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Time/energy management is one of the biggest challenges in product management. How do you work more sustainably/effectively?1/ Be hyper aware of soft commitments..."I'll look into that!" "Maybe we can..."These are
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just occurred to me that part of the product managers job is to frame decisions in a way that actually INVITES disagreement, dissent, challenge. let me explainit is easy to
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I think there's a lot more overlaps between the observability space and modern product analytics than ppl realizethe "standard" analytics workflow involves 1) framing a question, 2) figuring out the
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"The engineers on my team just want to code. They don't want to have anything to do with product. They just want specs. What do I do?"1/n Are you asking
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I frequently encounter leaders who believe their team(s) aren’t “ready” for taking a more outcome focused approach. They talk of “baby steps” and “learning how to crawl before...”.Here’s what they
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a big learning the last year is the degree to which your most passionate team members will *expect* leaders/managers to coherently frame strategythis is where "autonomy" often hits a snag.
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Some common loops #proddev #systems1/7 Why does that team seem to always take on too much work? 2/7 Why does that shared resource seem to be perpetually under-staffed? 3/7 Why
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“Our developers just like to code so we can’t do X”Lots to unpack here, but a couple thoughts:1/n: Until anyone sees something work, they’ll opt for their comfort zone. We
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Here’s a trap I’ve noticed leaders falling in to. And it can be tough to untangle. People bring problems to them. But not many people ... like 1-2% of the
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Have been using these Qs lately before giving teams advice:Is there a product strategy?Is it a reasonable?Is the strategy explicitly or implicitly communicated?Is the structure of the team aligned w/
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tip ... master the idea of fixed-length, variable scope efforts.really, really, really internalize the idea. seems simple enough, but here are some things ppl miss (1/n) Right from the start
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Some thoughts on the pandemic, teams, health, self-care.1/n Very important. When you are burnt out it becomes very hard to tell if you (or others) are burnt out. No one
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