Malte Scholz is CEO, CPO, and co-founder of airfocus, the world's most flexible product management platform. His journey started as a product manager seeking a better tool, and now airfocus is trusted by more than 800 global companies, helping them build the right products and deliver greater value.
Product Management Roles and Hierarchy - A List of All Product Management Roles
There’s a clear hierarchy to product teams. But, what exactly are the product management roles? And - because we’re all curious - how much do they earn?
Let’s take some time to understand the power of prioritization, why it matters, and then review the best prioritization software for 2024 (and beyond).
The 9 Best Roadmap Planner Software for Product Teams in 2024 (+ the ideal roadmapping tool checklist)
Here are 9 of the best roadmap planner software options for product teams in 2024 (and beyond). Plus a checklist for what to look for in the ideal roadmapping tool for you.
Best Product Management Tools in the new year 2024
2024 Update - The best product management tools for 2024. Research and Conceptualization, Strategy and Prioritization, Roadmapping, Design and Wireframing, Project and Task Management, Analytics, and Customer Feedback
Walk with us through the top highlights of 2023 and how we navigated fundraising, embraced AI, and strengthened our team culture, setting new benchmarks in the world of product management software.
Introducing airfocus Objectives & OKRs: Unlocking Strategic Alignment for Product Teams
Your OKRs are coming home! No more cluttered spreadsheets or disjointed strategies. Monitor the progress of various teams, from individual user stories to overarching company objectives, in a single, unified platform.
A business roadmap is a long-term strategic document that shows where your company is going. Here's how to create one using a business roadmap checklist.
Weighted Decision Matrix: A Tool for Pro-level Prioritization
The weighted decision matrix is a powerful technique to prioritize what you should focus on when you have many options. Build your own or use a template.
The Best Product Roadmap Software in 2023: An In-depth Roadmap Software Comparison
A product roadmap can help teams from concept to completion, and help project managers stay stress-free. Here are the 5 best product roadmap softwares.
Enterprise Product Management: 5 Struggles Of Big Product Teams and Their Solutions
Unless you’ve worked as an enterprise product manager or been part of an enterprise product team, you might not understand the day-to-day challenges that developing an enterprise product can present. In this post, we're going to explore these challenges — and share our best practices to help you overcome them.
In the “No Code, Low Code” Movement, Do Product Managers Have to Code Too?
For product managers, no code/low code opens up opportunities to build apps and new processes without having to write, test, and research new scripts. And this brings up some hotly-debated questions: is coding a product management skill of the past? Was it ever a necessity?
Introducing airfocus Portal - Engage With Your Users on a Branded Portal 🎉
We are beyond excited to announce that we’ve beta-released the airfocus Portal - our latest innovation that bridges the gap between your product and your customers.
These Product Management Books Should Live on Every PM’s Bookshelf
Sometimes, having a trusted book as your guide is the better option. So, let’s take a look at some of the best product management books for PMs of all levels!
Product culture, as the name implies, is a business environment in which it’s all about the product. Are you looking for inspiration on how to make the product culture strong? Read inside the article more!
Women to Watch in Product Management (& 15 Resources for Female PMs to Advance Their Careers)
Women currently drive 70-80% of customer purchasing decisions, so a lack of female product managers can only hold teams back from truly understanding their customers and their problems. In our article, we will go through all relevant PM resources for women in the product.
How To Collect Ideas From Your Team or Stakeholders Efficiently
Collecting inputs and insights from stakeholders or other teams was a challenge we had to resolve. Read more and you will learn how to do it efficiently and comfortably.
Product Management Trends and Challenges in 2022 – An Ecommerce Perspective With Adam Hecht
Whether B2C or B2B, product management must come up against BigTech, diversity in product management has never been so important, and empathy is the key attribute for product managers to have.
A New Era for PMs — What Will Product Management Look Like in 2022?
Some trends stay, some trends go, technology unlocks new opportunities, and user needs keep us all on our toes. The fast-paced nature of the job is something you have to love as a PM, but the last 18 months have been a particularly challenging test on our processes and our ability to adapt.
4 Common Customer Feedback Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
Customer feedback is one of the best ways to streamline your business with data. Once you start collecting data, it can feel like improvement is inevitable.
Introducing airfocus Insights - The Most Flexible Way To Centralize Feedback and Inform Product Discovery
Our much-awaited Insights app is here! 🎉 Let's take a deep dive into how and why airfocus' latest app helps product managers solve the feedback conundrum.
We Have Raised a $5M Series A To Expand Our Next-gen Product Management Platform
We are thrilled to announce that we have raised $5M in series A funding led by European VC fund XAnge with participation from existing investor Nauta Capital! The additional funding will accelerate our expansion plans to become the first modular strategy platform for product teams.
Strategies for Building a Resilient Product Management Team
To shed some light on potential paths through the Coronavirus crisis, management consultant experts McKinsey & Company have created 5 pillars of guidance.
Handling Hypergrowth as a Product Team: How To Scale Without Breaking
Let’s explore some essential tactics and strategies you can employ today to prevent your team from burning out (or breaking down) when experiencing hypergrowth.
24 Product Management Books for Aspiring and Established Product Managers
Whether you're just starting out in product management or you're looking to brush up on your skills, these books will give you the right tools and knowledge to achieve success.
How To Keep Your Team Happy During COVID-19 Lock Downs
The team at airfocus has taken some time to put together an essential guide to keeping your workforce happy and motivated despite the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Product Management and Roadmapping Platform airfocus Raises €1.7M to Help Businesses Make Better Decisions
airfocus, a collaborative product management, and roadmapping software, has today announced closing a €1.7M seed round from pan-European VC, Nauta Capital.
7 Surprising Ways Product Management Will Change in the Next 5 Years
Due to evolving responsibilities and an exponential rate of digital innovation product management is changing at lightning speed. What does it mean for you?
4 Highly Successful Software Products and What Product Managers Can Learn From Them
In this article, we'll go through 4 of the most successful software products ever built and, analyze what you can learn from them to be an even better product manager.
The Secret To Building a Priority-based Product Roadmap
Building a great product is hard enough. But building a great product without a plan to dynamically cater to business requirements is next to impossible.