May 13, 2021
The Product Manager vs. the Engineering Manager
Unfortunately, many product managers and engineering managers lack clarity around who does what during each phase of product development. This can lead to a contentious…
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One of these things is not like the other. Learn the differences between core product management roles and concepts.
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April 19, 2021
Feature Innovation vs. Product Innovation
It takes confidence to be a product manager. You have to be certain that your product solves the right problems for the right people. This requires that you understand market…
March 30, 2021
The Product Manager vs. the Product Portfolio Manager
Ambition is in your nature. It is why you got into product management. You have an innate desire to find ways to improve and drive value. And you are eager to advance in…
March 16, 2021
Initiatives vs. Epics vs. Features
Have you ever worked with a disorganized product manager? It almost sounds like an oxymoron. The best product managers I know take pride in bringing order to product…
February 4, 2021
Is IT Product Management Really Product Management?
"Strange question." That is what I thought. But I tried to be more careful with what I said. Someone had asked me if I thought IT product management was really product…
December 15, 2020
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data for Product Managers
Did you know that the right brain/left brain theory is a myth? It is impossible to only use one side of the brain. For example, musicians are considered creative,…
November 23, 2020
B2B Product Managers vs. B2C Product Managers
"What do I need to do to make a shift from B2C to B2B?" A senior product manager once asked me this during an interview. It is a good question with a simple answer. Not…
October 8, 2020
Minimum Viable Product vs. Minimum Lovable Product
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is cat food. Or at least that is how I described it when I first wrote about what I considered the Minimum Lovable Product (MLP) to be in…
September 24, 2020
Vision vs. Mission vs. Strategy
"You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction." Futurist Alvin Toffler wrote about the…
September 15, 2020
The VP of Product vs. The Product Manager
10,559. The number of open product roles in the U.S. (or at least the ones that were recently posted on Indeed). It is great to see because when I started my career,…
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