Answer is obvious mate. And it's already in motion. Everyone knows current product management breed is a messed up ...
PMs, how do you ensure you are solving the right problem?
I'm always doubtful, even after doing rigorous customer validation and analyzing user data. Happy to learn from folks here.
Look to my manager for approval . Only his view matters who cares what the user is feeling , your pay and your job is dependent only on him
Break down large features into a smaller MVP. Figure out if there are ways to quickly experiment it out via A/B or a quick hack. If it works plan for the larger engineering effort. Remove your personal bias or of anyone at the company. Build and share the proto with someone you know who might fall in the target user segment. Get feedback. Share it with someone who might not be in the target segment, see how they interact.
Also product analytics - focus on what you track, get insights from data.
Screen recording tools also help sometimes to know exactly how users interact with your product.
Seeing lot of anti Product Manager sentiment on this app off late. Was Product Management also a fad?
Consultant, Investment Banking went from sought after careers to fads post 2008 crisis when the world realized that these folks are crooks due to their role in propogating the Great Financial Crisis.
Given the backlash tech companies ha...
Someone here said engineers can become PM but PM can't become engineers. It can't be more correct than this. But real...
Struggle to generate impactful roadmap
I have over 5 years of experience in product management and have worked with 2 companies in the past. On multiple occasions i felt that I am struggling with what to build next. Generating a laundry list of ideas could be easy but generat...
AMA 🎙️: Hey all, I am pmsprint, Director of Product Management at a Unicorn in India!
Hey everyone, excited to be doing this AMA!
A brief about me, I work currently as a Director of Product at an Indian unicorn startup
About my career:
- Did my undergrad from IIT and then masters from an Ivy league school
- Have...
Ex-Policybazaar Product Head #AMA
With over 10+ years of experience in Product management within the insurance and Fintech sector, I’ve realized that product management is still not understood/defined well as a role. I’m open to all sort of queries.