A decade ago, I led a team that worked tirelessly to build the grocery app we wanted to see exist in the world. This year I set out to rebuild as much of it as I could as a solo developer using AI tools.
Product Management
A collection of 12 posts
Strategy via storytelling
So many strategy artifacts. So little clarity.
A universal planning calendar
A framework and visualization for setting up a organization-wide operating cadence that accounts for the PITA that is the Gregorian calendar.
Setting your dam priorities
Visualizing the ways in which organizations prioritize their work — or don’t.
A guide to setting your company’s operating cadence
A diagram and scorecard that you can use to improve how your organization plans and delivers value to customers.
Installing ramp meters on your product roadmap
I’ve found that a simple technique for improving product delivery involves “installing ramp meters” by committing to a clear cross-team cadence for reevaluating priorities.
Product managers build bridges
Just as a bridge creates new value by connecting previously unconnected pieces of land, a product manager creates new value by connecting previously unconnected user needs and organization-supplied solutions.
Product managers are the Underpants Gnomes of an organization
Product management is somehow both stupefyingly simple, and maddeningly complex — not unlike the human beings that product managers spend much of their time cajoling.
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