Jens-Fabian Goetzmann
Product Teardowns at Yammer – Why we talk about a different product for an hour every Friday
Apple is Removing the Headphone Jack – I don't like the decision, here is why I still admire it
Two Frameworks to Improve Your Product – Growth-Stickiness-Monetization and HEART
Datensparsamkeit—Being Stingy With Data – The German approach to privacy in technology
To Spec or not to Spec – Should you write a product spec for your product?
25 Great Product Management Articles From 2016 – A year of PM reading, digested
5½ Lessons From One Year as a Yammer PM – What I learned about product management and more
Can a Consultant Learn to Become a PM? – From Consulting Into Product Management, Part 1
Can a Consultant Learn to Execute as a PM? – From Consulting Into Product Management, Part 2
Why PMs Need Qualitative Research – What A/B testing won’t be able to tell you, but talking to your customers will
Product Vision, Strategy, Roadmap – We keep using these words, but what do they mean?
Most Product Improvement Attempts Fail – What should product organizations do about that?
Outcomes Over Outputs: The Long-Term Challenge – When you can't immediately measure everything you'd like to improve
How Do You Create a Product Roadmap? – Moving away from a GANTT chart of features and dates
Should Your Product Have a North Star Metric? – One metric to rule them all?
Google & Apple—A Tale of Two Product Cultures – Data-driven engineering approach vs. intuition-driven liberal arts approach
PM 101: Define the Problem Before the Solution – The key to improving team alignment and building the right features
The A/B Testing Trap – “We A/B test everything”? You shouldn't.
PM 101: Pitfalls of A/B Testing – A/B testing is a powerful tool—if used correctly
PM 101: Working With Product Designers – Double diamond vs. design squiggle
The Problem with Prioritization Frameworks – Why prioritization frameworks have little value for empowered product teams
Product Management from First Principles – Basic propositions to base your product thinking on
Seven Non-Negotiable PM Skills – These skills may be soft, but they're indispensable for product managers
Writing Your CV to Get Hired in a Product Role – Reflections of a hiring manager
Helpful Communication Frameworks for PMs – Improving the most important skill for product managers
Rich Link Previews in Eleventy – Generating attractive link previews with Eleventy and Nunjucks
The Three Responsibilities of Product Leadership – What the heck does a product leader do, anyway?
Owning the Product Direction as a Product Leader – From vision to roadmap, from 1:1 feedback to evangelism
PM 101: Minimum Viable Product (MVP) – It's a product! It's viable! It's minimum! Or is it?
Hiring the Team as a Product Leader – Achieve leverage through hiring the right people
The Challenge With Thinking From First Principles – True first principle or erroneous assumption?
How B2B and B2C Product Management Differ – Some observations from the front lines
Developing the Team as a Product Leader – Growing your people to build the highest performing team
You Can't A/B Test Your Way to Greatness – A/B testing is an awesome tool, but has severe limitations
Establishing a Product Organization Structure – Product teams and functional leadership
The Startup Mindset: Stubbornness and Flexibility – What it takes to create a product from scratch
The Iteration Imperative – Why digital products should be created iteratively
Setting up Product Development Processes – How product leaders can help their organization effectively execute
Bring Me Problems, Not Solutions – Counterintuitive advice for product development
Kill Your Product Backlog – Why you should stop hoarding product improvement ideas
Lead & Learn: Two Skills of Successful PMs – Own the team direction but be willing to course-correct
The Uncertainty Axiom of Product Management – Most of your ideas won't work—and that's okay
Build It, And They Won't Come – Why your product needs a growth loop to succeed
Why “Outcomes Over Outputs” is Flawed Advice – Outputs? Outcomes? Even considering both is insufficient.
The Discomfort of a Great Product Team – Why teams without conflicts don't tend to produce great products
You are not Focusing Enough – Delivering as many good ideas as possible doesn't create great products
The Case for Empowered Product Teams – Why you should let your teams figure out what to build
Looking for Best Practices? Try Best Principles. – Why implementing hyped frameworks won't get you far
One exercise to improve at product job interviews – Building your product muscle, one hour at a time
25 Product Management Lessons – Some things I've learned along the way
Seven Product Management Principles – How to improve your product management and leadership practices
How Do You Prioritize What To Build? – You don't need a product prioritization framework, but a pyramid
Do Product Managers Need to Be Technical? – “It depends”, of course, but here's what it depends on
A Reading List for Aspiring Product Managers – Looking to break into product management? Here are some pointers
Product Management is Risk Management – It sounds strange, but only at first glance
PM 101: Working with Engineers – How to collaborate effectively with technical team members
Seven Great Books for Product Managers – Deepen your product management skills with these fantastic reads
Product management strength and form – Mastering the two different types of product development work
What is a Product Vision? – Often mentioned, rarely understood
Twenty Crucial Product Management Skills – Where great product managers excel—a comprehensive list
Communication: Crucial Product Management Skill 1/20 – Why communication is the most foundational product management skill
Empathy: Crucial Product Management Skill 2/20 – A product manager's superpower
Ownership: Crucial Product Management Skill 3/20 – Think like an owner, act like an owner
The Crucial Ingredient For Better Meetings – Five minutes of meeting preparation to save countless hours
High Agency: Crucial Product Management Skill 4/20 – If at first you don't succeed, ...
Customer & Industry: Crucial Product Management Skill 5/20 – Knowing your customer and industry, inside out
What science fiction taught me about product management – And here I was thinking I was reading for fun
Take-home assignments are not free work – Don't worry, companies won't just steal your responses
Technology: Crucial Product Management Skill 6/20 – Don't attempt to be an engineer, but work with them effectively
Defining teams for a product development organization – Four interesting ideas about product org design
Take-home assignments for product management candidates – The pros and cons of requiring written homework
Interviewing Product Managers for Product Sense – Evaluating “hard” product skills
Why product managers should not be data driven – Don’t get hit by Goodhart’s Law
Reducing Bias as a Product Manager – Thinking, Fast and Slow
Remote and Asynchronous Product Management – How to thrive as a PM when working from anywhere
Managing Work in Progress as a Product Manager – Speed up by increasing focus
I Interviewed ChatGPT for a PM role, and it almost got the job – How to detect the AI's confident but shallow answers
My Product Leadership Reflections on 2022 – Some things I learned last year
Why You Should Send a Weekly Summary Email – A deceptively simple productivity and management tool
Product Manager Take Home Assignment Examples – Some product management interview homework assignments I've come across
Getting Things Done as a Product Manager – How to stay on top of your to-do list
Managing Up as a Product Manager – How to manage your manager
Year 3 as RevenueCat Head of Product – Takeaways and lessons learned
The End of Software? – Musings on today’s take
Business: Crucial Product Management Skill 7/20 – Understand and represent business considerations in product decisions
PM Hiring Practices – Recent changes to my hiring process
My Personal Approach to Balance – My changing thoughts on work/life balance
Product & UX: Crucial Product Management Skill 8/20 – How to develop product and UX sense
Customer Discovery: Crucial Product Management Skill 9/20 – Getting better at understanding your customer and their needs
Metrics & Analytics: Crucial Product Management Skill 10/20 – How to measure the success of your product
Year 4 as RevenueCat Head of Product – Takeaways and lessons learned
Customer Obsession – One of our values at RevenueCat, and key for every PM