25 Oct 2019
Product Management and the Impostor Syndrome
Many workers, across all industries, know what it’s like to feel like an impostor in their own job. It’s a feeling that’s especially prevalent in product management. We look at…
3 Oct 2019
DevOps 101 for Product Management – how it can empower you!
Many of you may have heard the word DevOps come up over the past few years. If so, you may have wondered what it involves and, more specifically, what it…
23 Sep 2019
Updated Product Activities Framework
We’ve updated our Product Activities Framework to reflects the trends we’ve seen emerging in product management. However most of the key product management activities remain the same. Use the framework…
2 Sep 2019
Tools to help product management leaders under pressure
As a product team leader, finding time to work out how to improve the performance of your team or department can be tough. In this blog we provide some useful…
3 Jul 2019
A guide to Zen Agile
Agile is one of the most discussed topics in tech and a potential battleground between Development and Management. Read this entertaining blog by Aidan Dunphy on how to handle Agile…
7 Jun 2019
Using the 5 Whys to Stop Firefighting and Become Proactive
Many product managers spend too much of their time sorting out issues and putting out fires. This blog helps you reduce your firefighting by changing perceptions, having a stronger focus…
9 May 2019
Portfolio Management for Dummies
Portfolio planning is essential to help your organization decide how it’s going to meet its objectives – get it wrong and you’ll miss targets, waste resources and frustrate stakeholders. Whether…
26 Apr 2019
Top 25 inventions of the last 25 years
REVEALED: The UK’s most popular inventions A new survey of 2,000 adults commissioned by Product Focus has revealed the UK’s favourite inventions of the past 25 years. The survey, which…
15 Apr 2019
The fight over the customer
Historically there was a battle between Sales and Product Management. Sales, having more contact with customers, felt they had a better understanding of customer needs than product managers (and sometimes…
11 Mar 2019
Data is essential for Product Managers
Data is a big trend so as a product manager it’s likely you’ll need to get to grips with it. Our advice is to make sure you’ve got at least…