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  • PTOTD#63 March 28th, 2022

    If you include covering your ass activities as a central part of your day, you might just be a corporate product manager.

  • PTOTD#62 March 27th, 2022

    If you prefer mediocrity in your work, because no one else can check it, you might just be a corporate product manager.

  • PTOTD#61 March 26th, 2022

    One indicator of your success as a PM is if the team looks to you for vision, strategy and direction as often as they do for conflict resolution.

  • PTOTD#60 March 25th, 2022

    A framework is as good as the respect it gets from the stakeholders.

  • PTOTD#59 March 24th, 2022

    Working Iteration over Perfection.

  • PTOTD#58 March 23rd, 2022

    Product over Politics. Always.

  • PTOTD#57 March 22nd, 2022

    Humility Over Ego.

  • PTOTD#56 March 21st, 2022

    Don’t be a focal point of all communication in your team. Instead, be a facilitator.

  • PTOTD#55 March 20th, 2022

    Every successful product has had to go through massive rivisions to reach where it is now. Your journey begins now.

  • PTOTD#54 March 19th, 2022

    Every feature you bring into your product is a choice for the customer. Remember the Choice Overload bias and map the potential user impact

  • PTOTD#53 March 18th, 2022

    Trusting your team is important, but don’t be too trusting. Trust, but verify.

  • PTOTD#52 March 17th, 2022

    Spread the knowledge you’ve gained. It’ll help you get better.

  • PTOTD#51 March 16th, 2022

    Your success as a PM is more about your ability to process a ton of cross-functional information and be decisive in the face of uncertainity.

  • PTOTD#50 March 15th, 2022

    When you are in a position of power, most people will not feel comfortable being 100% honest with you. Avoid yes-men and find voices of reason.

  • PTOTD#49 March 14th, 2022

    A problem can’t be defined unless you know who is struggling and how much…

  • PTOTD#47 March 13th, 2022

    Getting better at understanding complex concepts fast is the key for product success.

  • PTOTD#46 March 12th, 2022

    Focusing on your current user base gives you incremental growth. Focusing on unengaged users can give you exponential growth.

  • PTOTD#45 March 11th, 2022

    Both with people and product features, understand the capabilities and the intentions. Know when to put efforts into either.

  • PTOTD#44 March 10th, 2022

    Avoid conversations where the speaker is switching constantly from specific to general, especially when you counter each step. Very good chance that the speaker doesn’t have clarity.

  • PTOTD#43 March 8th, 2022

    If you’re having troubles with selling an idea, check if the jargons used mean the same thing for everyone.

  • PTOTD#42 March 7th, 2022

    In the early stages of your product, it’s perfectly fine to do things that don’t scale. It’ll help your product grow.

  • PTOTD#41 March 6th, 2022

    Your actions have consequences. Those consequences have further consequences. Get better at identifying those.

  • PTOTD#40 March 5th, 2022

    Story pointing is less for predicting the time to outcome and more for getting everyone on the same page.

  • PTOTD#39 March 4th, 2022

    Getting better at estimation is for your team to achieve. The work will take the same amount of time – witth or without the estimates

  • PTOTD#38 March 3rd, 2022

    A well written product memo scales.

  • PTOTD#37 March 2nd, 2022

    Distinguish features that are critical to the “what” of your product is from those that describe “how” your product is used.

  • PTOTD#36 March 1st, 2022

    Using analogies to explain concepts is fine. Using relatable analogies is much better.

  • PTOTD#35 February 28th, 2022

    Spend time to craft and use different explainations of a concept for different people types.

  • PTOTD#34 February 27th, 2022

    Don’t jump into writing user stories. Take a step back and visualize the flow. Use tools like User Story mapping, JTBD, user flows to capture the experience.

  • PTOTD#33 February 26th, 2022

    How you frame the problem matters. Take into account context & maturity.

  • PTOTD#32 February 25th, 2022

    Your team is an important source of features. Pay attention to their inputs.

  • PTOTD#31 February 24th, 2022

    When you’re right, repeat it twice.

  • PTOTD#30 February 23rd, 2022

    Do not be afraid to break the rules.

  • PTOTD#29 February 22nd, 2022

    Balance out forward planning & backward planning when building your product.

  • PTOTD#28 February 21st, 2022

    Long tail effect is real. Be careful before you dismiss ideas in favor of immediate hits.

  • PTOTD#27 February 20th, 2022

    Product management is an act of balancing everything.

  • PTOTD#26 February 19th, 2022

    Know every corner of your problem space before jumping into the solution space.

  • PTOTD#25 February 18th, 2022

    Don’t mix cause & effect. The order matters.

  • PTOTD#24 February 17th, 2022

    Preemptively play out scenarios in your head before you go into a meeting

  • PTOTD#23 February 16th, 2022

    The wider your perspective, the better your problem defining ability.

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