by Chris Jones | Aug 28, 2018
Last year, my partner Marty Cagan wrote a blog post called My Favorite PM Interview Question which asks a candidate whether or not they believe the product manager is the CEO of the product. This question gives an interviewer great insight into the mindset and working...
by Marty Cagan | Jan 29, 2017
I have been working exclusively with technology product teams now for a full 35 years, and I’ve seen countless processes, methodologies and techniques come and go. In large part that’s the nature of the beast. People are always searching for a silver bullet, and...
by Chris Jones | Jan 3, 2017
NOTE: This article was written by SVPG partner Chris Jones. SVPG has written about the critical task of managing product managers and specifically on evaluating and developing strong product managers. In this article, I talk about the transition of a product manager...
by Marty Cagan | Oct 16, 2016
Recently I gave a keynote address to the Mind The Product Conference in London, and in that talk I wanted to illustrate, by example, the essential role that very strong product managers play for their team and their company. Most people noticed that all six of my...
by Marty Cagan | May 2, 2016
Exactly a year ago I was invited to give a keynote at the Craft Conference in Budapest and I discussed the 10 biggest reasons why product teams fail. You can watch that talk here, or read the narrative article here. As I mainly shined a light on why so many teams are...
by Marty Cagan | Apr 12, 2016
Note 1: I’m focusing in this article on women, however, my points here are intended to apply to all under-represented groups. Note 2: I am highlighting here the product role, which is a subset of the “women in tech” topic. I would also love to see more women in...
by Marty Cagan | May 8, 2015
To continue on the series on team autonomy (see autonomy vs. leverage, autonomy vs. mission and autonomy vs. ownership), I wanted to add one more important dimension to this discussion which concerns the practical implications of working on large, multi-team...
by Marty Cagan | Apr 14, 2015
In my recent articles I have been exploring the critically important but complex topic of autonomy of product teams. First we discussed the trade-offs between autonomy and leverage, and then we discussed the trade-offs between autonomy and mission. From your...
by Marty Cagan | Apr 6, 2015
In my last article I discussed the trade-offs between the sometimes conflicting goals of team autonomy versus leverage. Quite a few of you wrote to me and said this was a hot topic at your company, and several asked about the same basic topic, but less from an...
by Marty Cagan | Mar 10, 2015
Virtually every leading tech company has jumped on the empowered, dedicated/durable, cross-functional, collaborative product team bandwagon, and I think things are much better for it. I don’t see very many companies that are still using the old models (primarily the...
