I spend most of my time helping product teams make better product decisions. I’m starting to notice some patterns. I see three critical areas where we often fall short. First, […]
The Dos and Don’ts of Hypothesis Testing
I see many product managers struggling with how to design and run good product experiments. It’s hard to know what to test and for how long. Few of us are […]
Let’s Talk Innovation: A Conversation with Tim Meaney and Teresa Torres
In April I visited Tim Meaney and the rest of the Kindling team. For long-time Product Talk readers, you already know that I’m a big fan of idea management software […]
How To Write Product Requirements That Engage Everyone on the Team
Why do you write product requirements? We used to write long product requirement documents to communicate the solution we wanted our engineering teams to build. But over time we learned […]
Product Managers Don’t Own the Problem (And Designers Don’t Own the Solution)
Imagine a product team discussing new commenting functionality on their company blog. “We should let people comment anonymously.” “That will only attract trolls. We should require real names.” “We should […]
Take a Team Approach to Product Delivery
Jim, like many product mangers, spends most of his day with his engineering team. He clarifies requirements, triages bugs, and seeks out hidden dependencies. Sally, on the other hand, spends […]
Your Title Doesn’t Matter
If you’ve been reading Product Talk for long, you’ve probably noticed that I sometimes blur the lines between product management and user experience design. I started out as an interaction […]
Fix Delivery to Make Time for Discovery
“How do we know if we are building the right things?” “We are building feature after feature but to what end?” “How do we know what customers really want or […]
