Reference: https://firstround.com/review/a-tactical-guide-to-managing-up-30-tips-from-the-smartest-people-we-know/ Summary Leave your assumptions at the door Alignment Always align on the following two questions with your manager: What is success for me personally? What is success for my manager’s team? Intersection between your success and your manager’s success is where your opportunities for fulfilling impact lies Keep this conversation ongoing as success […]
Reference https://www.reforge.com/blog/the-power-user-trap Summary What is a power user trap? Power users are generally the outliers within the ecosystem of your product and are heavy users of your product/features. The power user trap entails the dilemma of either over optimising the product for power users at the expense of the overall experience of majority of other […]
Having worked in multiple teams, I have come to realize that every one seem to have a different understanding of agile principles and methodology. Their perception of agile methodologies is mainly formed from their previous experiences (esp. at the companies where they do not have any certified agile coach). This has led to many difficult […]
Not long ago, I had a perception that to build a great product one needs to get at least these two elements spot on: a) Understanding the users/customers unmet needs and b) Ability to quantitatively analyse user behaviour to quickly iterate and get closer to Product/Market fit. ‘User Experience’, somehow always took a backstage for […]
How many times we have heard or read about a product failure ? Or certain product not living up to the expectations of its users ? I suppose a way lot more than you would imagine and majority of these failures relate to inability of the organisation or product to be validated from its own customers/users. As […]
As a product manager, you are always overwhelmed with numerous ideas to either make your product better or to launch a completely new product that adds to the existing growth to your user base. But amongst this huge deluge of ideas, how should one make a wise decision ? How should we be sure that a […]
“What do you work as?” – This is a common question I ask when I meet a person who is working in Product Management and I get varied answers: Some say ‘Product Owner’ and some ‘Product Manager’. So is there any difference between the two roles ? Are these roles interchangeably used in the organisations […]
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