Real World Product Management

How to approach making decisions when you don't have enough data and how to transition to product management when you don't have product management experience. Feedback, advice, requests - feel free to connect at  https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast Also, this podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

The topics of this episode are - changing to product governance in an evolutionary vs revolutionary way and which productization frameworks are used in the enterprise. Why you almost never hear about the evolutionary approach and why good prioritization frameworks are not being utilized as much as they should. This podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw And as always, if you want to be a guest or have a question about the     podcast, guests, or any kind of feedback - feel free to connect at     https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast

Focusing on just two aspects - what is (and what isn't) a good product manager and interviewing product managers. As  always, if you want to be a guest or have a question about the    podcast, guests, or any kind of feedback - feel free to connect at    https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast Also, this podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

After a year of hiatus, I have recorded this episode to talk about questions that are being asked most frequently. How to become a product manager, what is expected in product manager interviews, a little bit about tools vs process, PRDs are bad for business. As always, if you want to be a guest or have a question about the podcast, guests or any kind of feedback - feel free to connect at    https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast Also, this podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

This episode I am diverting a bit from the regular structure as I bring Yulia to the show. She shares her thoughts on the project she undertook a few years ago with some of the largest logistics and distribution chains and provides her insight into how product management could have changed things and why it may not have been useful in certain scenarios. As always, if you want to be a guest or have a question about the   podcast, guests or any kind of feedback - feel free to connect at   https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast Also, this podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

In this episode, I am talking to Alberto Soldana - a seasoned business analyst who shares his real-life experience working on several products, the challenges he faced, and the future of BA and Product Manager roles. As always, if you want to be a guest or have a question about the  podcast, guests or any kind of feedback - feel free to connect at  https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast Also, this podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

This is another solo episode where I talk about some updates, ask for the feedback (yes, please - send me your feedback!) and walk through  Productization Canvas - a little worksheet that should help with productizing an existing solution. Also, some updates on the whole podcast thing and questions for the audience. As always - you should contact me via my website: https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast/ or via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealWorldProductManagement/ Also, this podcast is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

In this episode, I am talking to Kaushal Vyas - a fellow product manager who talks through various challenges aligning multiple teams working on the same or different products, locally or remotely. We discuss how to approach customer/user dilemma in the B2C world, what steps could be taken to address alignment, cohesion, and sense of ownership in product teams. As always, if you want to be a guest or have a question about the podcast, guests or any kind of feedback - feel free to connect at https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast  Also, this podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

In this episode I am talking to Erin Wood, a Project Manager at NASA. We discuss why the project-based approach is a better tool for NASA, what are some of the differences between project and product management approaches to getting things done and what it feels like to work from home in this "new norm" world during COVID-19 pandemic. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me via the website: https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast/ Also, this podcast is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9WPeSx9o4enuUx8xwrrSw

Irina and I are talking to Nikolai, a design lead with a lot of experience working with various products in healthcare and finance. We talk about the examples of when making something happen isn't as easy as it seems, having education as a prerequisite for a Product Management role and a few more things. As always - if you want to connect, be a guest on a podcast, or have a question for hosts or guests of the show - feel free to connect at https://www.vgrubman.com/podcast/