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Succeeding with the Product Operating Model

This article explains how you can successfully implement the product operating model—based on my experience of helping companies introduce and improve a product-centric way of working over the past 15 years.

Succeeding with the Product Operating Model

In this episode, I explain how you can successfully implement the product operating model—based on my experience of helping companies introduce and improve a product-led way of working over the past 15 years.

Should Product Teams be Self-Managing?

Product teams play a key role in solving user problems and achieving product success. But who should lead the team and manage its work? The Head of Product, the product manager, or someone else? In this article, I explain why product teams should be self-managing. I describe the benefits this approach offers and what it takes to succeed at self-management.

Should Product Teams be Self-Managing?

Product teams play a key role in solving user problems and achieving product success. But who should lead the team and manage its work? The Head of Product, the product manager, or someone else? In this episode, I explain why product teams should be self-managing. I describe the benefits this approach offers and what it takes to succeed at self-management.

Strategy and Product Teams

Strategy and product teams are both key to achieving product success. But what exactly do we mean by strategy? Which one is most relevant for product teams? To what extent should the teams shape strategic decisions? And what role does the head of product play? These are the questions I discuss in this article.

Strategy and Product Teams

Strategy and product teams are both key to achieving product success. But what exactly do we mean by strategy, and to what extent should product teams shape strategic decisions? These are the questions I discuss in this episode.

Setting up Product Teams for Success

Product teams are key in enabling product-led growth and offering successful products. In this article, I explain what product teams really need to do a great job and how you can best support the teams you work with. I also offer a comprehensive questionnaire in the article so you can design successful product teams and get them off to a great start, or if they are up and running, provide the prerequisites that might be missing.

Setting up Product Teams for Success

Product teams are key in enabling product-led growth and offering successful products. In this episode, I explain what product teams really need to do a great job and how you can best support the teams you work with.

When You Should NOT Use a Product Roadmap

The product roadmap is a popular product management tool that communicates how a product is likely to evolve. But despite its popularity, it’s not always applicable. In this article, I share three scenarios in which using a roadmap is not advisable. I explain why that is, what you can do instead to plan ahead, and which steps you can take to get closer to developing a realistic, actionable roadmap.

When You Should NOT Use a Product Roadmap

The product roadmap is a popular product management tool that communicates how a product is likely to evolve. But despite its popularity, it’s not always applicable. In this podcast episode, I share three scenarios in which using a roadmap is not advisable. I explain why not using a roadmap is the right course of action, what you can do instead to plan ahead, and which steps you can take to get closer to developing a realistic, actionable roadmap.