* This article is part of a book called “How a Product Manager Can Keep Customers Happy when Releasing a Major Product Update“ Where did the start menu go? Microsoft learned the hard way that changing the user interface can kill an upgrade and lead to customer confusion and frustration. With customized solutions, the…
10 Simple Time Management Tips to Keep You Focused
Time is one of the things that you can just never seem to have enough of. No matter how hard you’re working you can always use another hour or two to perfect your product. If you’re on vacation, or sleeping, it’s the same thing. Just one more hour and you feel like you’d be content,…
3 Steps to Making Better Product Management Decisions
“Product managers have to make many decisions every day…And the process by which a product manager makes such decisions can result either in an extremely well-functioning team dynamic or… quite the opposite.” — Sachin Rekhi A Product Manager’s role is a constant, never-ending balancing act between striking the right balance between customers, technology and business. It…
5 Tips for Staying Focused & Productive
From discussions that I’ve had with fellow product managers, it seems that everyone feels lost every now and again. You know the feeling — you get to the office and you are not sure if the door is push or pull even though you’ve been working there for years. Being a product manager can be…
My Weekly Reading Recommendation
I think that it’s become impossible to be a top rated product manager unless you read what’s going on in the greater world. I’m constantly reading, trying to find out the biggest and best ideas, what’s coming up and what’s new in the tech world, and gladly share my findings with you. Anyone who says…
Product Management Face-Off – Universal Studios vs. Disneyland
Who doesn’t love Disneyland (besides parents, mid-twenties, seniors, people who hate waiting in line)? But then why again do we always say “I’m going to Disneyland” after you accomplish something, win a Superbowl championship, which I’ve obviously done, or anything else of magnitude. One of the various reasons is their product management. Disney has a…
My Top 5 Easy Reads of the Week
This week I’ve decided that I’d like to focus on more of an easy, less technical read. It’s starting to get hot, so personally I like to grab an ice cold Arnold Palmer, a fan and just learn some new things. I don’t have a day without at least contemplating something, and you shouldn’t either.…