Posts by Applied Frameworks

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Product Managers and the Product Demo

I’ve seen many product demonstrations. Some good. Some not. In some cases, it’s clear that the person doing the demo hasn’t... Read More

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Product Managers: Go Wide or Go Deep?

Anyone who acquires deep expertise does so at the expense of breadth.—Andrew Hargadon, author, How Breakthroughs Happen In... Read More

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How Your Roadmap Can Get You the Right Customers

Guest post by Janna Bastow If there’s one topic that gets product managers talking, it’s the age-old question of whether... Read More

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How to Set Pricing Which Reflects Customer Value

Pricing is all about value. “Must have” capabilities are more expensive than “nice to have.” So what’s the value to the... Read More

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Customer Interviews: Analyzing the Data

She analyzes synergies, or synergizes analogies… or some such thing.—Edward Norton (as “Father Brian Finn”), Keeping the... Read More

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Customer Interviews: How to Conduct the Interview

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.—Peter Drucker, American management... Read More

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Customer Interviews: Getting Ready

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.—Winston Churchill, British prime minister Read More

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The Path From Development to Product Management

A reader asks: What should I know about moving from a developer role to product management? First, congratulations!... Read More

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Ten Product Management Templates You CANNOT Do Without

Back before we were all online all the time, I kept a notebook of all the living documents for my product. Nowadays I keep... Read More

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Product Opportunity Evaluation Matrix | via Mind the Product

In A Framework For Evaluating Market Opportunity, Neal Cabage asks: How do you know whether a product idea is going to... Read More

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Product Management Skills: Technology, Market, Domain & Business

In recent years, we’ve seen new definitions for old titles and many new titles being created. We’ve got product managers,... Read More

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Who Owns Product Positioning?

Who defines product positioning? Product Management or Marketing Communications? Product managers are responsible for the... Read More

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How to Position Your Product in the Market

I was running a positioning exercise with a team of product managers and VPs. We were really getting into it when the VP of... Read More

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One Thing Executives Need to Know About Agile

An agile consultant explained that the best way to get senior leadership on board with agile is for them to get Scrum... Read More

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Done Ain’t Launchable

I had the pleasure of seeing my colleague Barbara Nelson at Silicon Valley ProductCamp last Saturday. Her session on “Done... Read More