Managing Your Product Playbook
It’s iterative: The first attempt is always wrong. You must iterate towards the best possible solution, not try to get it on the first try. It’s rapid: Speed gives you more iterations and more opportunities to learn. It’s visual: Plans, progress, and updates are done with screenshots and visuals so everyone can see what the end result will look lik
... See moreMatt Bilotti • Burndown: A Better Way To Build Products
Many software companies are started opportunistically, so their product roadmaps are evolutionary. But the CEO and co-founder Parker Conrad built Rippling through intelligent design. Each product has a whitepaper, each funding round has a written memo. Releasing these memos publicly means Rippling is unafraid of competition: if you give your produc... See more
John Luttig • Rippling and the Return of Ambition
OKR system—objectives and key results.
Marty Cagan • INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)
2. Put Everything in Writing — Then Tier It : Executive summaries, wiki pages, PRDs, and launch plans are four types of documents that can aid in operational excellency.