Product Management Archive

Where do product managers get ideas from?

Product managers have to set a vision for their teams to achieve. But where does that vision come from? It’s full of ideas, but where do PMs get those ideas from? Answer: from the...

Wikipedia on why glue matters (or: how to do tech writing the right way)

Over the years, I’ve become a connoisseur of good technical writing. When you find it, you know it at once, and it’s a joy to read.  The other day, I found some great technical...

Agile basics: estimating the unknown

One of the most powerful concepts that the agile and scrum methodologists brought to software development is relative estimation. In a non-agile world, development teams are asked how long a given piece of work...

“Pop-filter”: from add-on to feature

If your job title is “Product Manager”, chances are you work in software. But product management principles apply to all products – even something as simple as a piece of metal that blocks air....