Product Repo: A Curated Collection of Product Management Resources

Product Repo is my personal, curated collection of product management articles that I find worth reading. The list is organized into categories such as product-led growth, strategy, leadership, product management fundamentals and many more. You can find it here: https://github.com/sischreiber/product-repo/ It’s essentially a GitHub readme file in my rather sparse repo, which I update sporadically whenever I come across noteworthy articles.

November 27, 2024

[Mind the Product] The Irony of Product-Led Growth: How Adding More Can Slow You Down

Glad to have my article on Mind the Product where I attempt to explain why we have a bias toward increasing the scope of our products, even though evidence suggests that subtracting features can increase the overall value for users, customers and the business. https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-irony-of-product-led-growth/

November 14, 2024

6 Timeless Product Insights From Engineering Leaders

Software engineers don’t go to product managers to understand how to build a software application. But when engineers start sharing their knowledge about product, there is often something in those words. Especially when the authors have left a footprint in the tech industry. Joel Spolsky on the Worst Possible Strategic Mistake Joel Spolsky is one of the co-founders of Stack Overflow. Although he has hardly posted on “Joel on Software” for years, there are several timeless articles worth reading. One of them is “Things You Should Never Do, Part I” from 2000. It is about a specific strategic mistake in the tech industry and why the cause lies in the rule of thumb that code is harder to read than to write. ...

October 31, 2024

Why Saying No Has Become an Unhealthy Habit in Product Management

Gatekeepers say no to everything. Proxies give a yes to every request. How do you find the right balance? The Problem With Saying No There are hundreds of articles online about how and why product managers should say no. In this context, negating refers to stakeholder requests that aim to change the scope of a product. In the short term, product managers get some breathing room by rejecting requests. A frequently encountered quote comes from Warren Buffett: Saying no to almost everything is a characteristic of successful people. This may apply to many professions. But also if your focus is on user-driven products? ...

September 30, 2024

[Mind the Product] The Advantages of Declarative Over Imperative User Stories

How writing declaratively improves team collaboration and ultimately the product. https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-advantages-of-declarative-user-stories/

March 15, 2022

Headless CMS Pitfalls

Headless CMS offer numerous advantages over traditional monolithic CMS, especially in a cloud-native stack. As is often the case, vendors’ product marketing only mentions the advantages. After two headless CMS projects, I have summarized the pitfalls to watch out for on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-headless-cms

February 13, 2022

How Much a Sprint Costs

Sprints in Scrum need to be planned conscientiously. The personnel costs of an average sprint are easily in the five-digit range. Published on the Product Coalition, one of the largest product management communities: https://productcoalition.com/the-economics-of-sprint-planning-b20082d5e24e

December 31, 2021

How to Create a Portfolio Website: A Step-by-Step Process With Examples

How I built my previous portfolio website with Hugo static site generator and hosted it on GitHub. The nice thing about this setup is that there are no costs other than the domain. My site looks different now but the setup is identical: https://medium.com/the-kickstarter/how-to-create-a-product-portfolio-website-with-hugo-and-github-28daa950939c

May 17, 2021

Product Backlog: Guidelines and Best Practices

The best practices I have acquired over time for setting up and managing a product backlog. Published on “Bootcamp”, a collection of resources and opinion pieces about UX, UI and product management on medium.com: https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/product-backlog-guidelines-and-best-practices-f52d1e12c1e5

April 23, 2021

More Than Data: How to Understand and Measure AI Products

Written before the GenAI boom with a focus on quantifying AI product development. Published on Outvise, one of the leading marketplaces for business tech experts present in more than 40 countries: https://blog.outvise.com/how-understand-and-measure-ai-products/

January 25, 2021