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SUNDAY REWIND: Building a product without any full-time product managers

BY Eira Hayward on March 5, 2023

This week’s Sunday Rewind takes us back to a 2022 post from Francesco Wiedemann on how small teams can achieve growth without the need for full-time product managers. Francesco says  you can build an effective operating team of up to 30 people without a full-time product manager. He explains how at his startup Kyte all three co-founders Read more »

The first 90 day plan for new product leaders

BY Shubhansha Agrawal on February 21, 2023

In this guest post, Shubhansha Agrawal, Head of Product at Yelp comprehensively breaks down the first 30/60/90 days of a product leader based on the lessons she has learned in her extensive career.

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Product development: or how to turn factories into gardens

BY Assaph Mehr on February 14, 2023

In this article, product leader Assaph Mehr puts forward an alternative mental model for product development – think about building a garden not a factory So much has been written about feature factories, I won’t add to it. Instead, I’d like to offer you three ideas to help you deal with such situations. First, I’ll Read more »

A case study: How our own product discovery made us pivot Reveall towards product discovery

BY Ferdinand Goetzen on February 6, 2023

In this post, startup CEO Ferdinand Goetzen relates how product discovery led him and his team to adjust their thinking, pivot and change their product  Overview We started Reveall in 2021 as a platform to empower UX teams to do more with their customer research insights. As we sought to navigate some of the most Read more »

The dark side of collaboration

BY Odette Colyer on February 1, 2023

In this guest post, Odette Colyer, Managing Partner, Experience Research and Strategy at Super User Studio delves into her take on effective collaboration and communication. Read more »

SUNDAY REWIND: Understanding how Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile work together

BY Louron Pratt on January 29, 2023

In this Sunday Rewind, we look back to when Product Leader, Jonny Schneider helped us understand how Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile can all work together in harmony. Read more »

Experiment like a boss by Merissa Silk

BY Ian Haynes on January 12, 2023

In this ProductTank Sofia talk, Merissa Silk, Senior Staff Product Manager at Onfido, provides 10 guiding principles when doing product experiments and when bringing the culture of experimentation to your team. Consistent growth relies on experimentation. It can take different formats in modern organisations, from A/B and multivariate testing to alpha, beta, and hypothesis-driven development. Read more »

How to find out what your customers want by Janet Bumpas

BY Ian Haynes on January 6, 2023

In this ProductTank Oslo talk, product consultant and coach Janet Bumpas explains the key aspect of a product hero: building a product that customers love. What are products exactly? Are they a blend of features unified in a central theme? Are they tools to complete certain jobs or enhance users’ living standards? Or are products simply Read more »

Running your retrospective meetings, the right way

BY Ketaki Vaidya on December 15, 2022

A retrospective meeting can benefit any team, irrespective of whether you follow Agile or not. This article gives an overview of conducting retrospectives efficiently and can also be applied to our personal lives. Read more »

Whose job is it anyway? The rise of Product Ops and why it deserves to be an independent function

BY Antonia Landi on December 13, 2022

Lately it feels like no matter where you look, there’s always someone talking about Product Ops. But few people are asking: Does it actually need to exist? Antonia Landi, Product Operations Leader dives deep into this emerging role. Read more »