Product Management IRL
Product management one bit at a time - real world product management topics
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Your Customer Bought the Product. Now a Developer Has to Make it Work. (opens the original)
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<img alt="the developer work happens before product adoption" class="sizing-normal" height="579" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6nQX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F
When Everyone Can Build, How Do You Keep the Product Together? (opens the original)
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<img alt="bringing the parts of a product together" class="sizing-normal" height="667" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v7iY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e02f381-0
Don't Rescue the Same Customer Twice (opens the original)
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<img alt="how product managers get teamwork on customer experience" class="sizing-normal" height="820" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GIDT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fim
When You Have to Earn the Customer Every Month (opens the original)
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<img alt="product management with recurring business" class="sizing-normal" height="673" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ttS7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32ef699d
Execution Problems Are Often Workflow Problems - Follow Up Story (opens the original)
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What happened after writing a recent Product Management IRL article? These insights are for paid subscribers to Product Management IRL. This week’s backstory is about requirements that help teams hit the ground running:What Prompted This Article?I was struggling to make progress on a product initiative with “Stephen”. He is a brilliant and visionary product manager. On prior work with Stephen, we had a good split: he did the long-term, and I did the short-term product work.This
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