This practical guide is tailored for product managers and team leads working in data-intensive advertising-technology (ad-tech) or UX-heavy SaaS platforms.
Product management involves creating clarity from chaos, driving innovation, and delivering value to users.
Effective strategies outlined in the guide enhance workflow, streamline team operations, and achieve sustainable project growth.
Key points include dashboard as a command center, quarterly swimlanes for strategic roadmaps, systematic tagging structure for tasks, and leveraging quick filters.
Team progress should be clarified with balanced updates on new features, bugs, and maintenance tasks.
Recommended task allocation baseline is 60% for product features, 20% for maintenance, and 20% for bug fixes, adaptable based on workload distribution.
Estimations using the S/M/L/XL method help simplify complexity assessment for tasks.
Communication is crucial, with technical details residing in Confluence but stakeholder updates should be captivating and informative.
Practical tools like spreadsheets aid in auditing workload distribution for future planning and productivity improvement.
Effective dashboards, rituals, estimates, communications, and research laid out in the guide pave the way for successful product management.