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February 20, 2023
PRODUCTHEAD: What can product managers learn from a superhero costume maker?
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
Don’t specify rigid requirements to your delivery team, have a collaborative conversation instead
Try out lots of different solutions to the same problem
Don’t be pressured to rush through discovery and prototyping
Share knowledge around your team
Avoid misunderstandings through constant communication with stakehold...
February 13, 2023
PRODUCTHEAD: Everyone is losing their mind over ChatGPT
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
ChatGPT’s inability to produce exact quotes from web pages is what makes us think it has learned something
The biggest problem for AI chatbots and search engines is their propensity to generate bullsh*t
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February 8, 2023
Why can’t I rely on user research from other departments?
Here’s a question I was asked recently:
Hi Jock,
In my company, I’m working on a workflow product that will replace a bunch of manual / paper processes used by internal users in regional offices. At the moment, I’m not allowed to do user research with the regional users directly. Instead I have to go through both the Operations and the Process tracks – they’re the gatekeepers.
You talk about doing user research directly with users – does it matter that the Operations and Process tracks...
February 6, 2023
PRODUCTHEAD: Place your bets, please
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
It can aid a team’s progress to make lots of small bets, rather than one large one in a quarter
Separate your outputs in a release plan from the outcomes in your product roadmap
Parkinson’s Law: work always expands to fill the time available
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January 30, 2023
PRODUCTHEAD: More than making the right moves with frameworks
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
Frameworks help to spur thinking; they don’t provide the answers
“I would be nothing without my dev teammates, but my devs would probably get on pretty well without me.”
Use frameworks with discretion – and expect a bit less of them
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January 23, 2023
PRODUCTHEAD: This article was NOT written by AI
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
When there is a financial incentive, people will industrialise technology to automate money-making activities
Authoritative-sounding yet factually inaccurate content generated by AIs is harmful
Product managers should be primarily concerned with what is best for users from an ethical point of view
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January 16, 2023
PRODUCTHEAD: Choose your own adventure
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
A good product roadmap needs good leaders and clearly articulated goals
Make every roadmap goal specific and measurable
Ensure your team owns your roadmap as much as you
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helloDepending on...
January 9, 2023
PRODUCTHEAD: How to protect your startup’s product idea
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
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Rarely can we attribute inventions in digital technology to one individual or company
The best ideas can’t be copied — it’s all in the execution
Guides to patenting inventions in the UK and US
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helloWelc...
December 12, 2022
PRODUCTHEAD: 2022 in review
PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
Reflecting on product management in 2022
The most opened PRODUCTHEAD editions of 2022
Back in the new year :-)
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hello2022 has felt like a year in limbo for me. After the drama of COVID-19, I think I was ho...
December 10, 2022
Will platforms conquer the world?
Increasingly, companies are seeking to establish themselves as the standard platform in their space. Tempting them to do so are the vast revenue streams of established platform players such as Amazon Web Services, eBay and Facebook. However, product managers of software and hardware platforms face unique challenges that PMs of ‘regular’ products do not.
In this panel discussion at a recent Tafra.io meetup, Hans-Bernd Kittlaus (Innotivium) discusses platform product management with Samira Negm...
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