Good product roadmaps lie at the core of good product management. The evolution of a product tomorrow depends on the effective planning of the product roadmap today. When it comes to smaller companies and teams with a cap on product development resources, carefully planning the roadmap becomes even more critical. After all, a product manager […]
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Product Session Notes
Recently I had a session on product management for my new team. I covered my views on the subject, and shared my learning over the last close to a decade now, in consumer Internet product management. Sharing the presentation slides here: For any comments or queries, please share over an email.
Business Viable Product
When it comes to gauging the user experience of a product, the concept of viability of the product is well known. If the product gives enough value to address the core problem statement and expectations of the target users, the product manager tends to release the product in a shape which is widely known as […]
Product Identity & Image
Product image is the projection of the core value proposition of the product and the user experience it entails. This projection is in the eyes and minds of the target users. Products that have an image which aligns well with the core expectations of the users, enjoy deep product relationship with the users. Product image, […]
First Time User Experience
User experience on a product is a mixture of how the user interacts with the product, what the product wants to communicate to the user, and what the user perceives from the interaction, consciously and otherwise. If the desired communication coincides with the formed perception, product discovery goal is achieved. That’s why a lot of […]
Product Relationship: UX on & off the product
User experience of a product goes beyond the core value proposition it offers. It is formed with each and every aspect of the product interaction, be it on the product, or off it. The product discovery, the pre-sales deliberation, the actual purchase or transaction, the usage, the post-sales experience…every interaction forms the user experience. Taking […]
Product Growth…aka Product Operations
When a consumer Internet product achieves some kind of scale, there are some product organizations which create a specialized sub-role in the team called product growth. Amid many other product roles like product manager, technical product manager, program manager, project manager, and more, a product growth manager role is often not very clear. After all, […]
Leadership in Product Management
Product managers are considered as mini-CEOs of their products. It’s one of the most misunderstood statements for product management, mostly due to incorrectly basing it on the lack of authority in product management and thus refuting it. The essence in this comparison is not authority, but ownership, result oriented approach, and the will to align […]
Localization…no, it’s not just translation
How to solve for localization of your product is a good problem to have. If you have a product that has been accepted well in the urbane, globally homogenized, typically tier I city user segment, then you thinking about localization shows that you are driven to increase the user base of your product and your […]
Hustle…but not always
Product management is a melting pot of a lot of roles and skills. There are many expectations from a product manager, like aligning various functions and teams, having user empathy and representing the user on the table, leading product development with a data driven approach, managing stake holders so that a cohesive environment is created […]