A tool to decentralize release planning and foster self-organization — Early in my career as a Product Manager I soon found myself also being the release manager — having to organise and manage the release and tasks associated with it. This didn’t feel like the best use of my time. Further, I was by no means a release management expert. …

A step-by-step guide (with templates) to level up your Product Discovery — A common question I get when I coach Product Managers is, "I know what I want to do discovery on, but how do I get started?" Although there are many ways to start discovery, I have two tools that are my absolute go-to for kicking off and structuring Product Discovery. …

There are many different types of roadmaps and different formats that roadmaps can take. — After writing about ‘8 different ways to organize your Product Backlog’, which has since been transformed into Miro templates, I thought I would write something similar for Product Roadmaps. Here are a few different shapes a Product Roadmap can take. …

Build longterm success when starting a new job — About half of the Product Managers I coach 1:1 are seeking support with either finding a new role or they have recently started a new role. So I wanted to share with you how I approach the first 90 days. This is based on my experience through both starting new…

Last month I posted that Product Managers don’t need domian knowledge to be effective — and it struck a cord! — Last month I posted that “Product Managers don’t need domian knowledge to be effective” — but where short social posts lack vital context and are easily interpreted as a sweeping ‘either-or’ statements. I wanted to spend some time unpacking why…

Metrics Management is a core skill for a Product Manager and a core task within that is defining product metrics. The Association of Product Professionals defines Metrics Management as “Defines, tracks, and reports on relevant, actionable product metrics and performance to agreed goals.” Whether that be, defining outcomes for your…

(originally published via Association of Product Professionals — https://productprofessionals.com/articles/why-organization-size-matters-in-product/) Being a Product Manager (PM) can look vastly different depending on the product, company, industry and team but there’s one dimension that has a greater impact than the rest. That’s the organization size. The best way to explain the differences is…