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5 Ways To Convince Your Boss Product Roadmaps Don’t Need Deadlines

Jun 28th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 8 min read

Bosses like timeline roadmaps because bosses like deadlines. Deadlines give them a sense of control or at least a sense of security that everything will go according to plan. Indeed,…

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How to Run a Product Manager Interview

Jun 15th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 8 min read

Running a product manager interview and hiring a product manager often depends less on what they’ve done and more on how they think. In a traditional interview process, and using…

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Your Product Roadmap is a Tool for Experimenting

Jun 6th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 8 min read

Some people still think about the product roadmap as a planning tool. Old school roadmaps read like a list of features that you could or even will build. I’ll be…

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Your Product Roadmap is a Tool for Experimenting

Jun 6th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 8 min read

Some people still think about the product roadmap as a planning tool. Old school roadmaps read like a list of features that you could or even will build. I’ll be…

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Your Product Roadmap is a Tool for Experimenting

Jun 6th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 8 min read

Some people still think about the product roadmap as a planning tool. Old school roadmaps read like a list of features that you could or even will build. I’ll be…

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Why Product Managers Shouldn’t Spoon Feed Developers Priorities

Apr 28th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 7 min read

Wondering how to handle bugs for your development team? Well, you don’t. Managing the flow of bugs, DevOps tickets, and other fine-grained development work is not the PM’s job. There’s…

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Why Product Managers Shouldn’t Spoon Feed Developers Priorities

Apr 28th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 7 min read

Wondering how to handle bugs for your development team? Well, you simply don’t. Managing the flow of bugs, DevOps tickets, and other fine-grained development work is not the PM’s job.…

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Why Product Managers Shouldn’t Spoon Feed Developers Priorities

Apr 28th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 7 min read

Wondering how to handle bugs for your development team? Well, you don’t. Managing the flow of bugs, DevOps tickets, and other fine-grained development work is not the PM’s job. There’s…

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Why Product Managers Shouldn’t Spoon Feed Developers Priorities

Apr 28th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 7 min read

Wondering how to handle bugs for your development team? Well, you don’t. Managing the flow of bugs, DevOps tickets, and other fine-grained development work is not the PM’s job. There’s…

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Why Product Managers Shouldn’t Spoon Feed Developers Priorities

Apr 28th, 2022 Product Janna Bastow 7 min read

Wondering how to handle bugs for your development team? Well, you don’t. Managing the flow of bugs, DevOps tickets, and other fine-grained development work is not the PM’s job. There’s…

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