by Juan Ramirez One of the most challenging questions that product managers have to face day to day is whether or not they should include certain features in the product [ … ]
The most abused question when building new products
by Saeed Khan Everyone knows that when building technology products, one of the key tasks is to prioritize requirements — what features are “must have” vs. optional or “nice to have” [ … ]
Design Your Product for the Case Study You Want to Read
by Matt Volpi No matter how hard we try, the product development process drags us away from customers and into a more theoretical bubble. One can easily begin focusing on [ … ]
The 3 biggest problems in Product Management today – part 3 – Communication
by Saeed Khan This is part 3 of this series on problems in Product Management today. Part 1 of this series covered issues with various Product Management roles and responsibilities. Part [ … ]
We’re 7 years old…and a week
In what is now a truly unplanned tradition, I completely forgot (yet again) the anniversary of this blog. No fanfare, no fireworks, no cake. Just a blog post and a [ … ]
Know when to call it quits
by Liraz Axelrad When asked about the future of “Home” – Facebook-not-really-mobileOS-but-kind-of” Mark Zuckerberg said: “It’s a tough thing determining when something doesn’t work, and when something hasn’t worked yet”. [ … ]
The 3 biggest problems in Product Management today – Part 2 – Process
by Saeed Khan In part 1– I listed the following problems as the biggest ones I see facing high-tech product management. poor definition of roles and responsibilities significant gaps in repeatable [ … ]
The 3 biggest problems in Product Management today – Part 1 – Roles
by Saeed Khan As Product Managers, part of our job is to observe, understand and correlate information about our customers, prospects, markets, competitors and organizations. We then take the insight [ … ]
Happy Star Wars Day — Rules of the Product Management Jedi
In honour of Star Wars Day — May 4th — I thought it was appropriate to reprint this oldie, but goodie. 🙂 Enjoy. Balance many opposing forces to achieve harmony [ … ]
Want insights? Go outside and observe!
By Saeed Khan I returned recently from a business trip to Germany. Whenever I travel, whether for business or pleasure, I find it difficult to take my “product manager” hat [ … ]