Product Management

Product discovery best practices for product leaders – a discussion with Hope Gurion

In a recent Productboard webinar, host Scott Baldwin welcomed Hope Gurion, founder of Fearless Product LLC, to discuss product discovery – what it is, why it matters, and what best practices product managers can employ to make it effective.

Tony Lee

Nicholas Edwards

3 ways product operations can up-level your product organization

To meet the challenges that come with increasing complexity, a growing number of product organizations now have product operations positions to help the entire product team run more efficiently and collaboratively.

Dottie Schrock

Stephen M. Walker II

5 reasons spreadsheets may be holding back your product team – and a better alternative

Spreadsheets only get you so far when it comes to powering the complex and collaborative processes involved in product management. Still, some product teams continue to use spreadsheets, not yet aware of the benefits of a dedicated product management system.

Winston Blick

Winston Blick

15 best books for product managers

When it comes to diving deep into a subject, nothing beats a good book. But with so many product-related books to choose from, where should you start? Check out this list from Scott Baldwin, our very own Product Excellence Consultant.

Tony Lee

Nicholas Edwards

Deep customer insights: The key to building excellent products

Achieving Product Excellence means leveraging every conversation and interaction that the broader company has with the market to get the right products to market, faster.

Hubert Palan

Hubert Palan

50 product management conferences to check out in 2021

To kick off the new year, we’ve put together a comprehensive list of the product management conferences and events you can look forward to in 2021. 

Tony Lee

Nicholas Edwards

6 Product Management Trends in 2021

With 2021 set to be a year of transition between the pandemic and a real return to our old ways, here are 6 trends this will affect the world of product management.

Dottie Schrock

Stephen M. Walker II

Our top 12 product management blog posts of 2020

Our top 12 product management blog posts of the year to help product managers start 2021 strong.

Dottie Schrock

Dottie Schrock

7 examples of excellent product roadmaps

These 7 product roadmap examples can help you communicate your product strategy in a way that’s easily understood.

Tony Lee

Tony Lee

Roadmap vs. release plan: What’s the difference?

As a product manager, you rely on several tools and artifacts to help you document and communicate your work. Two popular examples are roadmaps and release plans. These are similar tools that are often conflated. But there are some important distinctions between them that are worth investigating.

Dottie Schrock

Melissa Suzuno

The secret to a potent and practical product strategy—lessons from growing Zendesk to $700m

An effective product strategy helps you realize your business goals and keeps everyone in the organization motivated and working in unison. We sat down with Sam Boonin, previous Head of Product at Zendesk, to learn the 3 essential foundations of a great product strategy.

Dottie Schrock

Kieran Tie

10 qualities of a great product designer

At Productboard, we’re on the lookout for talented designers to join our fast-growing team. But in addition to the prerequisite ‘hard’ skills and technical ability, what are the key qualities we’re looking for?  No 10. A yogi’s comfort zone  We look for people who have spent time outside their comfort

Tony Lee

Nicholas Edwards