Original published at UserPilot’s Blog, April 2021 If you’re an aspiring or a junior product manager – technical skills are something that will give you a massive leg up in your career. Moshe Miklanovsky, a Software Developer-turned Product Manager and a co-host of the Product-for-Product podcast, explains which technical skills are essential for Product Managers based on his 30-year career in tech. Product Management is a very young profession. Compared with software engineering, which started sometime in the 70s, not long ago Product … Continue reading “Top 5 Product Manager Technical Skills in 2021”
5 Virtues Product Professionals Should Master to be Successful
These are 5 virtues product professionals should master to be successful Virtue #1: Patience Why do we need it? As we are dealing with many unknowns, inventing new things, discovering new solutions to old/new problems, we go through an unpaved road. That road will guarantee to throw at us many curves, some potholes, dead ends and even a landslide or two. Without patience we would give up early and get nowhere A few examples where we need to be patient … Continue reading “5 Virtues Product Professionals Should Master to be Successful”
10 Tips for Product Prioritization
Product prioritization is one of the hardest things to do in product management. That’s why I tried to tackle it on a regular basis, as it is like a muscle that needs constant practicing. I hope the following tips will be helpful! Note: I originally published each of these tips as a short video on LinkedIn. At the end of each tip below you will find a link to watch the video post. 1 Identify the Product Vision I’ve seen … Continue reading “10 Tips for Product Prioritization”
Ready, Set, Read: Starting a PM Book Club at Your Organization
Originally published on Product Craft, October 20, 2020 Are you looking for a way to transition your org to a more product-focused mindset? I wouldn’t blame you — there are numerous benefits to shifting to a product mindset, from becoming truly Agile to transforming into a fully-fledged product-led organization. But how do you do it? Here is one idea that can help: Start a product book club. Step 1: Invite everyone Since you want the product-mindset transition to happen throughout … Continue reading “Ready, Set, Read: Starting a PM Book Club at Your Organization”