Best Of Product Roundup - Mar 9, 2024

The best expert-curated product content from the best product thinkers from around the Internet delivered twice a month.

Every two weeks we consume all the product content on the Internet, free and paid, analyze it, and then we round-up links and short excerpts from the best content to:

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• And most importantly, we save you years spent trying the wrong advice.

• Finally, we promote thinkers in product who are doing great work whether well known or soon-to-be-known!

Top Long-Form Articles

45 ChatGPT Use Cases for Product Managers

• A practical guide to day-to-day ways PMs can prompt ChatGPT or other LLMs to speed up the work of product.

• Choice Quote: “[Chat GPT Prompt] I'm a Product Manager for a 2-way automobile classifieds. We are launching a new car inspection service that will allow any user to request for a detailed inspection report on a car for a price. The management is debating which party - buyer or seller - to monetize for this service. Give arguments for & against each option.”

Product Managers Aren’t Responsible for the Delivery of their Products

• A spicy take on the work most commonly expected of PMs but that can ultimately distract from the real value creation.

• Choice Quote: “The product manager becomes the de facto delivery manager for the team, spending more time micromanaging their teammates than working on actual product management tasks. They’re probably playing the role of quasi-Scrum Master (it seems to me that lots of companies aren’t even bothering with this as a role anymore).”

The Art of Killing Features

• As your product grows and matures, this is how you avoid a product with thousands of features that no one uses.