On the importance of writing for Product Managers

In his 2017 letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, described how Amazon employees do meetings differently. PowerPoints are banned. Amazonians write six-page memos or narratives that are read at the beginning of each meeting in Ç study hall È…

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Notes from my Product Management Interviews Part 6:

Tackling Curveballs/Addressing Miscellaneous Problems: This story is written as part of a seven-part series: ÔNotes from my Product Management InterviewsÕ. Read Part 1 here , Part 2 here , Part 3 here , Part 4 here , and Part 5…

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A product managerÕs role in balancing technical debt

There are situations when we deliberately choose quick-and-dirty solutions to validate a new idea with an MVP or to win a customerÕs satisfaction. On the other hand, we too often tend to forget that unattended quick-wins can run you in…

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Product management by Outcomes vs Outputs

It is very common to find Product Managers who reason as follows: the user has a problem, so I do a feature/improvement/change and solve the problem.

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Create a ground-breaking ÒProduct VisionÓ

You have heard a lot of people talking about a successful product must have a clear vision. LetÕs talk about how you can set up one for your product.

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Goodbye features, hello goals

Goal-based working means you challenge your product teams with a clear goal, then give them time and resources to identify and deliver solutions to achieve it. ItÕs the opposite of a scope based approach where your team commit (usually months…

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COVID 19 Ñ Product Management

Till today almost every country is impacted by the Coronavirus and we are having more than 330,000 individuals affected globally. On one side, we can see that China has passed their peek and on the other hand, we can see…

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My product portfolio

With this portfolio series I would like to showcase the type of products IÕve been involved with and shipped.

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Partnering for success with Conscious Product Management (CPM)

In these uncertain times for individuals and businesses, attention (unfortunately) turns to fixed costs such as rent or permanent employees. Even organisations that believe that resources (e.g. people) need to be owned to get the right outcome are being forced…

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How ignoring technical debt nearly destroyed a bankÕs reputation

Everyone knows that technical debt is bad. Still many choose to ignore technical debt in favor of new features that are expected to bring value. Often the potential value of the new features is considered to be more important than…

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Principles of Product Success

The technology world is inundated with buzzwords these days. There is scarcely time to keep up. Innovation and disruption are on everyoneÕs lips. Startups and entrepreneurship are glorified to no end. Yet statistics for the success of new products and…

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Associate Product Manager Sample Resume

HereÕs a copy of my resume when I was accepted to the Google Associate Product Management (APM) program. This resume should be used as a sample resume when creating your own resume.

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