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Validating a problem, an idea, or a solution is where most people begin discovery. The skipped judgment is whether to begin it at all. Generated with AI by Author “Customers keep asking us to add more dashboard widgets.” Someone raises it in a product roadmap planning meeting, and it sounds less like feedback and more
One of the biggest mistakes I see product managers make is making decisions in isolation: Deciding on strategy without considering how it impacts product discovery and delivery, or determining UX and features without letting strategy guide those choices. Great products, however, aren’t built by separating strategy from
To influence the roadmap: join planning early, learn constraints, tie research to PM metrics, and give clear recommendations at the right time.
Key takeaways: Something has changed in how serious software organizations operate, and it isn’t getting enough airtime. The decisions that shape what ships, what gets killed, and what gets pushed are moving from project managers to product managers. As Planview’s Chief Product Officer, Louise Allen, put it at Pendomon
Learn how a product-first approach helps business analysts move beyond clear requirements to focus on decisions, user behavior, and measurable outcomes. The post From Requirements to Results: A Product‑First Model for Business Analysis first appeared on Agile Alliance .
Productivity is the floor of AI’s value, not the ceiling. New McKinsey research on where the durable returns actually live, and what that means for teams deciding what to build. Generated with AI by Author At the end of 2025, almost nine in ten organizations surveyed by McKinsey in The state of AI in 2025: Agents, inno
Originally appeared on Evil Martians . Authors: Gleb Stroganov, Product Designer, Varya Nekhina, Account Manager, and Travis Turner, Tech Editor Topics: Case Study, Developer Products, Product development, Developer marketing, Google Analytics A story of validating product demand on a $2K budget with 128 cold-traffic s
Users know their day. They don’t know your roadmap. Why smart users give convincing wrong answers, and how to do research that opens product space. Generated with AI by author A few years ago I sat in a research session at Moonfare. Since private equity is a premium product, our clients are mostly C-level executives, f
Image One of the strange things about product development is that everybody understands trade-offs exist right up until the moment they are asked to make one. At the beginning of a product development initiative, most things feel achievable. Stakeholders want a broad scope, high quality, predictable delivery, happy use
Image A fictional - but realistic "day in the life of a Product Owner" is provided below. Last night I couldn’t sleep. I was thinking about how to get a key stakeholder on board with my proposed approach for the product. This morning I met with them. The meeting went well. They smiled, nodded, and said they agreed with
In the product design and development field, everyone has a distinct role to play. Some focus on product functionality, some on the user interface, and yet others on how to continually improve on future iterations. But in today’s dynamic business environment, the more you know about multiple steps in the process, the m
Designers' top struggles aren't about design skills. They're about alignment, influence, and navigating org complexity — the work no one taught them to do.
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