Guest: Matt LeMay - Product Leader and Author. Matt is a seasoned product leader and author of "Product Management in Practice," a highly regarded book in the product management field. He has consulted with numerous product teams to enhance their operational impact. Key Takeaways: Align Team Goals with Company Goals: Set team objectives that are no more than one step away from the company's primary goals to ensure alignment and impact. Continuous Impact Focus: Maintain a focus on impact throughout the entire product development process, not just at the goal-setting stage. Impact Estimation in Prioritization: Use impact estimation in the same unit of measure as your goals to guide prioritization decisions effectively. Proactive Communication: Present options and recommendations to stakeholders to facilitate decision-making, rather than simply saying yes or no. Embrace Constraints as Guides: View the commercial realities and constraints of your business as opportunities to shape and guide your work. Topics Covered: Product management alignment, impact-first teams, low impact PM death spiral, setting effective team goals, prioritization frameworks, stakeholder management, business constraints as opportunities.
“The magic lies in the way people work together.”
“At the end of the day, it is those business critical outcomes against which you and your team will be evaluated.”
“I really believe that no good work is wasted.”
