The Optimal Product Management Blog

Happy New Year everyone! Hopefully, you’re rested and ready to tackle the opportunities and challenges you’ll be facing in 2020. In this article, we’re going to give you ...

Introduction To pay homage, yet modify a quote from football coaching legend Vince Lombardi, “Competing is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing.” Unfortunately, when ...

One of the questions I frequently get asked when training our Optimal Product Management and Product Marketing Training™ (OPM) course is, “What are the differences in a Product ...

Read Part 1 of this article where we discuss Strategy One: Credibility and Part 2 where we discuss Strategy Two: Building Rapport. Strategy Three: Assessing Your Team and ...

As I watched the Tesla Cybertruck demo literally shatter right before our eyes the other night, I confess I had some sympathy for Elon Musk. I’ve been there—I ...

This month, we presented a webinar from our Product Management Leadership series – Building Great Products With Superior Product Management Skills. You can view the accompanying blog post ...

In our new “Behind the Product” series, we’ll discuss examples of products or services that highlight a particular product management concept or principle. As product managers, we’re constantly ...

Read Part 1 of this article where we discuss Strategy One: Credibility. Strategy Two: Building Rapport with the Team It’s absolutely critical to build great rapport with your ...

Doug, the Product Manager with a plan To start with, I’m going to tell you about a man named Doug. He was a Product Manager responsible for a ...