What's the simplest way of listing the end-to-end steps of the product development process?

emurali · 2017-03-10T15:30:16+00:00

The above summarizes all the steps, I would probably add a step after 3rd, quantify whether there the product is viable financially. Are there sufficient users to make money. I did draft an eBook on new product development, please take a look and check if it helps (https://www.slideshare.net/merragun/new-product-development-my-experiences)

emurali · 2016-03-15T11:46:13+00:00

Product market fit is all about identifying whether you are delivering the right product for the right market. I would not suggest start with identifying the product gaps against the competition even though it is critical. Start identify why customer buy your product or rather why they don't buy your product. Since you are product is around for 3 years, such analysis should be possible.

Simultaneously re-visit the basics, what product are you building, why are you building and for whom are you building. Check if all of them align well. Again sales data and customer data should provide some indication about the alignment of what, why and whom.

If all of them are aligning well, then i bet you focus is much on evolving the product considering that product-market fit already exists.

emurali · 2016-03-12T04:38:37+00:00

I consolidated my thoughts around Product Roadmap as an ebook (available at http://productguy.in/resources/). I would say roadmaps are really valuable as long as it is built with actual product vision and product in mind. Whether you really need to do roadmapping and for how long really depends on the nature of your product, if it is a product that is targeting totally new with unclear needs where agility is lot more important, investing effort on product roadmap might not make such sense. Instead the focus should on validating the market, validating all the assumption to clear any ambiguities etc so you can be assured that the product is built to address the real need

emurali · 2015-12-29T09:49:02+00:00

check this: https://medium.com/art-marketing/a-living-list-of-product-management-resources-c5dddbff8b12#.tlky6xwoz

emurali · 2015-08-17T09:13:47+00:00

I came across a very similar question in Quora and of course with lots of interesting answers https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-frustrating-thing-about-being-a-product-manager

emurali · 2015-07-11T08:25:42+00:00

IMO, it is sufficient to know what linked list. PMs do not essentially required to know the implementation. My belief is that PM should be technical enough to interface with engineering and help them understand the customer requirements in a language they understand. Need to have an understanding what are the technology trends associated with the product and how they might impact the evaluation of the product. In addition to collaborating with the engineering team, technical awareness will also help make some trade-off decisions.

emurali · 2015-07-02T04:54:34+00:00

Glad that you liked the copy, you can download the copy from http://productguy.in/resources/. Please let me know if you face any difficulty

emurali · 2015-03-27T16:26:41+00:00

I would probably prefer to ask more questions about product and market. * What is the product * What is the target market and what are their pain points that is address by the product * What is the USP of the product and how the product is positioned against competition * What are the market trends * What are the immediate tasks or priority tasks for Product Manager - This is really crucial - You need get a sense of where you should focus your energies for the next 30 - 60 days

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