Published in Agile Insider·PinnedHow to handle negative feedback from your bossSome tips on using feedback to become better When I started out as a product manager, I had all the right checkboxes ticked. I had a computer science degree, I had worked as a software engineer and I was a freshly minted MBA graduate. …Feedback6 min read
Aug 5The challenge that got me started on the journey of mentoring product managersLife often throws opportunities at us in the form of challenges. I joined Airmeet as a remote product manager in April 2020. (Airmeet is a platform for conducting remote events and conferences) My first task when I joined Airmeet was this — Conduct an external event on the Airmeet platform…Challenge3 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jul 24How to improve your decision making skills and rise up in your careerOne clear indicator of your readiness for leadership positions is the soundness of your decision-making abilities. As you grow in your career, you will be called upon to take decisions on matters where a lot more uncertainty is involved and a significant amount of financial and human resources at stake. …Decision Making2 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Jul 14How can Product Managers work with Sales to drive better business outcomesSales performs the most important function of bringing in the money and helping the organization stay alive. More importantly, Sales is on the frontlines talking to the customers. Their conversations can be a treasure trove of insights for stakeholders across product, growth, marketing, design and customer success. If the product…Product Management6 min read
Jul 5How I learned to not ignore people who point out flaws in meThere is always something about you which others will have a problem with. Somebody will have problem with the way you look. Somebody will have a problem with the way you talk. Somebody will have a problem with your lifestyle. Somebody will have a problem with the way you work. …Self Improvement3 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Jul 3Prioritising the right feature set using theme based roadmappingThe highest leverage task that any product manager can do is prioritizing the features which their team will work on in the upcoming months. It’s a high risk, high reward responsibility. In the previous article, we discussed how to generate a solid backlog of customer ideas and problems. In this…Feature Prioritization6 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Jun 21A slightly technical introduction to Web based Video ConferencingIts 2021 and video conferencing has never been easier. No hardware equipment needs to be purchased, no desktop applications or ‘enterprise’ software needs to be installed. You just need to open your browser, type in the website URL, generate a link and begin talking. The simplicity, convenience and the reliability…Video Conferencing5 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Jun 13How to build a solid product backlog of ideas and problemsCollect, consolidate and classify product feedback from different sources — Before we begin prioritizing what to build, its crucial to know what all options we have. Unless you have a system in place for capturing and classifying feedback, you will likely miss out on important customer requests. Having a solid product backlog has the following benefits: Helps to understand the…Product Backlog6 min read
Published in Agile Insider·Jun 8Notes on Feature Prioritization (Part 1/3): Challenges in using frameworkswhy are prioritization frameworks challenging to apply — If you read articles about product management, it seems such an elegant and structured field. For everything you do — interviewing, hiring, customer interviewing, prioritising features, crafting the product strategy & roadmap etc, you will find dozens of methodologies and frameworks. So, when you start out as PM, you are…Product Roadmap4 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jun 4Staying Focused during long Virtual MeetingsUff! That temptation of checking “another tab” when a meeting is in progress. It’s so hard to resist. We all know how “urgent” the content on that new tab is. …Concentration2 min read
