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Free Post PM PRD template Below is the template I use for most of my Product Requirement Documents (PRD, or just product spec) PRD: ___[product/feature name][email protected] | Updated mm/dd/yy SummaryFrame the problem that you trying to solve. More importantly, explain why it is worth addressing. Be
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Free Post PM What is strategy? Strategy is designing a way to deal with a challenge. So, a good strategy needs to define the challenge, and a design for a way to overcome it. To do so, a strategy needs to have 3 things: a diagnosis, a guiding policy, and
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Free Post PM Good remote PM/Bad remote PM Ben Horowitz’s 1997 post Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager is still the best summary of the PM role I’ve seen. When I’m asked by someone outside tech what a PM does, I usually say we’re responsible for building the
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Free Post PM The 3P Framework What are the 3Ps? Progress: Highlights, milestones, decisions, or reviews in the prior period.Plans: Priorities and goals in the coming period.Problems: Blockers, issues or flags. What makes a good 3P? Concise: Limit 5 bullets per section, and 3 lines per bullet. Use
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