Key Takeaways: The Five Best Practices are Quantify (everything) Know Your Metrics Develop a Strategy Customize Communications Keep It Simple How to Read this Article My goal is to provide actionable advice. To that end, for each of the five best practices, I share: The Learning Amazon Support System Rules of Thumb Suggested Reading The…

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This is part of a series on operational planning documentation When writing your operational plans, one of the first things you want to do is establish the vision and tenets of your product. These can change over time, but it is helpful to set them out before you start planning. …

Guide your product successfully through the annual planning process President Dwight D. Eisenhower is credited with saying: “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” …

A practical guide with two easy to use templates It has been well-documented that Amazon’s Press Release and FAQ (PR/FAQ) paring is the secret to success for the Working Backwards approach to strategic product thinking. I have written this post to gather all the crucial starter instructions in one place…

Product Managers must effectively communicate to stakeholders about the progress of their product in development. There are many tools they use to accomplish this task, arguably one of the most important is the Weekly Callout. This callout is an internal one, for stakeholders within the company. One audience is your…

Make the problem you are presenting easier for your listener to navigate. Some of the best advice I ever got about presenting ideas to executives was from a director who implored me to use what he called the ‘introclusion.’ That is the introduction + conclusion = introclusion. When you need…

If you are interviewing for a product management role, practice is crucial and free. Who should read this? If you are embarking on the product management interview process, keep reading. This article covers the “Who, What, Why, When, Where, and How Many” of product management mock interviews. A Crucial Step I can’t believe there was ever a…

After leaving Amazon, I found myself constantly trying to recreate things I missed. I set S.M.A.R.T. goals. I wrote dense, 6-page documents. I held weekly metrics meetings. …