Creating a product strategy is essential for any successful business. It allows you to focus the companies efforts and resources on the most important aspects of the product and helps ensure that you meet the needs of your customers. In this episode Henry and I dive into how you can create a new product strategy or pivot your existing one to start you off on the right footing in creating value but also touching on some of the pitfalls to avoid when creating a product strategy!

'Start with the why?' When creating a digital product, we usually focus on a specific problem or opportunity space in order to create a solution to achieve a desired outcome or solve a problem. If only it were so straightforward! In reality, products go through many iterations; more data provides insight, the product strategy evolves, assumptions are tested and hypothesises are proven or disproven. Whether working on the first version or further iterations of a product, it is important...

Core to implementing the right pricing strategy is understanding what the perceived value the product holds for the customer; this indicates what customers value and what price they are willing to pay for it. If you learn this before implementing new features or launching a new product this is sure to increase the chances of product success! In this episode, I am joined by Dan Balcauski, Principal Consultant for Product Tranquillity deep dive into how important pricing and understanding valu...

There are many key elements of product discovery and although there is a focus on the customer problem, we should also focus on the opportunity space to explore and unlock value by working collaboratively to test the viability of opportunities using a number of different discovery techniques. In this episode I am joined by Teresa Torres, internationally acclaimed author, speaker and coach. Teresa and I will explore how to approach continuous product discovery in order to help you embed ...

Product Managers sit at the heart of any technology or software development organisation, meaning our work is never done in isolation. Therefore creating connection and alignment with stakeholders is extremely important; but, of course not all stakeholders are the same and this can prove challenging when trying to gain alignment around the product vision, strategy and outcomes for the product. It begs the question: How can we understand the different types of stakeholders in our organisation ...

If we choose not to define a product vision and/or strategy but rather opt for a "wing it" approach then it is safe to say, our product might be likely (very likely) to fail. But, even when we do develop a strategy, if it is not very well defined or if it is vague, then this also increases the likelihood of failure. In this episode I am joined by Shardul Mehta, SVP of Product @ Current Health, and we explore all elements of defining a successful product strategy. We talk about the impor...

When embarking on a new product management or product leadership role it is an exciting time! New problems to solve, new solutions to define and products to launch! Although an exciting time, it can be quite daunting if it’s your first role in product, a very different type of business or your first senior / leadership role. In this episode “The First 90 days in Product Management” I wanted to talk about some of the action items I consider when starting a new role, also sharing some of...

There are many definitions of what a product leader is and what a product leader does and there tends to be a heavy theme of strategy, building the product team and having that team rally around a common goal or vision and essentially owning the success of the product/portfolio of products for the organisation. I’d agree that these themes play a large part in successful product leadership, but there are so many other factors that drive the success of a product leader. In this episode I am j...

A key part of a product management role requires wearing different hats and sometimes quite a few at the same time! This can sometimes bring about feelings of ‘Imposter Syndrome’, which can mean feeling as though you 'can do much better' or feelings of failure. In this episode I am joined by Ramat Tejani, Chief Encouragement Officer at The Inspiration Box and D&I Programme Lead at AWS; as we explore the different types of imposter syndrome , we discuss some of the ways ...

In this episode I am joined by a panel of 6 product professionals from Product Coaches, Product Owners to Product Managers sharing their lessons learned, to help you avoid having to learn these lessons first hand, to get ahead of the game or to help you get out of these pitfalls if you happen to be in one! Some of the lessons we explore are from “knowing your why”, the importance of having a clear vision and cutting down the scope to knowing when to move on and knowing what works ...

What does Product Management look like in the future? and What do we need to do to future proof ourselves? The evolution of the Product Manager over the past few years has been at an accelerated rate and the role in general is changing all the time. So, as well as keeping up with those changes, we also need to think about how the role we play as PMs within our organisations might change also. Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, CEO of Product School joins me on The Prod Box Podcast...

What's a Good Product Without Good UX? - An important part of product management and creating products that your users love, Is ensuring they have a positive experience and fully engage with your products while interacting with them, key to this is good User Experience and User Interface design. In this episode we explore the importance of UX and UI, the Design and Product teams working together and we also talk tools, tips and tricks to ensure a great user experience.

A 'PGS Tips' Chat with PGS Software! I was invited by PGS Software an outsource development house in Poland to join Sylwia Bieszczad (Krasucka) and Katarzyna Jezierska for a chat about product management, agile development, A little bit about The Prod Box, outsourced teams working with UK teams, specially how their product function works with their customer product teams and generally about Product Management!

Change & transformation is hard in any organisation when working towards implementing a more agile way of working using Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or similar; this can bring many challenges to an organisation and it often isn’t a one size fits all solution! In this episode we explore the transformation to agile and the role product management,development and the wider business play in that transformation.

Product roadmapping can be challenging at times, especially when having a portfolio of products and many different target customers or segments. It can feel as though you are playing a game of Tetris! Juggling the needs and expectations of your customers, users and stakeholders; in order to provide a roadmap for the whole organisation to rally around. But also having to keep the focus on the product vision, desired roadmap outcomes and being aligned with the business goals. In this epi...

The world is becoming more and more dependant on technology, this means we must be more conscious when it comes to creating software and implementing inherent bias resulting in creating software that is not inclusive. This episode explores examples of bias in the software world and some ways in which we, as Product professionals, can try to eliminate it, or at least, limit it.

This bitesize episode explores some of the differences and similarities between the two roles. When we are talking about the Product Owner vs Product Manager roles are we comparing apples with oranges or apples with apples? Let's explore!

Hey! I'm Lucinda Faucher, someone who loves the Product Management space! Learn a bit about the TheProdBox and what it will bring you!