Product Management Questions

Is it better to set unrealistic deadlines to push your team harder or realistic ones?I have a feel that deadlines are like revenue goals -- you have to set the bar really high in order to get...

Management Time Management Product Management Productivity Timing

asked May 8 '14 at 14:07

Anthony Talley
11 points

We're building a recruiting and employee management platform (similar to Yammer).The product records and analyzes metrics for each different type of employee so that we can offer employers of large...

Employees Metrics Saas Product Management

asked Apr 11 '14 at 10:41

Ariel Jacobs
11 points

I'm a software engineer looking to move into a product manager role. Is the salary as of a product manager higher or lower as compared to software engineers?

Product Management Salary Software Engineers

asked Mar 11 '14 at 14:53

Edward Glenn
5 points

When I investigate enterprise client software needs, I can easily identify a list of things that can make them happier. (none are necessarily directly cost-cutting or revenue gaining, but all...

Product Management Customer Feedback Market Research

asked Oct 16 '13 at 06:38

Max
113 points

I'm mentoring a former colleague who wants to improve her product management expertise and skills. She's in the very early planning stages at her company on a new product concept. I'd like to give...

Products Product Management

asked Jan 26 '13 at 01:19

Chris
4,214 points

We are a software startup and trying to solve a unique problem, which is applicable for both small and large organizations. Is there any recommendation in positioning the product for smaller or...

Marketing Sales Products Business Model Product Management

asked Aug 10 '12 at 04:27

User8226
197 points

So this is my case: 1) I don't know programming 2) I don't know much about product management 3) I don't have a team nor do I have a prototype/idea yet. So would I be better off : a) training...

Software Co-Founder Product Management

asked Dec 12 '11 at 23:21

Drew X
77 points

Why did the Trello team decide to lunch as a general platform for many different use cases and not as a specialized product for a specific vertical? https://trello.com/

Web 2.0 Product Management Product Launch QA

asked Sep 15 '11 at 02:09

Tomer London
16 points

I am currently working for a start-up and our first product has been in development for several months. We have reached a fork in the road and I would like to ask the OnStartups community for some...

Focus Strategy Development Product Management Market Research

asked Jun 22 '11 at 13:55

Travis Truett
127 points

What specific tactics do you use to test a feature set that's planned for an upgrade of a current product? Focus group Existing user survey Interviews What else? Tx!

Marketing Products Product Management

asked Jun 23 '11 at 00:10

Chris
4,214 points

This question got me thinking about quality and the expectations of quality for your Minimum Viable Product (MVP). This may seem like a basic question but I wanted to understand the expectations...

Product Management Market Analysis User Experience MVP

asked Apr 9 '11 at 23:06

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

In general, being able to tweak your product to better suit customer needs is a good thing. The problem is, sometimes it's difficult to get input from customers that is actually useful in that...

Customers Product Management Physical Product

asked Feb 8 '11 at 05:57

Nick Pascucci
108 points

Assuming I have an idea for an iPhone Gadget like this: Griffin-Simplifi-iPhone-Reader-Aluminum I am a creative person or a designer. If I want to realize this product to whom do I have to go, to...

Products Ideas Product Management

asked Dec 19 '10 at 00:33

Erik
101 points

We had launched blogVault, a wordpress backup service, about a month back. A week later, Automattic, the company behind Wordpress, launches Vaultpress, to massive coverage. This service does pretty...

Competition Product Management Wordpress

asked May 6 '10 at 17:47

User3348
175 points

We know that a product of a startup can not gain traction on the first release because basically people are still skeptical about a new product/website, but when should a product/website expect...

Product Management

asked Apr 5 '10 at 21:59

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I released an iPhone running app two weeks ago. When I discovered a bug that only cropped up in the App Store version, I immediately pulled it from sale. Sold maybe 3 copies before I spotted the...

Product Management Iphone

asked Apr 9 '10 at 21:00

Mike Schoeffler
100 points

We are looking to do some usability testing on our site. Any experiences with either usertesting.com specifically or other similar services? You pay them to have users test your site, record their...

Website Product Management User Interface

asked Jan 21 '10 at 07:20

Chris
4,214 points

I have an idea, and would like to pursue it. Whether or not it becomes big enough to create a startup from it I don't know yet. I have search for other web sites that provide the same service, and...

Subjective Website Product Management

asked Oct 20 '09 at 18:19

Iandevlin
121 points