Product Management Skills
Martin Eriksson defines product management as the intersection between business, technology, and user experience. He believes that a good product manager must be experienced in at least one of these areas and passionate about all of them. But what exact skills does a product manager need? From communication and strategic thinking to prioritisation and analytical skills, the list is long. This content looks at product management skills in different ways.
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February's top product management content
We’re another month into 2022, a month that saw Mind the Product run a successful focus week on roadmapping, and a leadership panel on navigating difficult relationships. Here’s a recap of our most-read articles from February. Read more »
Strengthening collaboration between business and product
In this #mtpcon session, Priscilla Anais, Associate Vice President of Product at Tokopedia, provides tips to help product teams improve collaboration, maximize their impact, and make work more delightful. Read more »
Taming the roadmap circus by Maarten Dalmijn
In this #mtpcon London+EMEA session, Maarten Dalmijn, then Head of Product at Rodeo, provides insight into what product managers can do differently during the roadmapping process to avoid turning the process into a circus. Watch the video to see his talk in full or read on for an overview of the key points: Communicating intent and Read more »
January’s top product management content
As we reach the end of the first month of 2022, there’s been a lot of content to keep us up to scratch with the product management craft. Read on for a recap of the 5 most talked-about pieces on Mind the Product. Let’s dive right in… Read more »
Design for cognitive Bias by David Dylan Thomas
In this talk David Dylan Thomas, the author of Design for Cognitive Bias, uses real-world examples to identify some particularly harmful biases that frequently lead users to make bad decisions. Read more »
The role of the first product manager by Andrew Moll
In this ProductTank Barcelona talk, Andrew Moll, Head of Product at Abacum explains how the role of the first product manager at a startup can vary wildly from what product managers hired later on or those at larger companies might encounter. Watch the session in full to see the talk or read on for an overview Read more »
Project kick-offs and why you need them
The uninitiated mostly scoff at the concept of always kicking off a project, while those who know how powerful they can be can’t live without them. Here’s why product managers need kick-offs, when to run them, how to structure them for success, and what not to do! Read more »
Managing mature products — Simple steps to success
Not every product makes it to maturity, but every product does potentially have a lifecycle of growth, maturity, and decline. In this post, we explore what steps product managers can take to ensure that a mature product continues to thrive over time. Read more »
SUNDAY REWIND: Product experimentation pitfalls and how to avoid them
Experimentation can add real value to your product. It’s certainly a must-have tool for your product manager toolkit, if used correctly. Used incorrectly and you might find yourself heading in the wrong direction entirely — a point made by Jon Noronha, in his 2018 ProductTank Francisco talk. This Sunday Rewind we jump back to this Read more »
Don’t let your first Product Requirements Document be your last
This post shares some fresh research on how product managers are feeling when writing a Product Requirements Document followed by a practical tool to hopefully solve this problem. This should help you to auto-generate PRDs with less time, less effort and – most importantly – less anxiety! Read more »