Ryan Donovan

This winter and early spring has been a fun writing exercise for me, as I was able to capture some of the most prevalent topics arising whenever I speak with organizations about their respective product endeavours. For those who have read every post, thank you! For those getting started, please find this suggested reading order:…

The aforementioned is one of my absolute favorite quotes from the cult 1983 movie War Games. There are few quotes that I think of that apply more to product leadership, as it is widely agreed that the art of product management is identifying what doesn’t get done… When defining long-term roadmap as outlined in the…

In my conversations with many companies, two key questions that one would expect product teams to have the answers for, but most do not are: *Authoritatively Win is defined as having a market-leading feature-set against competitors, no major gaps in Jobs-to-be-Done or adoption funnels (which implies best-in-class UX), unique functional or UX differentiation, and best-in-SaaS…

Many of the organizations I have spoken to define their product metrics entirely within the realm of user activity and adoption. Yet, at the same time, there is an inherent desire for product leaders to act as General Managers or CEOs of their product lines. In the current market/economy the best path forward is no…

Time and again, one of the largest challenges I see affecting companies with their product teams is having unclear and/or incomplete definitions of what constitutes the product. My rule of thumb is that if it touches the product, it is within the scope of product management. The rationale behind this is simple – if it…