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“KPI Checklists” (Book Review)
How do you measure the performance of your business unit or product? How do you know that you’re measuring the right thing? How do the different metrics that you measure ladder up? These are just some of the questions that we need to grapple with to ensure that our efforts are making an impact, and…
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My Product Management Toolkit (54): Making Decisions – Part 2
Last September, I wrote my first post about decision-making. Being able to make informed decisions should be part of every product manager’s toolkit. In my earlier post I wrote about decision-making techniques such as Type 1 and Type 2 Decisions, Decision-Making Guardrails and S.P.A.D.E. Techniques like these help us gain confidence in the evaluating available…
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What do ‘no code’ platforms have in common?
So-called ‘no code’ platforms are on the rise, making it easier for people to build their own website or ecommerce store. But what exactly does it mean if a product is no code? What is the difference between ‘no’ and ‘low’ code? No code platforms are aimed at people without a technical background who want…
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My Product Management Toolkit (53): Giving and Receiving Feedback – Part 2
I know I’ve written about feedback before (see My Product Management Toolkit no. 30 for example). I know I’ve admitted that receiving feedback isn’t something that comes easy to me. And I know that I can definitely improve the ways in which I give feedback. Learning about feedback was one of the reasons I recently…
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What are the mechanics of Product-Led Growth?
The last time I heard someone talk about product-led growth, the crux was that product managers were making all the decisions in relation to a product. Whilst that is surely worth talking about, it doesn’t accurately explain product-led (‘PLG’) growth. PLG offers an alternative way of going to market with a product. It’s about designing…
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