Development

ProductFTW is about the skills and challenges of building software products. We can learn a lot from other types of work. A lesson from my mechanic inspired today's post about how PMs manage workloads and development cycles for their development teams. A few years ago, my mechanic told

In ProductFTW #9, we explored how accurate estimations can prevent burnout and frustration. It's important to clarify from the outset that, as product managers, we don't perform the estimations ourselves; rather, it's the engineers who estimate the time and effort required for tasks. Our

A frequent point of debate between product managers and technology development teams focuses on the allocation of time between developing new features and maintaining existing products. Development time, particularly in startups, is a limited resource that depends heavily on team size and must be carefully managed and allocated. In this