77: The only article you’ll ever need on prioritization
When faced with all the things you could and should be doing, it can be tremendously hard to decide which to do, let alone which to do first.
Category: 100 Things I’ve Learned
My series of 100 things I’ve learned about product management
76: Manage the whole product
A product is often a complex combination of several products and services. Some you create yourself, some are created by others. You’re responsible for the whole lot, even if they’re not all directly in your control.
75: The dirty little secrets of decision making
I’ve been thinking about decision-making. What makes one decision better than another?
74: The black art of designing content
This week I learnt the phrase ‘black art’ comes from the world of printing presses. Eventually I found a product management angle.
Tagged with: content design, design, fonts, Government Digital Service (GDS), procrastination, users first
73: You wouldn’t drive blindfolded
I heard a story of an octogenarian who drove himself to the hospital for his eye cataracts operation. (Just let that sink in a bit.) On his surprisingly safe return home, his relatives queried the sense of his actions. He replied that what he lacked in sight, he made up for in driving experience.
72: All the world’s a stage
The other day, I was asked how to launch a product successfully. Two competing responses sprang to mind: the way I would have answered a couple of decades ago and the way I actually suggested.
71: The PMO strikes back
Okay, okay, so maybe likening the Project Management Office (PMO) to the Empire hunting down the Rebel Alliance is perhaps a teensy bit combative. But it’s how I feel sometimes. Just don’t let my desire for a weak pun give you the wrong impression. Let me explain.
70: You need a delivery manager on your team
In the UK government digital teams, you don’t see project managers or even Scrum masters. Why? Because they have delivery managers instead. In this article, I’m going to convince you why you need delivery managers on your teams.
69: It matters what you say and what you do
I perhaps naïvely assume that a company’s stated product vision and corporate mission are what the organisation is actively working towards. Disappointingly, this is not always the case.
68: 4 common user persona mistakes
More often than not, user personas are just a laborious way to decorate the walls. Are you making these common mistakes?