The ability to understand and share the feelings of others is often overlooked as a critical soft skill for product managers — As a Product Manager, it’s easy to overlook empathy as a critical skill for success. In a world driven by data and metrics, it’s easy to forget the importance and value of understanding users’ emotions and needs. We’ll explore the significance of empathy in product management and how it can…

Develop quietly, release often, and wait for the big reveal…keep the big marketing launch under wraps, but show your new product/version to a small test group through a great early access program. — When building a new feature or product in a situation where you’re starting from zero to one, develop it quietly. Release often to get feedback from customers (not just internal stakeholders!). …

Managers can certainly be considered stakeholders, but their role in this equation may be a little different than what you might expect. — In an age of constant communication, it’s easy to forget that some members of an organization can fall through the cracks. This is especially true for managers, who are often too busy strategizing and planning to worry about the day-to-day operations of their team. But as the old saying goes…

Ever since OKRs have been popularized we have seen a movement of measuring “outcomes over output.” That needs to be challenged. — As a leader within an organization, are you focused on rewarding the outcomes, or rewarding the effort? Since objectives and key results (OKRs) have been popularized we have seen a movement around “outcomes over output” but that needs to be challenged. The role luck plays in outcomes

OKRs are a very popular framework that can help you and your team set and track measurable goals. How should product managers use them to be successful? — OKRs are popular in the product management space as it allows product managers to focus on the success measures of the objectives their product and business are setting out to achieve. Product Managers often have the context around why a particular objective is really important for the business and can…

Recommendations for product teams that want to establish the right scope, build the right features, and achieve product success. — You’re a product manager coming up to a new quarter, you spend the next week or two frantically preparing an updated product roadmap that includes all the things the product development team should be building over the next 12 weeks. What should you include? Define what success looks like

Managing stakeholders is a major part of the role as a product manager. Here are some tips I’ve learned that can help you level up. — Managing stakeholders is an important part of a Product Manager’s role. Every organization is different, and every stakeholder group is different, but some of the key strategies are the same. Seven crucial insights Here are seven tips I’ve discovered along the road that will help you ensure that you’re putting your best foot…

The engineering team showcases their work in a demo to other stakeholders. Everyone else, including the product manager, tend not to showcase what they have been working on or talk about results achieved. — So you’re at a sprint review/demo, and you do a quick lap around the room asking the engineering team to demo what they have been working on, and each person can showcase what they have produced over throughout the sprint. Sometimes there are other stakeholders in the room, often product…

If you’re a product manager or product owner who uses Jira, then your inbox must be overflowing with unread messages. And it’s only going to get worse as your team grows and your workload increases. You can easily lose track of important tasks and projects that need to be completed each day and week. — How often do you find yourself single-handedly keeping track of keeping the team up to date on progress? One of the hardest things to do as a product manager is to keep track of what’s in the pipeline. …