Building Product Teams
Great products come from great product teams. But how do you build a product team that’s set for success? Here you’ll find insights and advice from practicing product people on how to do it right.
LATEST POSTS
A case study: Cross-departmental communication as a product
This is a different case study, with internal and in-direct deliverables across departments. A story of treating internal alignment as a feature at Transifex. Our story concludes with the outcomes of this achieved alignment. Read more »
Getting started with User Story Mapping - Jeff Patton on The Product Experience
There’s nothing more useless to a product team than a big backlog. Bringing backlogs to life—making them usable, relevant, and getting value from them—is something that transforms ordinary teams into extraordinary ones. To guide us on how to do that, we asked Jeff Patton, creator of User Story Mapping, to join us on the podcast. Read more »
Strategies for managing cross-functional teams
How do you foster a culture of ownership, accountability, trust, and openness in cross-functional teams? More importantly, how do you manage them for successful outcomes? We spoke to some seasoned product leaders about their experiences and understanding what works and what doesn’t when leading a cross-functional team. In brief Take time to observe the team Read more »
Resilience as a product manager by Ellie Powers
In this ProductTank Exeter talk, director of product at Slack, Ellie Powers, provides some insights into what resilience looks like as a product manager in light of the year we’ve experienced since the start of the pandemic. Read more »
Product management for remote teams by Rian van de Merwe
In this ProductTank London talk, Rian van de Merwe, head of product at Wildbit explains how the challenges of working in remote teams can present opportunities and provide principles for how to work better together. Read more »
How I got a job in product: Erika Kramarik
Erika Kramarik is a full-stack marketer for a product agency, here’s how she transitioned from a non-tech career to a job in product. Roles and responsibilities My work entails mostly content creation for my company, early talks with founders, sharing their stories as they progress, and guidance on marketing and positioning for our clients. Read more »
Resilient Management: AMA with Lara Hogan
In this AMA session for MTP Leader members Lara Hogan, author, public speaker, and coach, provided insights on how leaders can manage product teams in the tech industry. Watch the recording in its entirety or read on for the highlights, Read more »
How to motivate a product team
A motivated team is a happy team. A happy team is more creative, provides better solutions, and to top it off, it’s also more productive. In today’s post, I would like to introduce some techniques and ideas that I have been refining over the last 20 years focused on motivating product teams. Read more »
A case study - measuring product manager success at Printify
In this post, Lauri, senior product manager at Printify, shares some insights on how success is measured at Printify, one of the fastest-growing print-on-demand marketplaces in the world. You will learn tips and techniques that you can apply to your daily product management practices. Read more »
Organizing around complex products at the intersection of physical and digital by Matthew Cornford
In this ProductTank London talk, head of product at Ocado, Matthew Cornford, provides some tips on how product managers can get teams organized when dealing with complex physical and digital products. Read more »