Have you ever found yourself lost in a never-ending meeting, unclear about the decisions made? Or witnessed team members act contrary to what was agreed upon? According to research, only 30% of meetings are considered productive — meaning seven out of every ten meetings fail to achieve their goals.
Avoid the most common stakeholder management mistakes product managers make. Learn how to identify, categorize, and communicate with stakeholders effectively.
Do you remember your very first software project? I remember. I was a Product Manager back in 2014 and it feels like it was yesterday. Unfortunately, I didn’t know how to prepare and define a project with story mapping. Nor did I have any clue how to define the product scope or a minimum viable...
Learn the WORD framework for estimating user stories: Work effort, Overall complexity, Risk, and Deployment. Includes capacity planning template and real forecasting examples.
In the first part, we looked at the basics of a user story map and the story mapping creation process. I hope you didn’t develop a sticky note phobia after your first story-mapping session. So, what happens after you’ve created the first version of a story map? Who do you pitch/present it to? How...
What separates great product managers from good ones? Learn the 10 skills that define PM excellence, from AI fluency to strategic thinking.
Breaking into product management without experience feels impossible. Job postings demand 3-5 years of PM experience. Bootcamps promise shortcuts for thousands of dollars. Headlines claim AI will replace product managers entirely.
You've just finished another status meeting. Thirty minutes of your team reading out what they did yesterday, while you mentally catalog everything that needs approval before they can move forward. Later today you'll review six decisions that could have been made without you. Sound familiar?
70-75% of acquisitions fail. Learn the 5 key areas of product due diligence — from team evaluation to technical assessment — with this comprehensive checklist for VCs, buyers, and leaders joining new companies.
Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) are team working agreements that answer two critical questions: When is work ready to start? And when is work actually finished?
Teams with clear feature breakdowns are 97% more likely to succeed. Learn the spike, task, tech story, and bug framework that separates organized teams from chaotic ones.
Product coaching delivers 700% median ROI. Learn what product coaches do, why they work, and how to find the right one for your team.