How To Product

As a PM, trust is your currency. You can have the greatest ideas in the world, but if nobody trusts that you know what you’re doing or trust that you’ll do what you say you’ll do, nothing is going to happen. We share our tips for building trust on a new team. Do talk toContinue Reading

As a PM, you build features that you hope will have an impact. But how do you know if your feature helped or was a flop. The answer is experiments. We run through the basics of A/B testing and share plenty of stories about where we went wrong in the past. https://media.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/content.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/A_B_Testing-Combined_RC.mp3

It’s launch day, so you better bring the donuts. We talk about how to make sure your launch goes smoothly, how to make sure everything worked, and what to do next. https://media.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/content.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/combined-launching-the-product_RC.mp3

Everybody’s excited and working on your feature! What can possibly go wrong now? Answer: a lot. In this episode we walk through the common issues you run into during implementation – from rabbit holes to endless edge cases – we cover how to spot these problems and deal with them. https://media.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/content.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/building-the-product-combined_RC.mp3

PMs turn ideas into plans. In this episode, we swap stories and tips about how to work with design and engineering to turn your idea into a plan of something to build. Plus, we introduce you to our totally made up idea of an AI music DJ for Spotify that will be our example featureContinue Reading

So you’ve got an idea for a feature, now what? We share tips on how to refine your idea, determine if it is even something you should do, and convince the rest of your team that maybe you all should actually build it. https://media.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/content.blubrry.com/howtoproduct/Idea_Next_Steps_Part_1_Combined_RC.mp3