Pricey Santa,
It is me yet again – your favorite merchandise manager! You haven’t from me in a while. The earlier few decades have been….interesting, but all is effectively. I am composing to permit you know that I have been very superior this year. I have been absolutely focused on my end users, chatting to them often and not pretending that I am them. I have built a concerted work to be information-informed more than facts-pushed, and have been concentrated on outcomes about outputs. All. 12 months. Spherical.
Of training course, we can not forget about that time previously in the yr when I finished up overengineering my product by creating features as well advanced for our users, but that’s all drinking water underneath the bridge….if you’re not successful, you are learning…am I proper or am I right?!
So in the hope that I have accomplished ample to find my title on the Good List, below is my wish record for this Xmas:
- Knowing when my OKRs really do not suck, this calendar year I have fallen into the lure of cargo-cult OKRs, the place I have expected the rituals to solve their complications while shedding sight of my contemplating. Everything to fully grasp how to use them effectively would be Wonderful.
- A lesson in communication with Software Engineers. Like me, engineers will need extended intervals of uninterrupted get the job done to be helpful. I really do not know when to interrupt them, and whether it is worth compact conversing about the weather. In some cases I would like to have a phase-by-action guideline on what to do more of, and what to keep away from.
- Recognize what product or service manager part ideal is effective for me. As considerably as I have beloved looking at the purpose develop, when I go to a converse or event with so a lot of different styles of solution supervisors close to, I see myself regurgitating a very similar problem “what particularly is it, that you do?” it would be attractive for you to grow on solution operations is as well. Many thanks in advance…
- For my sanity, you should present me with a listing of measuring the suitable metrics. For Christmas I’d like to know what to measure to build effective items, I want to be successful with my knowledge and not be overloaded with spreadsheets. Make sure you enable me to continue to keep matters simple and simple.
- And lastly on my listing (as it generally is…) is to master the art of indicating no. This could possibly be a massive talk to, but even when I want to say no, I someway end up indicating of course? Educate me the means of the no’s. Feel cost-free to say no to this ask for though…
I haven’t bought close to to obtaining the best stocking nevertheless, it is somewhere on my to-do checklist. But I guarantee it will be in the very same spot as usually, following to the whiteboard and on prime of my pile of sticky notes. I have the greatest milk and cookies on arrival. Searching forward to looking at what Christmas provides!
Merry Christmas!
Sincerely,
Overstretched Product or service Manager
