One of the hardest parts of product management is making visible how you evaluate ideas and make decisions about what to build. Everyone has ideas. Rarely are you sitting around […]
When Helping Hurts
A sales rep comes to you and asks for a small product change to satisfy a prospective client. Your manager wants to A/B test her latest idea. Your friend in […]
Do One Thing Well
Most product managers know that your product should do one thing well. If you do one thing well, your customers will know exactly when and why to use your product. […]
Global Product Management Talk: Writing Compelling User Stories
Yesterday, I was the guest speaker on the Global Product Management Talk hosted by Cindy Solomon. For yesterday’s show, Roger Cauvin was the co-host. We were discussing how to write […]
Remembering Steve
One year ago today, Steve Jobs passed away. I can’t think of any other person of whom I feel more conflicted. It’s hard to argue with Steve’s results. After all, […]
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Writing User Stories
Over the last few weeks, we’ve taken a look at several aspects of user story writing. As the primary means of kicking off conversations between product and engineering in most […]
Writing Acceptable Acceptance Criteria
You’ve written your user stories, engineers have accepted them, development is in progress. Now what? More often than not, odds are you left off one of the most important parts […]
The Art (Not Science) Of User Story Prioritization
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve looked at how to write good user stories, how to use themes to manage your backlog, and how to measure and predict the […]
