Product Management
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3 Helpful Information Maps For Product Managers
This week we will look into ways to communicate effectively. We will explore 3 Helpful Information Maps For Product Managers to keep on their toolkit. Communication is probably one of biggest handicaps as product manager. Even though communication skills come as an innate ability, it is definitely something that can be trained and learned. In…
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Anatomy of a failed product: Music Cutter
On this week’s post we will do the post mortem and review the anatomy of a failed product. We will look back at the Idea Shortcut’s first project: Music Cutter and uncover why it has not taken off. The Idea and its faults What’s the idea? Music Cutter Online – Cut to Beat is a…
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Preparing customer discovery interviews: from engagement to meeting script
This week’s post is about preparing customer discovery interviews. When to run them? How to engage? And what strategies to use during the interview? I have been prepping to run customer interviews for a new feature. This was a great opportunity to review my previous experience on running custommer interviews and to review the best…
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(PR)FAQ Database: The idea, present and future
This week’s post is about our (PR)FAQ Database. We will talk about the idea, the present and how plan to evolve it in future. This post is long due. This summer we launched a micro tool to help Product Managers create their own PRFAQs. (PR)FAQ Database is a living database of curated questions that Product…
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My first 30, 60, 90 days as a Product Manager
I have recently joined a new company: EV Connect. This is my 3rd role as a Product Manager, so I have had couple experiences and learning of starting fresh. As I am taking my first steps on my new venture, I thought I should map how I want my first 90 days as a product…
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Public Roadmap: Idea Shortcut’s Q4 Plan
In this article we’ll look into our plans and commitments for the rest of the year. This will be the first post of our Public Roadmap series, where we will announce ideas and ask for feedback. I have recently got a new senior product manager role at a new company: EV Connect. One of my…
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Product Discovery – 13 important PFRAQ questions to ask
Product Discovery describes the work required to decide what to build on a product, feature or initiative. On this article we’ll explore 13 PRFAQ questions to ask yourself when doing Product Discovery. Questions around what and why something should be built are the focus of discovery. At this stage it’s important to spend more time…
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Failing Fast in Enterprise: Part 3 – The Solutions
This is the third of three articles that explore the challenges of using Failing Fast strategies in enterprise. On the previous article we covered the problems B2B companies face when trying to failing fast. On this article we’ll cover a set of coping mechanisms to safe guard the use of Fail Fast strategies in enterprise. Hyper…