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Everything we have published in Protege Pulse, our newsletter for product leaders and Product Managers, sorted by topic.
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- Product Empowerment Pyramid
Turn vision into action, guiding teams from strategy to detailed execution for product success
- The E3 Product Framework
Introducing the E3 Product Framework, where established vision and strategy becomes tactical plans to produce compelling features for your business and.
- The Feature Factory Product Team
🚨 Is Your Product Team Stuck in a Feature Factory? Here’s Why That Matters.
- How I Turned a 3-Year Wishlist into a 6-Month Roadmap
The Art of Prioritization: A Balancing Act for Product Leaders
- Top 5 Things You Must Do When Onboarding a New Product Manager
Onboarding a new product manager (PM) is a pivotal moment for any organization. It sets the tone for their journey and can significantly impact their.
- If AI is middle-to-middle, we need more people ready to own end-to-end.
The more conversations I’m having with developers who are looking for work, the clearer it gets: there’s no better time to think like a product person..
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- Product Taste Can Take Years to Build. Product Style You Can Test on Tuesday.
Your style is a reflection of how your mindset shows up. Five ways to test into building a better product style this week.
- A Day in the Life of a System Thinking Product Manager
Systems thinking is the ability to see the structure that keeps producing the same problem, and to change the structure instead of the problem.
- Post Decision Drag
The Meetings, Workarounds, and Headcount You Inherited from Decisions Nobody Remembers Making
- Bare Minimum Product Management
Refusing to move forward without the right questions being answered. The bare minimum job of product management is to be curious before being helpful.
- Do we understand what it means to be quick and not reckless when delivering product?
Quick decisions. Quicker validation. Quickest adjustments through iterative cycles. You hear the demand to move fast constantly. But do we understand what it.
The Product Protégé method
- Product Empowerment Pyramid
Turn vision into action, guiding teams from strategy to detailed execution for product success
- Principles of Product Management
Product management themes are like the destination of a journey, while principles are the compass guiding how you get there.
- Product Team Blueprints
Exploring the Anatomy of Successful Product Team Structures
- Envision - Ideation Sessions
Dreaming the future and shaping ideas into transformative products.
- Themes of Product Management
Remember, the key to success is not doing more but doing what’s most important with laser-like focus.
- The E3 Product Framework
Introducing the E3 Product Framework, where established vision and strategy becomes tactical plans to produce compelling features for your business and.
Strategy and roadmaps
- Post Decision Drag
The Meetings, Workarounds, and Headcount You Inherited from Decisions Nobody Remembers Making
- Bare Minimum Product Management
Refusing to move forward without the right questions being answered. The bare minimum job of product management is to be curious before being helpful.
- How I Turned a 3-Year Wishlist into a 6-Month Roadmap
The Art of Prioritization: A Balancing Act for Product Leaders
- Play Where You Have the Advantage
Why your edge matters more than your effort in product management
- Your Roadmap Is Not the Territory
A Lesson in Product Leadership, Communication, and Adaptability
- The Feature Factory Product Team
🚨 Is Your Product Team Stuck in a Feature Factory? Here’s Why That Matters.
- 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Crafting Product Roadmaps
I've made all of these mistakes at some point in my career
- Product Managers on the Offensive
Shifting from Reactive to Proactive for Better Team Alignment and Results
- The Product Staircase Exercise
Roadmap Visualization Approach for Competitive Edge
- Top 5 Things to Remember When Updating Your Roadmap
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- Keep the big picture top of mind
As digital product managers, we often find ourselves at the intersection of vision and execution. Here's a story that demonstrates the power of strategic planning and team collaboration.
Discovery and prioritization
- Product Taste Can Take Years to Build. Product Style You Can Test on Tuesday.
Your style is a reflection of how your mindset shows up. Five ways to test into building a better product style this week.
- Reverse Engineering Pitch Decks
Precision Over Promises: How Henson Shaving Rewired the Razor Game
- How to Develop Taste as a Product Manager
How does one develop taste in product management? The obvious analogy here is food . Like most kids, I loved chocolate. But then my dad handed me a piece of.
