57: Cut through red tape
If bureaucracy and organisational inertia frustrate you, read on.
Tagged with: bureaucracy
Category: 100 Things I’ve Learned
My series of 100 things I’ve learned about product management
Photo: Oli Scarff / Getty Images
56: The coffee shop problem
How much of a problem is it if something similar to your shiny new product idea already exists on the market?
Tagged with: competitive, differentiation, marketing, needs, product-market fit, segments, target market
55: How to beat writer’s block
I share my tips for beating writer’s block. In an article I used to beat writer’s block. How meta.
54: How to stop common B2B dysfunctions in the product team
There are several common dysfunctions plaguing product teams in B2B companies the world over. How can you stop them? Read on for suggestions.
Tagged with: B2B, behaviour, cognitive bias, Government Digital Service (GDS), influencing, Martha Lane Fox, sales, stakeholders, Tom Loosemore
Credit: Trello, Inc.
53: THIS is what product-market fit looks like
Product-market fit is one of those concepts that seems relatively straightforward in theory but ends up being elusive in practice. But what does product-market fit actually look like when you get there?
SmartGate kiosks at an airport
52: It only takes one bottleneck
On my arrival in Australia I was initially impressed by the slick service design of their automated SmartGate immigration process. Until I found myself back to having to fill in declaration cards with a pen, that is.
51: Assemble the right product team
Government digital teams have a way to ensure their digital services and products are created in the right way. In this post I’ll share with you how they do this and explain how you can make it work at your organisation.
Tagged with: Government Digital Service (GDS), Ministry of Justice, MOJ Digital, skills, stakeholders, team
50: A novice’s introduction to service design for product managers
I’m no expert on service design, but it’s an area I’m curious to learn more about. This is a novice’s introduction to service design for product managers.
49: How to prioritise your product portfolio
If you were to inherit a portfolio of ninety legacy products, some of which hadn’t been updated in years, what would you decide to do with them? And how would you prioritise which ones to work on? This article explains how.
Tagged with: backlog, lean analytics, Ministry of Justice, MOJ Digital, pirate metrics, prioritisation, roadmaps
48: Mac or PC? You don’t have to pick a side
If you find yourself attempting to win over the rest of your organisation to a more user-centric, evidence-led way of working, remember how jarring change can be and actively work to soften the impact for them.
Tagged with: Apple, behaviour, change, Google, Microsoft, Ministry of Justice, MOJ Digital, transformation