Ask A Good Product Manager provides real answers to real product management questions. From 2008-2012, we published over 70 answers from product management experts — the full list is available below.
The site is now on hiatus (learn more), but you can keep up with me on my main blog, How To Be A Good Product Manager, or follow me on Twitter (@jefflash). Thanks for reading!
– Jeff Lash; Research Director, Product Marketing and Management; SiriusDecisions
- Ask A Good Product Manager is going on hiatus
- Should I study product design or economics?
- Is a good product or a good management team more important?
- How do I set up customer interviews?
- Should I just focus on my product or the supporting services too?
- How can I translate needs of an industry into portfolio requirements?
- Are product managers always just developing new products?
- Should my requirements documents include all requirements or just new ones?
- How can I establish product management within a company?
- How technical should a product manager be?
- What is the difference between a good product manager and a great product manager?
- If product managers are CEOs of their products, why aren’t more of them CEOs?
- How can I create a product which customers love?
- How do I position a new version of an existing product and avoid cannibalization?
- What goes in to a product strategy besides goals, objectives, and tactics?
- How can I avoid cannibalization with a new product?
- How to go from sales engineer to product manager?
- How can I determine the saleability of an innovative new product?
- What are my career options after product management?
- How can product management weather the recession?
- How is a product manager different from a brand manager?
- How can a product manager best use surveys?
- What questions should I ask on a product management job interview?
- How can you best manage a product atop a platform?
- How can I get international product management experience?
- How can you listen to the market with limited resources?
- How can I gather competitive information on private companies?
- How can products sharing the same platform best be managed?
- What is the best way to manage feature requests?
- How can you best discontinue a product?
- How do you differentiate in an overcrowded market?
- How many products should a product manager manage?
- What is the best product manager career path?
- How can IT be involved in product management?
- How do you manage a product as part of a portfolio?
- Will an IT person be a good product manager?
- What is better: many small customers or a few large ones?
- Should product managers have input on hiring decisions?
- How much project management should a product manager do?
- How can product management work in a services firm?
- How can I persuade others who have more industry experience?
- What are the best product management MBA programs?
- Should I get product management certification?
- How soon does a product manager need a product plan?
- How can a QA / tester become a product manager?
- How can a salesperson become a product manager?
- How should a product manager use feedback from industry analysts?
- Are there any product roadmap best practice tools?
- How much do you share with beta program participants?
- What goals are appropriate for a new product manager?
- How can you quickly evaluate international product expansion?
- How do you handle competitors in a beta program?
- How do you balance needs of the target market with the vocal minority?
- How do you choose between major and minor product releases?
- What should I look for in a product management job?
- When do you release the next version of a product?
- How do you manage a licensed enterprise software application?
- Where does product management belong in the organization?
- How can a product manager best measure customer satisfaction?
- Can a product manager get feedback without talking to customers?
- How can I manage a licensed product?
- How can a software engineer become a product manager?
- How can I become a product management consultant?
- How can market research be best used for a growing product?
- How can a product manager assess product strategy?
- How can a product manager motivate sales?
- What are good product manager goals and objectives?
- How can I become a product manager without any experience?
- How much should Sales be involved in Product Development?
- How can I take charge of my product?
- How should I track and manage feature requests?
- Do all products need a product roadmap?
- What tips do you have for a new product manager?
- What is the key to writing a good Use Case?
- What should I study to become a product manager?
- What to do when your main competitor is your best customer?
- How do product managers prioritize requirements?
