Product Manager's Toolkit

Finding great ways to socialise the vision, and the outcome that you are trying to achieve is so important for success.

Roman Pichler for me is a continued source of inspiration

Vision boards not for you? Want to Escape the Build Trap? Perhaps the Product Kata is right for you?

Melissa Perri's interesting slant on the scientific method is a fantastic way to eliminate waste and home in on your goal

I still remember my first story-mapping session. Jet lagged with my post-it notes and plan, it seemed like a flimsy premise to face down an intimidating Canadian boardroom. Hours later we had mapped a complex system with high levels of engagement. 

Thank you Jeff Patton!

Everyone loves a good mnemonic. Writing a good user story, where stakeholders and engineering team share the same understanding of the problem being solved and what good looks like, has been the hot topic of many a retro.

Mike Cohn of Mountain Goat Software covers it all.

Okay so I have User Stories. Some very good ones indeed. But they are too big. So if you don't want your backlog to look like Shelob you might want to split them down

Luckily Mike has you covered here too!

Whether you 'must have' some MoSCoW, 'delight' in some Kano or calculate the relative value of each feature by combining the score of opposing metrics like 'value x complexity x risk', there is a decision maker matrix for you. 

When all else fails, get the board to play rock, paper, scissors and see who wins?