A lot of people ask me about how to break into product management. I think that is because product management is a hot career track today. So much so that there are many variations…
Your roadmap is essential. It is used in many different situations and audiences. You see roadmaps presented in everything from executive briefings to IT meetings. Roadmaps are…
Scrum masters play a crucial role on product development teams. Scrum is the best-known and most widely-used agile software development framework. So, it is common for software…
Two of my friends and I had a shared goal last year. We wanted to answer a long-standing question: “What makes a great VP of product? And how is that different from what makes a…
It’s amazing what you learn when you stop talking at work and start listening. This is particularly true when you are meeting with the world’s best innovators and product builders.…
“PM” is a confusing abbreviation. It refers to (at least) three distinct roles: the Product Manager, the Program Manager, and the Project Manager. These roles all have different…
It was a big day. I was presenting a new product idea to the executive team. After speaking with dozens of customers, the product team knew that we had touched a nerve. This…
I am not a smoker. But, early in my product management career, my engineering management counterpart was. To find time on his fully packed calendar I would take “virtual” smoking…
