» Platform product management dials everything up to 11
» A successful platform is continually evolving in line with user needs and emerging tech
» Platform teams must recognise and respect the varying needs of their community of users
» Scenario analysis frees you to consider how things would be different without limiting constraints
» Innovation can occur when challenging received wisdom on what is possible or not
» Scenario analysis can also help you to consider alternate strategies in a dynamic market
Product managers of software and hardware platforms face unique challenges that PMs of ‘regular’ products do not.
In this panel discussion, Hans-Bernd Kittlaus discusses platform product management with Samira Negm, Peter Stadlinger and Jock Busuttil.
I was asked recently whether platforms will conquer the world. My view? They already have. In this article I share how they’ve done it, and how you can successfully bring your own platform to market.
» In solving their own internal scaling problem, Amazon inadvertently created the building blocks for the AWS platform
» Stripe’s founders didn’t shy away from tackling an unattractively difficult problem
» Platforms connect different sides of a market, even if they have dramatically different needs and capabilities
» Twilio’s founder prioritised the developers who’d implement his API, not the managers who’d pay for it
