Part 6 of 6x6 series, where we share perspectives from six PMs on six questions about product management. See Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. Working with teams across the company, filtering the signal from the noise, enabling good execution — product managers do a…

Part 5 of 6x6 series, where we share perspectives from six PMs on six questions about product management. See Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4, and Part 6. If a PM enables the team to define its what and how, then spotting and prioritising opportunities is one…

Part 4 of 6x6 series, where we share perspectives from six PMs on six questions about product management. See Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3, Part 5, and Part 6. Product managers have been called orchestra conductors, kitchen expediters, cat herders, and more. Whichever metaphor you prefer, it’s true…

Part 3 of 6x6 series, where we share perspectives from six PMs on six questions about product management. See Part 1, Part 2 , Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6. Product managers, especially early in their careers, enable product execution. This includes ensuring the team is aligned on what…

Part 2 of 6x6 series, where we share perspectives from six PMs on six questions about product management. See Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6. As product managers, we think about how to make better products all the time. …

Prioritisation is perhaps the single biggest determiner of whether your product is successful. PMs ensure the team has a clearly prioritised roadmap. Yet it’s not a predefined formula — else every competitor would build exactly the same thing at the same time. Prioritisation may not use a formula at all…

Part 1 of 6x6 series, where we share perspectives from six PMs on six questions about product management. See Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6. It seems like every PM I’ve met has had wildly different career paths, and yet we all found ourselves drawn…

I’m Julia, and I’m a product manager in tech. Demand for the role has grown, and yet it’s still fuzzily-defined and constantly evolving. So, I seek to understand, learn, and document PM best practices and thinking. First, a quick note on this channel: I’ve been pretty dormant the last few years, so I’m here to say that…

How to make effective decisions as a team — A team is a complex thing, with hundreds of decisions being made daily, in all variety of ways. As our team has rapidly grown, we’ve been talking about how to stay nimble while empowering everyone to contribute. Transparency and trust exist on a spectrum — they can be traded off…