Product Management

A specific tool that I’ve found critical for staying oriented and updating quickly is a detailed plan for victory , i.e., a list of steps, as concrete as possible, that end with the goal being achieved.

we encourage Leadership to call out not just what they know but what they don’t know and wish that they did.

In my experience, echoed by a few people I’ve chatted with, there is a general rule of thumb vis-a-vis the categories of work above:

A “Great PM” is

excellent in one area,

good in at least one other,

and doesn’t have time for more than two.

Using “Great PM” language, you should strive to be “Great,” as superlative as possible, in one of those four

Rolling out a new plan gives leaders the opportunity to create strong buy-in, trust, and excitement for the work ahead. Don't squander it.

In our design sprints, we found that if we ended each workday before people were exhausted, the week’s productivity increased dramatically. Even shortening the day by thirty minutes made a big difference.

“A good failure is when the value of the lesson is greater than the cost of the lesson. A bad failure is when the value of the lesson is much less than the cost of the lesson.” — Alberto Savoia, author of The Right It