IT Management

What is IT Management? Information Technology (IT) management is the monitoring and administration of an organization’s information technology systems and resources. The department manages hardware, software, networks, and data. Managing your organization’s IT resources involves standard business management functions such as staffing, budgeting, and...

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Common Challenges to Implementing Prioritization Frameworks

After deciding to implement a new prioritization framework, many teams find themselves defaulting to certain bad habits. These bad habits can impede your product team’s ability to launch a product effectively. At ProductPlan, we understand the need for a sound product strategy. To achieve this, product teams need to implement the right prioritization...

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Exploring the Future of Product Management: Trends, Opportunities, and Best Practices

I have been fortunate to have joined the ProductPlan team as the SVP of Product Management in the latter half of 2022. As I experienced the whirlwind of onboarding and meeting my wonderful colleagues, I also spent much time thinking about the future of product management and the space at large. We have seen the rise of product operations, the Great...

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Why Product Teams Keep Roadmaps and Processes Consistent

Large organizations are all about operating at scale and leveraging the efficiencies this brings. But for enterprise product teams, the most common area where that opportunity and reality clash is roadmapping. While common processes and templates should be the lifeblood of any effective enterprise operation, 50% of large product teams (those with 50+...

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Convincing Colleagues to Use a New Tool in Your Product Stack

Product teams don’t invest in new product tools without a good reason—we’ve got way too much on our plates to add something else unless we think it will have a meaningful impact. Far more likely is that the product team identified a burning pain point, performed diligent research on the available options, carefully constructed a business case for management,...

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Battling Roadmap Inconsistency

If you’ve been in a product for a while, you’ve almost certainly run into the problem of inconsistent documentation. This problem rears its ugly head in lots of places: Requirements spread across product briefs, PRDs, Jira or other workflow management tool tickets, and wireframes Web-based and in-app user guides Sales collateral, especially in...

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Centralized vs Decentralized Idea Management

When you’re creating a new product or trying to improve an existing product, you rely on a steady stream of ideas to move your product forward. But if you aren’t careful, that steady stream of ideas can quickly become a flood that inundates your team and makes it impossible to get anything done. Without idea management, you’ll quickly find that you...

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Engineering Blog

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The 2023 State of Product Management Report

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The 2023 State of Product Management Annual Report

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