- 1 minute read: Top 10 Favorite Products
This week's newsletter takes a slightly different direction from my usual content. Typically, Protégé Pulse focuses on the tactical aspects of product.
- The Art of Seeing Through Many Eyes: A Product Manager's Superpower
Conversing with your pseudo mentors: Harnessing Diverse Insights for Masterful Product Management
- Use Case Time: Building vs. Buying: Navigating E-commerce Predictive Search Decisions
How Pets Are Us chose the right path for enhancing their search experience.
Requirements and delivery
- Do we understand what it means to be quick and not reckless when delivering product?
Quick decisions. Quicker validation. Quickest adjustments through iterative cycles. You hear the demand to move fast constantly. But do we understand what it.
- The Art of Storytelling in Product Development
Part 4 - Pro Tips and Techniques Product Managers Need to Know
- Empowering Product Managers with Digital Experience Platforms
How to supercharge your insights for ideation and problem solving
- Release Day: Lessons Learned
After successfully introducing a new payment method, the following morning brought unexpected challenges with sending receipts to customers.
- This is Product Management: Release Day
Release days can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Writing this newsletter brought back some anxious memories that this fictional example brings to life..
- Free Template for communicating a new feature launch to your stakeholders.
How to communicate launches that focuses on measurable impact, sets expectations, and welcomes feedback.
- 5 ways to better work with Product Managers
Hello my fellow co-creators - developers or engineers (which do you prefer these days?) , UXers and product designers, QA/QE and Analytics team. This week's.
- Tips and Tricks for a Great Refinement Session
A conversation between a manager and a product manager on their team as he prepares for refinement of a new feature.
- Behind the Click: A Product Management Primer
What can I do to see if I'll even like Product Management as a career?
- Top 10 Questions Developers have about Product Management
I've interviewed countless of developers to get a sense of what questions do they have, and the answers they seek, to demystify product management.
Leading and coaching product teams
- When Your Manager Doesn’t Speak Product
The quiet reason so many product teams struggle: no one’s teaching the fundamentals
- Top 5 Things You Must Do When Onboarding a New Product Manager
Onboarding a new product manager (PM) is a pivotal moment for any organization. It sets the tone for their journey and can significantly impact their.
- There are levels to this...
How different levels of product positions approach iterations
- If Feedback is a Gift, Here Is the Gift List for Your Product Manager
10 Feedback Examples That Would Be Considered a Gift
- 10 Tips to Make Coaching a Habit for Product Managers
Coaching your team, business leaders, and your co-creators
- Episode 2: Day in the Life of a Manager of Product Management
Welcome back to the second episode of our "Day in the Life of" series! This week, we delve into the world of the manager of product management. We'll explore.
- Episode 5: Leveling Up from Associate Product Manager to Product Manager
Top 7 Tips + The Tale of Two Associate Product Managers
- Episode 4 - Mastering The Art of Coaching Up | Situational Product Management Series
Plus Top 10 tips for Coaching Up and Manager's Corner
- Situational Product Management Episode 3: Mastering the Human Dynamics of Product Management
Hello Product Protégés, Welcome back to another episode of our Situational Product Management series, where we delve into real-life scenarios and uncover the.
- Situational Product Management Episode 2: Confidence in Product Management
Hello Product Protégés, Happy belated Thanksgiving! I hope your holiday was a refreshing break from the world of product management. But now, as we get back.
- New Series! Situational Product Management - Episode 1
Navigating the Crossroads: Mobile App vs. mWeb in Product Management
- Your feedback is a gift!
Hey there, First off, who hit the fast forward button on life? It's been a wild ride over the past six months, full of late nights, multiple coffee runs, and.
AI and product management
- If AI is middle-to-middle, we need more people ready to own end-to-end.
The more conversations I’m having with developers who are looking for work, the clearer it gets: there’s no better time to think like a product person..
- Host Your Own AI Hackathon
Step by Step Guide on Hosting your own AI Hackathon at work
The craft and the career
- A Day in the Life of a System Thinking Product Manager
Systems thinking is the ability to see the structure that keeps producing the same problem, and to change the structure instead of the problem.
