Coding in the open benefits public sector organisations and can yield a strategic advantage to commercial organisations also. I explore how and why.
» Strategy is a coherent set of choices about what we’re going to do to achieve our vision
» Negotiating estimates ultimately leads to disappointment — it will still take as long as it was going to
» The necessary conditions for any behaviour to be enacted include capability, opportunity, and motivation
» Product ops is an enabling function that streamlines the logistics of product management
» It is particularly valuable in larger organisations with fragmented product practices
» Product ops is just as focused on context as product management is
As a freelance product manager, think about two things: how you can deliver value as quickly as possible, and how to ensure you do at least the one main thing they brought you in to do.
» Companies hire freelancers because they need to address a specific issue or are not ready to commit to a full-time hire
» Excel by being a problem-solver — pay close attention to potential clients’ challenges
» Don’t apologise to your client for your (hopefully reasonable) day rate
» A pursuit of job stability can easily translate into an unproductive ‘inertia’ instead
» Self-sealing arguments are no-win situations: every defence you make is co-opted the by other party as evidence you’re wrong
I’m chatting with Voxgig’s Richard Rodger about common challenges in product management and DevRel:
» Why learning by soundbite gives a superficial understanding of the craft
» Why we’re finding it hard to communicate value to our bosses
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» The Spotify Model was only ever a snapshot in time at Spotify
» It existed in the context of a company whose leadership valued trust, self-organisation and change
» As Spotify grew, it failed to strike the right balance between autonomy and collaboration
» Alignment to product strategy remains crucial for autonomous teams to deliver valuable work
» Rather than existing in a bubble, each product team should have core members, collaborators and supporters
» How you should divide up teams depends on your product’s overall flow; avoid ambiguous ownership
» Teams should have end-to-end responsibility for a part of the user journey with minimal dependencies
» One approach is to delineate between teams working on a core problem domain, and on those enabling their work
» Sonos is working through a major user backlash after launching a flawed app
» Pressure from senior management forced the launch to happen before it was ready
» Tips for recognising and managing tension as a product manager
» Round-up of lessons learned from failed product launches
