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Product Management
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- Jan 2026Will AI Replace Product Managers?In this post I’ll address a common concern – will AI replace product managers? I’m bullish that it’s not. Read out to find why.4 min
- Oct 2025The Kitchen is Just Around the Corner – Part 2Learn how to properly hire a product manager, including the full outline of the process, interview questions and general tips. Part 2.11 min
- Jul 2025Scoping the Discovery JourneyIn this post I will explain what are the various stages you need to master in order to conduct a thorough discovery process (“Mastering the Why”). Specifically we’ll discuss the market, the problem domain, the personas, the pains and the solution phases. What does it mean to master each? And when we can skip those.5 min
- Jun 2025Writing Posts at the Age of AIBack then I wrote two posts on how to write a PRD/spec and also provided a template for that. This is still highly relevant. However, PRDs writing can now be accelerated using AI. So if writing specs was a pain point for you, this post will tell you how to accelerate your writing using AI.4 min
- May 2025Going old-schoolAI is great but it’s not the solution for everything. As a product manager sometimes the best approach would be to go ‘old school’. Read this post to understand where to choose each approach.8 min
- Apr 2025Back to programmingProduct managers can now build prototypes and even apps using the AI no-code and IDE platforms. In this post I’ll share my experience with those.13 min
- Mar 2025The ASE Product FrameworkInternal products serve the internal stakeholders of the company, which make them a captive audience that must use your product. How you measure the impact of internal products in such a cases and how to know what you should work on next? In this post we’ll introduce the ASE Product Framework which aims to solve exactly that.15 min
- Mar 2025Product management in defense environmentsIn this post we’ll discuss how product management works in defense organizations such as the military, and what are the differences from the civilan companies. What you should consider if you plan to transition to the civilian world and how you can extract most of the value from a12 min
- Feb 2025Why the iPhone UX SucksAfter 15 years of using Android I switched to iPhone 15. Why did I do this and what have I learned about the iPhone since.19 min
- Jan 2025AI Chat Engines You Should Use Now (Jan 2025)In this post I’ll cover the current leading AI engines and how to leverage them for productivity, when emphasis on product management. We’ll cover: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, NotebookLM and Grok14 min
- Dec 2024Getting into Their HeadsIn this post we’ll cover how to build an effective personas analysis. What’s important to focus on and what to ignore, including JTBD.11 min
- Oct 2024How to become a product managerIn this post we’ll cover a very hot topic – how to nail your first job as a product manager.10 min
- Sep 2024It Takes a Professional to Tell a Good StoryOne of the things I’ve yet to discuss in my posts is the role of product marketing and how you, […]14 min
- Sep 2024Two Years Into – GenAI Best PracticesIn this post we’ll go over the best practices you should apply when integrating GenAI technology into your products, now that the technology has been around for a couple of years.17 min
- Jul 2024Surrounded by UsersIf you’ve been working mainly in B2B or B2G businesses up to now and have wondered how product management differs […]13 min
- May 2024Backlogs? We Don’t Need No St$%#^g Backlogs(If you didn’t get the title – see reference here) If you are working according to Scrum methodology then you are […]5 min
- May 2024What an Amazing Discovery!What do Google Glass and Microsoft Zune have in common? If you’re not familiar with these products, that’s partly the […]15 min
- Apr 2024The CAF Product FrameworkIf I had to predict the main challenges that would be raised in my first meeting with a new mentee […]11 min
- Mar 2024Product-Sense me to DeathLet’s talk for a second about ‘product sense interviews’. I know it’s not a new concept, but since I started […]7 min
- Jan 2024How to Leverage Gen-AI with Your ProductsDefinitely the hottest trend right now is generative AI. I already covered my thoughts on Chat-GPT and the future of […]9 min
- Apr 2023The CEOs You’ll be Working WithThe previous posts were somewhat ‘heavy’ so today I’d like to have a shorter and lighter post. Hence, today we’ll […]4 min
- Feb 2023The Whales in Your Pond – Part 2A year and a half ago I published a post called ‘The Big Whales in Your Pond’. It was about […]8 min