- 3 Things I Wish I Knew About Product Management at the Start
And one bonus mindset shift that can change your approach
- Reflecting on the Top 5 Most Engaging Posts of 2024
Your Favorites of 2024: Insights, Stories, and Tips
- The More You Learn, The Less You Know
Let’s imagine a professor standing before a whiteboard with the leather patches on his elbows. He draws a medium-sized circle and explains that this circle.
- A Product Manager's Journey from Confusion to Clarity
Part 5 - Pro Tips and Techniques Product Managers Need to Know
- Part 3 - Pro Tips and Techniques Product Managers Need to Know
I recently contributed a guest post for The Frictionless Experience team, inspired by my insightful conversation with Chuck and Nick during my appearance on.
- Part 2 - Pro Tips and Techniques Product Managers Need to Know
I recently contributed a guest post for The Frictionless Experience team, inspired by my insightful conversation with Chuck and Nick during my appearance on.
- Part 1 - Pro Tips and Techniques Product Managers Need to Know
As a guest on The Frictionless Experience , I challenged the community of Friction Fighters to go above and beyond delivering 5-star customer experiences and.
- Mastering the Maze: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Product Management
Overcoming the 4 Most Common Pitfalls in Product Management: Vision, Stakeholder Management, Data, and Prioritization
- Product Challenge, Solution, Example, Tip; Reflecting on Experiences Teaching Product Management
Learn from the challenges of others and the solutions that worked!
- Announcing Product Protégé Online Course
8 hours of video content, use cases, quizzes, templates, and a certification!
- 4 Crucial Product Management Insights I Wish I Knew Sooner
I wish I could have shared this with myself early in my product career
- A Disciplined Art - Product Management
While frameworks and methodologies provide valuable structure to product management, truly mastering this craft goes beyond rigidly following a set of steps..
- 9 Daily Product Management Tasks
Every product manager’s day is different and is totally dependent on the maturity of the company, the size of the company, the scope the product manager owns.
- Product Manager vs. Project Manager - What's the difference?
Do you know the difference and similarities? Let's demystify...
- Episode 6: A Day in the Life of a Product Manager - Solo Work
The solo work done in-between meetings that makes meetings more effective
- Episode 5: A Day in the Life of a Product Manager Analyzing Data to Make Decisions
If you are new to product management or involved in day-to-day operations, knowing how to analyze data to make informed decisions is crucial . When.
- Episode 4: 9 Quotes from A Day in the Life of a Product Person
Welcome to Episode 4 of our "Day in the Life of" series. This week, we're focusing on "9 Quotes from A Day In the Life of a Product Person." These are quotes.
- Episode 3: Day in the Life of a Analyst of Product Management
The entry level job in a product management career
- Episode 1: Day in the Life of a Product Manager
Welcome to the first episode of the "Day in the Life of" series, where we will peel back the curtain on the roles that shape the tech landscape. Today, we.
- How learning product management is like learning how to play guitar
When bending the strings or framework makes sense!
- The Art & Science of Product Management and Smoking a Brisket
I've come to learn product management to be a blend of two worlds: the concrete, non-negotiable science, and the dynamic and personal approach that is your.
- Top 10 Mistakes New Product Managers Make
As you start to get your feet wet in the world of product management, certain pitfalls become evident. Here are the top 10 mistakes you should be wary of:
- Stoicism & Product Management: Handling Hurdles the Right Way
Dive into Stoicism and you'll find a golden nugget: no good news, no bad news, just news. It's all about your reaction to what you can't control. This.
- From Big Box Retailer to Author: My Journey Crafting the Product Protege Guide
Hello there all product proteges. It's intriguing how the pathways of life and career converge, isn’t it? Today, I wanted to share a story with you—a journey.
- Top 6 Differences in Product Management Roles: A Kaleidoscope of Roles
Navigating Nuance, Crafting Clarity - Some thoughts on the vastness of Product Management
- Decoding Digital Craftsmanship: What is a Product Manager?
Demystifying the Role of Product Management for those interested in the role or helping those in the profession explain to friends and family.
- Daily, Weekly, Monthly Tasks for Product Managers
Navigating the Cadenced Nuances of Successful Product Leadership
