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The New Chief Hope Officer
"What do we get paid for?" I was asked to speak to a group of product leaders recently at a major private equity firm. And this is how I opened up the presentation — with a big-picture question about what it is product managers do. If you look back at what I have written on the Aha! blog and in my book, Lovability, the answer seems easy.
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June 2, 2020
The Product Manager vs. the IT Manager
What comes to mind when you think of IT? A few years ago, you might say the person or department you call when your computer is not working or the internet is down. But today that…
May 18, 2020
Hey Product Manager: Do You Know Why You Are Building That Feature?
People love sharing their opinions. Customers and teammates are usually willing to tell you what they think you should do with your product if you ask. This is a good problem to…
May 5, 2020
Project vs. Program vs. Portfolio Manager
Projects belong to programs as programs belong to portfolios. Sounds like a word problem from a school assignment to me. You might not think it is necessary to discern the…
April 21, 2020
How to Ask for What You Need to Be Successful
“I need help.” Showing vulnerability can be scary. You might worry that you are seen as weak or that others may exploit your openness for their own gain. This is understandable,…
April 7, 2020
What Does a Program Manager Do, Anyway?
Program manager vs. project manager. I recently wrote a blog post describing these roles. Several folks took the time to thank me for digging into the differences between the two.…
April 2, 2020
6 Things I Learned From My First Product Management Job
The last five years have gone fast. In a few months, I will celebrate that milestone at Aha! — in that time we have grown exponentially. We expanded our team to nearly 100 people,…
March 26, 2020
Product vs. Program vs. Project Management
What does “discipline” mean to you? I bet a few words come to mind — self-control, punishment, or a system of rules. You might also conjure a field of study or branch of knowledge.…
March 24, 2020
10 Tips From the Aha! Team on Working Remotely With a Full House
Everyone is asking me about remote work right now. I just spoke with a CIO that is deploying 5,000 laptops to employees who have never needed one before. COVID-19 is forcing many…
February 25, 2020
6 Commonly Confused Product and Project Management Titles
Mad Libs was invented in 1953. I bet you played this fill-in-the-blank game as a kid — maybe on a long car trip. And even though the concept is more than 60 years old, hearing someone read off a wacky story with random words stuffed into sentences still elicits a laugh. But there is an important truth here. Just because a word fits a category (such as an adjective or noun) does not mean that it will hold meaning if used incorrectly or out of context.
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