Inverse Shu Ha Ri – An Alt Approach to Transformation
For the past few years, I am working with a banking client to build a transformative Data Platform. It was very clear from the beginning that this platform will take…
Hour-Glass Model for Platform MVP
An MVP ‘thin slice’ allows the product team to align a key business process for clear desired outcomes and value to ones who are ultimately paying up. This thought needs…
Using Product Management Canvas for Your Product
Your organisation Your org is one among these: 1) A startup or an SME company. Hopefully there is not much of hierarchy and ‘Individual Contributors’ in how most of you…
Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy in 4 Steps
To develop a Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy, I suggest following four steps: 1 Know Your Product Well It is OK for Sales superstars in Dilbert world to know little about the…
Product Management Canvas – Product in a Snapshot
The Product Management Canvas (PMC), is a strategic management and entrepreneurial articulation tool. It allows one to describe a product having the highest return on investment versus risk. This is different…
Building Products – It Takes A Village
XConf ThoughtWorks' XConf is a one-day conference that showcases the latest thinking from ThoughtWorks and friends on a broad range of topics. It provides a platform for passionate software professionals…
The Edge of Product Management: Talk at Institute of Product Leadership
I gave a talk to the students of Executive MBA at Institute of Product Leadership, Bangalore on 19th Nov 2016. It was a conversation around Product Management, industry practitioners approach…
Design Dissonance in Music and Podcast Apps on iPhone
I am among the millions of Apple's iOS Music App and Podcast App users. I am certainly not only one who struggles with the design dissonance in their app. Here…
Smart Cities – Every Adventure Requires A First Step
A Product Manager opens up a bar but decided not to sell alcohol. "I noticed people come to bars and talk talk talk. Alcohol is just something they like to hold in…
Software Product – Definition
Definition: In Software, a Product is something that is result of a design & software process and has a business model. Read here how I arrived at this definition: Product…