- Jan 2023On Working With Data Scientists – Part 2Welcome back to the ‘how to work with data scientists’ series. This is the second post in the series. In […]19 min
- Jan 2023On Working With Data Scientists – Part 1Today I’m gonna cover a field many product managers feel uncomfortable with and that’s how to work with data scientists. […]15 min
- Dec 2022No Sacred CowsThis post is probably gonna be beneficial to all sorts of people and not only to product managers. This is […]14 min
- Nov 2022Show Me the Money!Unless you are a very ‘green’ product manager or you only worked for pure B2C companies then you’ve surely been […]10 min
- Nov 2022What Would It Take to Conquer the World?Lately I found myself brainstorming with other PMs about product strategy. It seems that once the product managers I’m working […]13 min
- Oct 2022I Have an Idea I’d Like to DiscussYou know that I often preach about the need to have a well established north star and a product strategy […]14 min
- Sep 2022Product Market Fit RevisitedA few months ago I posted a short series of posts about product market fit (PMF). You can find it […]11 min
- Sep 2022On Collaborating With Other Product ManagersUnless you’re the sole PM in your company – it’s probably just a matter of time before you’re tasked with […]11 min
- Aug 2022On Making Your Product ‘Stand Out’A few years ago I read an interview with a young singer who just released her first album. She said […]8 min
- Jul 2022On Working With a UX/UI DesignersIt occurred to me that so far I barely touched the UX and UI aspects of the product management world. […]15 min
- Jun 2022How to effectively self onboardYou started with a new company. Congrats! It’s all very new & exciting, right? The new faces, the offices, the […]12 min
- May 2022How to Properly Design a Reporting DashboardHowdy! In this post I’ll cover the basics of how to properly design a reporting dashboard. Wait… what is a […]10 min
- May 2022The Kitchen is Just Around the Corner – Part 1Learn how to properly hire a product manager, including the full outline of the process, interview questions and general tips. Part 1.7 min
- Apr 2022Bring it On!On aggressive time management. Almost a year ago I published a post about managing your time. You can find this […]11 min
- Mar 2022An Intro to (Digital) MarketplacesI promised it back then and now it’s the time! Today we’re going to discuss (digital) marketplaces! I should have […]8 min
- Mar 2022Hey… Can I Get Some Respect Around Here?On gaining respect & trust from your peers. I guess you already know that you can’t force someone to respect […]8 min
- Feb 2022(Don’t) Let It BurnOn infrastructure costs-reduction. Cloud services have been on the rise for more than a decade now and there is a […]10 min
- Feb 2022Can I Kick It?On why you probably don’t need to do a kickoff meeting. I recently heard a podcast produced by a well […]9 min
- Jan 2022Wait… What Are We Doing Here Really?On effectively combating chaos. During my weekly routine, I have the opportunity to talk to quite a few product managers. […]9 min
- Jan 2022Planning Your Career in Product – P3This is the third chapter of how to plan your career as a product manager. The first chapter was all […]11 min
- Dec 2021Planning Your Career in Product – Part 1Welcome to my new mini-series. This series will aim to equip you with what you need to plan your career […]8 min
- Dec 2021Planning Your Career in Product – Part 2In this post we’ll cover what are the various product titles and positions out there, so you’ll understand what each of the PM titles means.14 min
- Dec 2021Oh… We Need an Alert for That…Any product which finds its way to production needs some level of monitoring. After all – it’s serving users & […]12 min
- Dec 2021Renovation Time!The time has come. You finally got the green light you’ve been waiting for. It’s the time to fix all […]11 min
- Nov 2021Full Gas in NeutralLately we’ve been discussing some topics that can be considered ‘heavy stuff’, such as product strategy, roadmap planning, product market […]9 min
- Nov 2021Communication P2 – Written Communication[This is the second post in the non-linear ‘communication’ series. You can find the first post here] Today we’ll discuss […]7 min
- Nov 2021The Basics of Product Market Fit – P3This is the third and closing chapter of the ‘Product Market Fit – Basics’. In the first part (here) we […]11 min
- Nov 2021The Basics of Product Market Fit – Part 2In the previous post (here) we started discussing the important topic of product market fit (PMF). I explained what this […]9 min
- Oct 2021The Basics of Product Market Fit – Part 1Let’s talk about product market fit! Yeah… a lot was written about it, and yet – when I look around […]7 min
- Oct 2021Can You Answer this Query for Me?Once upon a time it used to be simple – you had a single database with few tables. When you […]10 min
