I met recently with a product leader friend. For heavy conversations I prepare notes. His team (~400 in product/engineering/design) is experiencing a lot of growth, but as with many companies in 2022 there are a lot of moving parts. I present this with a specific set of “to dos”, but nothing here is easy. Sharing here in case people find this helpful.

Generic product documentation is woefully ineffective in a B2B setting, given the diverse array of stakeholders and constituents that will be involved in the products delivery to the end user. To combat this, we shifted our mindset to aligning our product documentation to the lifecycle of a product through an enterprise.

A deep dive into the formulas, visualizations, and SQL you need to accurately measure and report on cohort retention

If you run teams for long enough, you’re going to need to give people bad news. No matter the situation, there are some universal steps on how to give bad news.

We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of the future, however this confuses “prioritization” with “work-planning,” and forces the comparison of un-comparable things. Here’s how to solve those problems.

Understanding this powerful tool for your product and customers

Ditch that deck and adopt one-page memos to drive faster and better decisions. We cover the key components, how and when to put them to use, and share a plug-and-play template for you to try out.

Product strategy isn’t simply about clear decision making; before you can even begin to make any decisions about the direction of your product, you need to spend some time in diagnostic mode where you try to build a big picture snapshot of the health of your product.

How Big Tech companies innovate and create mega-successful products. The answer goes much deeper than just process.

The templates and resources we use in our North Star Workshops at Amplitude, including: - 17 Miro templates/activities you can copy and use - Loom videos explaining each activity - Links to free articles, long-form videos, and the original playbook