Book Review: How to Lead in Product Management by Roman Pichler…

The book “How to Lead in Product Management: Practices to Align Stakeholders, Guide Development Teams, and Create Value Together” by Roman Pichler is a quick read which would resonate well with middle to senior product professionals better. The author relies on his past experiences and literature to press home his points. The chapters are organised … Continue reading Book Review: How to Lead in Product Management by Roman Pichler… →

Book Review: Escaping the Build Trap…

‘Escaping the Build Trap’ by Melissa Perri offers some practical insights into why organisations fall into the habit of just building stuff. She works her approach through a case study format which makes the book an enjoyable and relatable read Although the mandate to escape build trap often requires CXO-level interventions, there are quite a … Continue reading Book Review: Escaping the Build Trap… →

Book Review: Gamification — Using Game Elements in Serious Contexts…

I have been reading up on how to gamify core product experiences and the current state of art. Came across this book Gamification — Using Game Elements in Serious Contexts, it’s published by Springer whose technical books I tend to like apart from the venerable O’Reilly’s. This book is structured like a compendium of research … Continue reading Book Review: Gamification — Using Game Elements in Serious Contexts… →

Book Review: The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook…

I chanced upon this book The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook while browsing for the latest practices in the realm of product management specific to data science. It helps that the book got released only in Jan 2018 and how emergence of GDPR in coming May 2018 impacts the role In summary, the book defines the … Continue reading Book Review: The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook… →

Book Review: Product Leadership — How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products…

The book Product Leadership — How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams focuses on specific aspects concerning product leaders across different organisational stages Basic premise of the book is about reinforcing that domain-specific skills aside, product leadership is more about leading people and less about pushing pixels, writing code or administering … Continue reading Book Review: Product Leadership — How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products… →