A PM's guide to communicate effectively with software engineers

In today's article, Simón Muñoz shares some tips on communicating effectively with engineering teams that he has been learning throughout his career, as well as elaborating on why it's important | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 2 years ago

Only Losers Average Losers

I've been investing in the stock market for more than a decade, and I recognize that it is a world that I am equally passionate about and entertained. There are many things that I've learned that we can apply to improve our day-to-day product management practice. | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 2 years ago

Overengineering can kill your product

In today's post, Simón Muñoz speaks about one of the most prevalent issues when creating products: overengineering them. | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 2 years ago

Creating Ethical Product Principles

Facebook’s job advert bias is an unfortunate example of the responsibility all product people need to be aware of: what we build impacts the behaviour of our users for good or ill. It raises the importance of ethical product principles. | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 2 years ago

MVP or EVP: Which Is the Best Option for Your Startup?

When developing a new product, it's hard to know which "slice" to build first so you can validate your idea - an "MVP" or "EVP"? Swati frames the question. | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 3 years ago

The Costs of Constantly Shipping New Things

It's exciting to be shipping new features! But don't forget: Iterating is how you learn, & technical debt only gets harder to pay off as you run ahead. | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 3 years ago

We Need to Rethink Product Management in an Agile Practice

Have you ever wondered why your Agile practice feels a bit uninspiring? Or why your engineers have become a bit jaded with all this Scrum stuff? Did you know that you might be the reason for this? Something that both fascinates and frustrates me is how the discussions about Agile … | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 3 years ago

The History and Evolution of Product Management (2015)

Both new and experienced product managers often ask where this role came from and why it seems to have so much crossover with other roles such as Marketing and UX. While there’s no definitive history of product management, it’s often useful to consider our roots and understand ho … | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 3 years ago

Free Your Product Roadmap and Ditch the Timeline – Mind the Product

Janna Barstow, answers common product roadmapping questions and explains how you can free your product roadmap by ditching the timeline! | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 4 years ago

The Daily Standup Is Broken, What Should You Do Now?

The standup meeting, or daily scrum, as a team information-gathering staple has evolved into dogma, and especially tech dogma, over time. Not only did it seem like everyone was doing standups as their default way of conveying project context, it felt like there wasn’t an alternat … | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 4 years ago

Product Roadmaps in Five Easy Pieces

. . . so my investor said that I need a product manager to do our product roadmap?” When I worked as a product management consultant clients would often talk about “needing a product roadmap ASAP”.  So I’d dig a little deeper to find out what they really needed, and it was often … | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 5 years ago

Reboot Your Team [video]

Opening #mtpcon in San Francisco, Christina Wodtke turned our focus to our teams. Among the many jobs product managers perform, team coordinator is often added to the list. This isn’t a job that product managers should have to do, but like many other tasks, “if it ain’t happening … | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 5 years ago

How We Created a Successful Weekly User Feedback Program

If you’re a product manager, UX researcher, or startup founder, you know how valuable customer feedback can be. You’ve probably heard the current buzzword “continuous delivery” and recognise that learning about your users’ problems and experiences on an ongoing basis makes for be … | Continue reading


@mindtheproduct.com | 5 years ago