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Retiring a Product: How to Gracefully Say Goodbye
Deciding to retire a product isn't easy, but it's often necessary to keep your portfolio healthy. Here’s a comprehensive guide to making the call—and doing it right.
4 min read


The Rise of Agentic AI — and the Coming Chaos of Shadow IT
There’s a new kind of “Shadow IT” forming—and this time, it’s invisible, tireless, and doesn’t wait for approvals.
4 min read


Skills That Make Product Managers Valuable
Effective product management is about making good business decisions—faster and with better outcomes—despite ambiguity, competing priorities, and the occasional fire drill.
4 min read


Project Management Isn’t Product Management
Learn the key differences between product management and project management. Discover why product managers are essential for long-term product success.
4 min read


Why I Hate User Stories (And You Should Too)
Customers Don’t Actually Know What They Want. One of the most important lessons in product management is this: customers don’t actually know their true problems—or the ideal solution. That’s your job. Your job is to discover the problem, not just write down what someone asked for.
4 min read


Don’t Skip the Retro—Your Product Quad Has Work to Do
Most launch retrospectives are either skipped or sanitized into team therapy. But if you’re working with a Product Quad—product manager, engineering lead, UX designer, and product marketing manager—you’re sitting on a goldmine of insight.
2 min read


When Everyone’s Right: Prioritization with the Product Quad
Product prioritization isn’t hard because people disagree—it’s hard because everyone’s right. The Product Quad—product manager, tech lead, UX designer, and product marketing manager—each brings a valid, but partial, view of the work.
3 min read
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