How to run a remote retrospective and have fun doing it
Bringing this time-honored team tradition into the virtual world is easier than you might think. Here are a few pointers.
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Everything you need to know about creating buyer personas
Buyer personas are a powerful tool that helps teams build shared empathy for their buyers. While many put “buyer persona”...
How to create buzz-worthy marketing plans using a simple template
Just a few decades ago, Nike was a Greek goddess who personified victory. Apple was the fruit you polished and...
How to plan a killer product launch in 6 steps
Planning a great product launch just got easier, thanks to expert advice from long-time product marketers and our free product launch template.
How visuals can boost the accuracy of product development
This is a guest post written by Mac McConnell, VP of Marketing at Gliffy, creators of visual planning apps on...
Product roadmap vs product backlog: both essential, better together
This article was authored by Jim Semick, co-founder of ProductPlan and frequent speaker on product development. As an agile product...
Modernizing product development in a traditional Japanese keiretsu
This is a guest post written by Hiroshi Ohnuki, CEO of Ricksoft Co., Ltd. and Sean Osawa, CEO of Ricksoft,...
A product manager’s guide to release planning
Growing up, my ski coach always used to say “If you don’t plan for it, it won’t happen.” He wanted...
4 challenges in developing safety-critical software (and what to do about them)
This is a guest blog post written by Dr. Marion Lepmets. Dr. Lepmets has an extensive academic background in medical device...
5 things I learned about product (and people) management this year
This last year has been a blur. At the start of 2016 I was working in Product Management at Twitter,...
4 ways to enhance product documentation for mobile first
If your company has made the switch to a mobile-first strategy, make sure you don’t leave your product documentation behind. Your customers are increasingly accessing product information on their phones, making a seamless mobile...
Fighting the perfect product
One of our main goals as product managers as we move from casting the vision to executing is to de-pressurize the room – no one on the team should waste energy sweating over the...
PMs weigh in: prioritizing customer feedback and backlog grooming
Gathering customer feedback, turning feedback into actionable inputs, and then prioritizing those inputs for your development team are some of...
Win everyone over with your roadmap: 10 tips for product managers
The presentation of a roadmap can be nail biting for both developers and product managers; one party has worked hard...