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 basic Excel skills and don’t hesitate to pull in the data scientists if you need help with more complex challenges.
What’s all the hype about?
I am sure many of you will have seen the Gartner Hype Cycle at some point.
Have you wondered what it’s all about and whether it can help your business?
Are product managers the sales prevention department?
As a product manager you may have been called the ‘sales prevention department’.
Don’t worry – saying ‘No’ is an important part of your job.
Product Management Dashboard
Our Product Management Dashboard is a unique tool that we use when reviewing product management at our clients.
Use it to identify key challenges, discuss what’s going wrong and to communicate what needs to change.
From projects to products
Does the next customer deal drive development priorities? Do Sales and Senior Management sell whatever the customer wants? Are costs spiralling and profits falling?
We explain the challenges of moving from a project driven to product driven business.
Roadmap Prioritisation – a case study
Find out how a process to priortise candidates for the roadmap works in real life.
Don’t let iceberg products sink your business
Many older products are left floating around. We call these Iceberg or Coconut products.
Coconut products make money and don’t cost much to run but iceberg product have big hidden costs that can sink your business.
In-life – where the rubber hits the road
Creating new products can appear exciting and glamorous compared to managing an in-life product.
But in-life is where a product idea is put into practice and where the money is earned!
4 common in-life product problems and what to do about them
You’ve launched your product. The early planning was good, and at launch the product appeared to have a good market fit.
But, now things have gone awry.
Read on to discover the 4 common in-life product problems and how to handle them.
Are you an internal product manager stuck in a box?
Internal product managers come up against unique obstacles and dilemmas. The challenge is serving internal customers rather than selling to external customers.
If you’re stuck in your role as an internal product manager we’ve outlined 6 ways to break free.
