ago. Scaling is no joke. Building a product that is ready for the masses takes a lot of planning and testing. …
I’ve spent many years in dedicated technical roles and dedicated business roles. One of the biggest challenges facing productivity of an organization that employs both is communication. Communication between business and tech is unfortunately often avoided because neither one seems to know much about the other. Additionally, when attempts are made, information is often lost…
Prioritizing product features is a key responsibility of a product manager. Knowing what to prioritize and, more importantly, when can make all the difference for the success of your product. Once your architecture is decided and built, you need to progress into building product features. Your team needs to not only build the right features,…
As working environments continue to become more flexible the size and shape of our product development teams seem to be constantly changing. The good news is that regardless of those concerns what matters most is the productivity of your team. For many businesses today, your product is your business and motivating your product development team…
As a product manager, I’m very process oriented. As a result, I’m borderline obsessed with efficiency. If there is a way to save me time, I’m all over it. Every product manager’s nightmare starts out with missed deadlines and only gets worse from there. While you may not know much about my area of expertise…
Every product has competition. Depending on your industry the field may be crowded and full of competition or dominated by only a few major players. Regardless, it is important to have a thorough understanding of your competition. Your competitors shape the landscape for your industry. Understanding the competition will help you identify opportunities and better…
Customer interviews are critical to product success. In fact, following the lean product development methodology (as outlined in Running Lean), there are several different types of customer interviews to be conducted during different phases of your project. With so much potential value coming from one source, it’s important to optimize this process as much as…
Value-based pricing is defined by wikipedia as pricing set “primarily, but not exclusively according to the perceived or estimated value of a product or service”. What this means to potential clients is that you’ll be paying a fixed price to buy that product or service instead of paying your consultant an hourly rate. Much of…
If you’re building or managing a software product you need a product manager. If your project isn’t quite ready for a dedicated product manager then whatever your current teams consists of needs to have certain skills to make your product successful. Whether you’re looking for a product manager to join your team or just hoping…