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Product Management

How to write a product spec

Great product specs articulate a vision and a plan for a product that you’re developing. They are collaborative tools that drive high-quality decisions.

Dottie Schrock

Productboard Editorial

A review of Empowered, Marty Cagan’s latest deep-dive into product leadership

In Empowered, Marty Cagan focuses not only on coaching techniques and product management development plans, but also on considerations around team topology, setting objectives, improving cross-organizational collaboration, and the hard work that long-term business transformation requires. 

Dottie Schrock

Stephen M. Walker II

4 important product discovery steps to measure success

You can set specific outcomes for product discovery—outcomes you can use to measure your success, optimize your process, and justify spending precious time on to your stakeholders. Here’s how.

Dottie Schrock

Productboard Editorial

11 Product Management Metrics You Should Care About

Why do metrics matter to product managers? They allow you to take a more systematic and rigorous approach to understanding where you’re succeeding — and where you’re not.

Dottie Schrock

Alon Bartur

The dangerous animals of product management (and how to tame them)

The world of the product manager is wild. And then there are the dangerous animals you encounter along the way—the HIPPO, the RHINO, the WOLF, and the ZEBRA…

Hubert Palan

Hubert Palan

Top 10 Product Management Podcasts

Podcasts are a great way to get a quick fix of product management wisdom on the go. But with so many to choose from, where do you start? Check out this list from Scott Baldwin, our Product Excellence Consultant.

Tony Lee

Scott Baldwin

How 383 used Productboard and Mixpanel to enable Busy Bees to develop an industry-first digital platform

Great products don’t just happen by accident. Simply having a great idea for a product isn’t enough to make it a success.

Dottie Schrock

Productboard Editorial

Product discovery best practices for product leaders – a discussion with Hope Gurion

In a recent Productboard webinar, host Scott Baldwin welcomed Hope Gurion, founder of Fearless Product LLC, to discuss product discovery – what it is, why it matters, and what best practices product managers can employ to make it effective.

Tony Lee

Nicholas Edwards

3 ways product operations can up-level your product organization

To meet the challenges that come with increasing complexity, a growing number of product organizations now have product operations positions to help the entire product team run more efficiently and collaboratively.

Dottie Schrock

Stephen M. Walker II

5 reasons spreadsheets may be holding back your product team – and a better alternative

Spreadsheets only get you so far when it comes to powering the complex and collaborative processes involved in product management. Still, some product teams continue to use spreadsheets, not yet aware of the benefits of a dedicated product management system.

Winston Blick

Winston Blick

15 best books for product managers

When it comes to diving deep into a subject, nothing beats a good book. But with so many product-related books to choose from, where should you start? Check out this list from Scott Baldwin, our very own Product Excellence Consultant.

Tony Lee

Nicholas Edwards

Deep customer insights: The key to building excellent products

Achieving Product Excellence means leveraging every conversation and interaction that the broader company has with the market to get the right products to market, faster.

Hubert Palan

Hubert Palan