Tomas Prochazka

How do you do, fellow product managers? We spend a lot of time focusing on serious and important parts of product management, and while there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s nice to remember that the best part about being a product manager is the fun you can have with your team.

Aside from creating new, innovative, market-leading products, the other goal of any product development team is to consistently streamline and improve the way they work. This usually ends up being an entire job unto itself — and that’s why “product operations” aka ProdOps was created.

Here at airfocus, we think that's a backward approach to building useful PM tools. Instead, we offer a modular solution that gives you the tools you need. Here's how easy modularity plays a role in making airfocus great.

Product competition is whenever one product is directly competing with another product to fill a particular consumer need. For instance, if two products both solve a consumer's need to cook steak, then these are product competitors. 

Here at airfocus, we're always working to improve our service and bring you the best features. And in this post, we're going to touch on one of the features that make airfocus so great: Custom views.

Excel may 'excel' in so many things, but it’s hardly the best tool for product managers' roadmapping needs. Here are 6 better alternatives, that are guaranteed to make you ditch your Excel roadmaps.

In this article, we’ll explore how to set up product hierarchies (with examples).

In this article, we’re going to give you the tools and knowledge you need to write clear, effective user stories.

You can successfully organize all of your tasks/items using a prioritization matrix in one afternoon once you and your team get the hang of it. Learn more about how this tool works in this article.

ProdOps is a relatively new field within product management. So it follows that few hiring managers are schooled in what a product operations job description should actually look like.

As many, if not all, product managers will agree: the first stage of product development is often the most crucial. To help speed things up and ensure that no stone goes unturned, you can use a product discovery workshop to guide this early phase of development.

Often, the names ‘customer’ and ‘user’ are switched in and out interchangeably. However, in the world of product management, these two are not always the same. The customer isn’t always the one using your product and the user isn’t always the one paying, especially when it comes to enterprise product design.

Sustainability is a top-two product development priority for less than half of tech product leaders. Unfortunately, there are some roadblocks that are stopping tech developers from being able to realize their full, eco-friendly potential. Sustainability in product design is not just possible, but it’s definitely in our future. The question is about just how soon we can get there.

The now, next, later roadmap helps teams to clearly communicate priorities and timeframes. It’s perfectly suited to fast-paced environments with ever-changing priorities, like businesses that use agile methodologies. Teams can quickly and easily keep stakeholders in the loop with any roadmap fluctuation by using now, next, later roadmaps.

If features are good, then the more features your product has the better, right? Wrong!

Great products come from great teams, and product management is a team game that requires everyone to work together to achieve the objectives. 

A product manager's world is constantly evolving and shifting. The best product managers consistently have ideas brewing, with exciting new innovations on the way. That’s why it’s so important to keep up with the industry, and the latest trends and updates.

Dealing with stress can be a difficult task for anyone — but for product managers, it can be that little bit more intense. Not only are you trying to deal with your own stress, but it can also fall to you to help manage your teammates’ stress levels too. 

It’s no surprise that so many people want to become product managers. The career offers a chance to make a difference in the world, and the salary isn’t bad either! By the end of this article, you will have learned exactly how a product manager's salary is decided and be able to set accurate salary expectations.

Today, we will look at how vital product management is to software firms and IT departments. More about IT product management in this article.

A value stream is a set of actions performed to add value to customers, from the initial request through the realization of value by the customer.

Product initiatives are a set of key tasks that need to be completed to hit the product goal. Do you want to know more about them? Read the article.

In this article you will learn 8 methods/strategies for collecting customer feedback + don't forget to download our customer feedback eBook if you are interested in this topic.

Trying to understand the difference between “product managers,” “product owners,” and “product operations” can be tough. Let's dive deep into this topic in this article.

In this post, we’re going to look at how to influence and communicate with important executives from a product manager perspective… especially if you want to implement a new product management tool across your company.

In this blog post, we’ll look at the challenges of collecting user ideas, the benefits of collecting ideas internally, and how Forms can help you make the process a cinch.

Interview with Malte Scholz, CEO / CPO at airfocus about digital transformation and product management.

A DevOps roadmap helps both teams better organize their time and prioritize their work. Each team can see when the other will be delivering something that needs its attention. To know more benefits of this roadmap read our article.

OKRs ensure that objectives become tangible targets with provable outcomes instead of vague ambitions with no clear start or endpoint. How to work and think about them you will find out in this article.

When product design and User Experience considerations come together, we get the UX roadmap. Read the article to learn more about it.

The product management schedule promises to be a good one in 2022. Here are our top 5 inspiring and motivating product management conferences in 2022.

Interview with Bernhard Hacker, co-founder of value.digital and product couch with 30 years of experience.

Are you a product owner or you're just interested in how agile backlog prioritization works? Feel free to read the article with our tips to save your time!

Read the prediction for this year from the top PMs.

Learn how to prepare user insights better to make well-informed decisions.

Are there any Aha! alternatives out there? And if so, which of them are worth your time? Don’t worry — we’ve done the hard work, so you can just read and choose from our article.

A quick introduction to cultural and behavioral psychology from Adam Thomas who is the participant in our upcoming roundtable webinar.

Creating a roadmap is really an exercise in information design; it requires the deliberate use of visual elements in conjunction with copy to help your vision become an actionable plan. Let’s take a look at some design tips to get you on your way.

We have asked each roundtable participant to write a blog post ahead of the event and next up is Lisa Mo Wagner, product coach at codecentric AG. Read on to learn her take on product management trends for 2022.

Whether you’re prioritizing items, or getting a new innovation market-ready, a project plan template will help you deliver on time, on budget, and on scope.