Lessons from 10 AI Projects
Lessons From 10 of AI-Driven Idea Spikes In late 2025, I ran a personal experiment as part of my 10-week goals: build a different idea every week. I started calling...
Read more →My thoughts and experiences on product management, OKRs, and building successful products.
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Big Slice / Small Slice (BSSS): Updated Rules and Recommended Allocation
Big Slice / Small Slice (BSSS) The General Idea When working with friends on projects I always run into the problem that everyone has hidden expectations about ownership and what...
Read more →Readiness Levels revised for Product Development
Readiness Levels: A Product-Centric Update Readiness Levels are a shorthand for describing how mature a product is and what level of commitment it represents. Earlier versions of this framework were...
Read more →High-Performance Teams in a Vibe Programming World
Moving at the speed of trust In fast-moving environments, traditional product management breaks down. Tickets rot, specs get ignored, and every new sprint feels like trying to document lightning in...
Read more →Ideation with Jira Product Discovery
I’ve been working with my team at Kaiizen to use Jira Product Discovery (JPD). It took me a while to get my head around what it’s for and how it...
Read more →Sprint and Tell
Sprint and Tell: A Simpler Way to Focus Sprints on Outcomes At Kaiizen, we started a small tradition that quietly changed how we work. Every Friday, we’d share something—anything—we’d built,...
Read more →OKRs, KRs, Initiatives, Milestones
OKRs can be a source of confusion for everyone. It is a very powerful management process that essentially aligns everyone toward common goals. In the course of making them conversations...
Read more →Organizing Innovation Teams with a Tech Tree
It can be overwhelming to figure out how to keep track of what everyone on your team should be working on. Running daily scrums and standups is just one piece...
Read more →Understanding Readiness Levels in Software Development
You can’t have a meaningful conversation about software development without eventually asking: How good do you want the software to be? This is a question directly tied to budget. Most...
Read more →Organizing Epics by Capabilities
At its core, a product manager is responsible for managing the to-do list everyone else is working from. You’re constantly prioritizing, splitting tasks between teams, tracking progress, and helping people...
Read more →Shadow Objectives
Shadow Objectives Everyone has objectives—even if they don’t tell you what they are. I’ve noticed that if you look closely at the data, you can gain a much better understanding...
Read more →T-Shaped Poster Exercise
NOTE: Credit goes to Kevin Klinemeier for coming up with the original exercise. With many teams I work with I don’t really know what everyone knows how to do or...
Read more →Product Management Bingo Card
The PM Bingo Card If you’re a product manager, you know you’re the glue holding the team together. Every day you’re juggling tasks that draw on a wide range of...
Read more →10 Levels of incremental product development
10 Levels of incremental product development I have two kids, one in karate and one in gymnastics. Once a week I watch each one practice their sport. Competitive gymnastics uses...
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