What is Product Management?

In this adapted chapter from his book The Product Manager’s Guide: Strategy, Psychology and Leadership at Work, Daniel Chak, Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co. discusses the fundamentals of product management for those aspiring to break into the product management craft, or those who need a refresher and are looking to go back to basics.   Read more »

In a previous article, I had described five common Product Management myths and contrasted them with facts. In this part, we will continue the article to provide clarity on 5 more myths. Let’s get right into it. Read more »

In this post, we look at three ways product managers’ responsibilities have shifted in the past several years, to better understand what the future of the product management role could hold. Read more »

To help you understand whether you need to dedicate a qualified product manager to your project, here are 7 signs to look out for… Read more »

Organising and running ProductTank meetups requires dedication, not to mention a huge amount of effort, and all of our ProductTanks do a fantastic job. At World Product Day this year, we wanted to honour a selection who have seen great success, and have gone the extra mile. Read more »

This article looks at the future of product practice and product management — at how far we’ve come, our present-day understanding of product, and the challenges we still need to meet. It should help you, as a product person, to better understand:- Why we keep asking “what is product management?” and why we find it so Read more »

In this new Fireside Chat for Prioritised Members, Matt LeMay,  author of Agile for Everybody and Product Management in Practice, sat down with our very own Martin Eriksson to discuss his now-famous Venn diagram describing product management, what it means, how it gets misinterpreted, and what we can do about it. Additionally, they discuss what defines Read more »

Anyone who knows the Mind the Product team knows that we just love to learn about our community and product management in general. This means that from time to time we ask you to help us out, by sharing what you know via a quick and easy survey. From surveys, we can learn so much about Read more »

I’ve been building digital products for nearly a decade now. A few weeks ago, a friend messaged me for advice on becoming a product manager. We chatted on the phone and then I realised that I’m asked this question so often that it seemed a good idea to condense my thoughts into an article. So, Read more »

What’s a partial product manager?  We’ve all met one, and many of us have been one – a partial product manager is someone who holds the product manager title, but isn’t doing the full job.  It can happen really easily, because great product management encompasses a great deal and is constantly evolving. I’ve categorized some Read more »