- Oct 2021Is That on Me?Let’s do a short one today guys. Today I’d like to touch on how I see the product manager’s accountability. […]7 min
- Oct 2021Deep Dive Into Network EffectsIn our last post we started discussing what defensibility is, how it’s different from ‘competitive advantage’ and why you need […]11 min
- Sep 2021Time to Get Defensible!During the last few months I focused on providing the basic foundation for each of the ‘product spheres of responsibility’ […]9 min
- Sep 2021Expansion Time!If the company you’re in is doing well then it will expand eventually. Maybe it’s already in the process of […]10 min
- Sep 2021The Members of Your SwampIs competition a good or a bad thing? As a child I hated competitions, and to some extent I still […]9 min
- Sep 2021Until Debt Tears Us ApartSpending more than a decade in the R&D I can tell you with high confidence that high quality code is […]11 min
- Aug 2021Oh… Not again…From all the major product tasks I’ve been involved with, the quarterly planning was always the most daunting for me. […]9 min
- Aug 2021Communication P1 – The Battle of OpinionsIf you’d ask me what product management is all about I’d tell you it’s 45% focusing on the value, 45% […]9 min
- Jul 2021Writing Specs Like Pro – Part 2In the last post (here) I described the outline of what I consider a good product specification (spec). Over the […]6 min
- Jul 2021Writing Specs Like a Pro – Part 1In the realm of product management - when you want to build something great you’ll probably write a product specification (may be […]12 min
- Jul 2021The Road to SuccessAlice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Cat: “That depends a good deal […]12 min
- Jul 2021The Universe You Operate InToday we will travel to an ideal world and understand how an ideal company should structure its product organization. I […]10 min
- Jul 2021Can We Build This? (Pretty Please…)On Working With the R&D Aside from your boss, the guys from the R&D are probably your most important peers. […]10 min
- Jun 2021The Big Whales in Your PondLet’s say you’re working for a company which has clear and well-defined KPIs as for how it measures its success. […]9 min
- Jun 2021The Dark Side of Product ManagementMuch like the Star-Wars series, product management also has its dark sides. Unlike Star-Wars – product people are not switching […]8 min
- Jun 2021Interview Like A Pro – Part 3An Interrogation or a conversation – those are the edges of the scale when it comes to how your interview […]12 min
- Jun 2021Interview Like A Pro – Part 2In the previous post we discussed the motivation and the background preparations for interviewing customers. In this post we’ll discuss […]7 min
- Jun 2021Interview Like A Pro – Part 1Today I’d like to discuss a topic that I’ve observed becoming a pitfall for many product managers. And the topic […]13 min
- May 2021Covering All FrontsWhen you are the sole product function in your company. Sometimes you may consider an opportunity where you’ll be the […]11 min
- May 2021Jumping Into the WaterShould you transition to product management? Today (May, 14th) is my birthday. This is always a good opportunity for me […]13 min
- May 2021Distracted by Your PastWhen your past role haunts you and sabotage your work. If you are a product manager, then most likely it […]9 min
- Apr 2021Looking At the HorizonThe last posts have been quite ‘hands on’ focused, so today I thought it’d be refreshing to raise our heads […]13 min
- Apr 2021The Product Delivery Process – Part 3This is the last part of the ‘product delivery process’ series. The first part was about the core principles of […]14 min
- Apr 2021Walk With Your Eyes OpenThe first step when taking a product from zero to one is to validate your hypotheses about the new initiative. In this post we’ll learn how to do it right.17 min
- Apr 2021The Product Delivery Process – Part 2This is the second post in the series about the ‘product delivery process’ – the process which covers how a […]11 min
- Apr 2021The Product Delivery Process – Part 1It’s execution time! You know what is the feature you want to be built. You know why it needs to […]12 min
- Apr 2021Is That What They Really Want?Few posts back, we learned how to make sure you fully understand the ‘why’ and the pain it represents when […]8 min
- Apr 2021Who Are Your Customers?Let’s play a game – a short brain exercise called ‘identify the customer’. I will describe a business and we’ll […]9 min
- Apr 2021The ‘Why’When people ask me what product managers do, I tell them that product managers are responsible for the three W’s: […]9 min
- Apr 2021Product Management and Entrepreneurship Go Hand in HandProduct management & entrepreneurship go hand in hand. This is, at least, the way I see it. Let’s take the […]4 min