Product Management

The future of product management is largely dependent upon whether or not product development teams are using standardized software development tools. This leads to a second point that must be addressed: do product development teams still have the ability to deliver a unique product if they do not use the latest software development and product […]

The product management expert role is a unique opportunity that allows the product or service management professional to use their knowledge, skills and expertise to assist companies in effectively managing the creation, development and distribution of their products. Product management is becoming more important for companies as the days go by and because of this,

There are eleven steps for a successful Product Dashboard 1.Define the purpose of the dashboard. 2.Define the layout and flow. Prioritize. 3.Be clear about what we are trying to achieve with each metric. 4.Consider the dashboard user. Personalization rather than customization. 5.Chose the right representation layout and flow. 6.Determine the right KPIs for each team

So, you want to start a career in Product Management? Great! This is one of the few “fast track” career paths that can be extremely lucrative and rewarding. In fact, as you read on, you’ll find some great ways to start your career in Product Management. First, let’s look at the definition of Product: The

A big part of how to write good user stories is to help teams find ways to organize their work in a way that follows agile values and principles. We order that backlog by value trying to build the highest value first. User Stories are agile in and of themselves, but they can be used

We’ve all heard it before, location, location location. Since we’re human, we want everyone to know what we’re doing, how we’re doing it, why we’re doing it, and where we’re doing it. And where I am right now is a precious piece of information, a few thoughts? Leveraging location is about following a new kind

Early in my career as a Product Manager at Vulkanostudio, someone told me that the best knack to crack would be an ability to “get things done”. It was their best tip for me as a newbie in this field, because they had found it to be the fastest way to get things moving in

The Dunning-Kruger effect: the less we know, the smarter we think we are. We all have encountered people who have an attitude of a know-it-all. And go on and on a topic at length with proclaiming others’ opinions as useless and wrong. The Dunning-Kruger effect teaches us that people with fewer skills, abilities and knowledge

As a Scrum Master, having a coaching conversation with your team’s low performer can be really hard, especially when you are the first to reveal that things aren’t going well. You’ll need your communication skills. Here is a four-step preparation strategy that you can use to handle such conversations. Items required: Pen & Notebook (you

Product Managers use software development metrics to plan and control the software development process and make decisions about process changes measuring the right things.  I divide software development metrics into two types: Agile process metrics to assess a software development project’s health and the productivity of the teams involved: For agile and lean processes, the