Read Lean Analytics
If you haven't read Lean Analytics by Alistair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz, stop reading this blog post and go pick up a copy. No really. It's that good.
For those of you who didn't stop reading to go buy the book, I'll
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It's Not Enough To Know What To Measure, You Also Need to Get The Time Increment Right
Do you know how much money you've made over your entire lifetime? Probably not.
Or how many miles you've ran since the day you were born? Maybe. If you aren't a runner.
I can only think of one person who might know the answers
How Do You Measure Success?
Now that I've told you to measure what matters, let's talk about what that means.
A good place to start is by asking, what does success look like? It varies with every product. Let's look at a few examples:
An e-commerce site.
When I
Measure What Matters
I met with a designer yesterday who shared with me that she wants to learn user experience design and asked for my advice. I asked her what she was reading and if she had joined any local groups. What had she found useful so far?
She was reading Alan Cooper.
5 Steps For How To Develop Empathy
Empathy made my list of Top 7 Traits of a Good Product Manager. So let's take a look at what it is and how to develop it.
As we learned in that article, empathy is the ability to feel another person's feelings. It is often confused
The 7 Core Traits of a Good Product Manager
What makes a good product manager? I've been obsessed with this question. It's why I started this blog. As a practitioner, I want to master my craft. As a consultant and coach, I want to help you master your craft. But how do we do that
What We Can Learn From Facebook About Managing Change
Does this sound familiar? You spend weeks researching a problem. Your team whiteboards multiple solutions. You user test each one. You build the best one. And despite great feedback from your users along the way, when you finally release, all you get are complaints.
Change Is Hard
The reality is,