Simplifying Product Management
What would it take to rock as a product professional?
Hey everyone, how are you doing today?
This episode is short and sweet. I want to simplify the understanding of product management in 3 minutes of reading. It’s too much noise out there. Let’s simplify it.
Shall we rock it?
Product management is becoming a mess. Everyone interprets it differently.
Here's what you need to know to rock the world!
Product Management Essence
Product Strategy → Set the direction to enable focus
Product Discovery → Uncover what creates value
Product Delivery → Discover what creates value
Now, clarifying the core of each fundamental:
1. Product Strategy
Product Vision → Set the mission and where to land
Value Curve → Answer how to differentiate from the competition
Lean Canvas → Overview of key elements behind the core opportunity and business
Roadmap → The glue between delivery and strategy
Read my whole guide to nail product strategy.
2. Product Discovery
Business Outcomes → Know the desired results to pursue
Customer Journey → Understand how your customer uses your product
Uncover Opportunities → Identify what could drive desired business outcomes
Prioritize and Focus → Pick one opportunity at a time
Ideate on Solutions → Get together with the whole team and come up with solutions
Test Assumptions → Uncover what you don’t know
Decide Based on Evidence → Invest in the winners and cut the losers
Read the guide to simplify product discovery.
3. Product Delivery
Product backlog → Organizing opportunities to pursue
Refinement → Sharpen backlog items to build a shared understanding
Alignment → Decide what to focus on and progress
Getting it done → Delivering Value
Using tech debt → Accelerate learning through tech debt
Review → Evaluate results and work with stakeholders
Improve → Take action to grow as a team
Read the delivery guide to accelerate value creation.
Let's rock the world together!
David Pereira
Simplifying Product Management