The Product Manager's Guide to Backlog Grooming (Reboot)
As a product manager, you’re probably used to getting plenty of feature requests thrown your way. Let’s face it, wishlists are a pain and the hardest part is having to validate the various ideas, requests and suggestions. Do they solve a problem? Do they address a customer need? Do they align wit... →
How to Align Stakeholders from Different Departments on a Product Roadmap. Speaking with Paul Ortchanian, CEO, Bain Public
Originally published on UXDX; Speaking with Paul Ortchanian, CEO, Bain PublicHow do successful product companies lose their way?When working in product, which is very iterative and it's not a project waterfall type of approach, it's really a continuous deployment environment. The problem is that... →
It’s Time To Get Serious About Developing Product Muscle
It’s amazing how many companies have lost their product mojo when they replaced their product-oriented founder with a CEO coming from sales, marketing, business development or finance. Unfortunately, CEOs that are sales or finance-led believe acquisitions or managing costs is the key to growth. B... →
The Benefits of Collaborative Discovery and Pre-Wiring Your Roadmap
As a product manager, you must have the ability to create a business-viable product vision. Not only that, but this vision needs to drive and influence others to execute and deliver the components needed to build out that vision and make it a reality. But how do you get there? Given how many peop... →
Why You Need to Keep MOATs Front and Center in Your Product Roadmap Strategies
When you think of the term ‘moat’, what comes to mind? By definition, a moat is "a long, wide hole that is dug all the way around a place such as a castle and usually filled with water, to make it more difficult to attack". I know you’re probably wondering: what does this have to do with your pro... →
Every Product Manager Needs Product Development Team
In today’s world, there are a number of thriving companies. There are, however, many more companies that don’t end up thriving. Don’t you ever question why? The most common reason for these entrepreneurial failures is a lack of sufficient market validation and market validation mistakes. There ar... →
Is Your Organization Doing Everything It Can To Explore, Evolve And Execute Products?
The appetite for building exceptional products has never been higher, and yet, many organizations struggle to grow effective and successful product management. With that in mind, how can business leaders develop organization competency and fast-track product innovation? How can they improve proce... →
Integrating Xero With WatchMojo: Taking Invoice Input Processes To The Next Level
Originally published on Xero Developer Network; Stories, insights and updates from the Xero Dev team With over 100 billion all-time minutes of watch time and more than 36 million global subscribers, WatchMojo creates video content, which is translated and distributed through multiple online plat... →