Real World Product Management

Real World Product Management episodes:

• 09.05.2021

  Episode 19 of Real World Product Management - Decisions when you're short on data and career advice

  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...

  
• 07.29.2021

  Real World Product Management - Episode 18

  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...

  
• 07.06.2021

  Episode 17 - What is a good product manager, how would you interview a product manager

  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...

  
• 06.08.2021

  Episode 16 - Back to the podcast, how to become a product manager and interview tricks

  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,...

  
• 06.17.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 15

  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...

  
• 06.08.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 14

  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...

  
• 05.27.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 13 - Productization Canvas and other updates

  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,...

  
• 05.18.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 12 - Teams, teams, teams

  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...

  
• 05.12.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 11 - Project vs Product Management

  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...

  
• 05.04.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 10

  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...

  
• 04.27.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 09 - Products, Analytics and BI

  In this episode I am talking to Ksenia, a data analytics and BI specialist. We had a chance to discuss a data-driven approach to building products, the impact of AI in the near future, and what product management would look...

  
• 04.20.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 08

  In Episode 08 I am talking to Jon Janego, who shares his experience of being a product manager in a software security industry and the challenges of a young product management organization. As always, if you have any questions for me...

  
• 04.12.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 07 - Shared Product Management Responsibility

  In the episode 07, I am talking to Richard who works in San Francisco bug bounty company about his experience sharing product management responsibilities with other product managers, remote work and managing two roadmaps for one product. For a full transcript...

  
• 04.05.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 06 - Product Management in Life Sciences

  I am talking to Fouzan Alam - a product manager in a life sciences startup about things that are straight out of science fiction. Even though he's working on things from the future, the problems he is tackling are from...

  
• 03.28.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 05 - Product Managers and Business Analysts

  In this episode, Irina and I are talking with Kyma - a seasoned Business Analyst who has a lot of interesting insight into BA's world and how BAs are interacting with Product Managers. Additionally, Kyma brings a lot of questions...

  
• 03.22.2020

  Real World Product Management – Episode 04

  I am talking to Peter Dwyer, a product manager from Nielsen. Their approach, product structure and product lifecycles are somewhat different from your regular software products. We explore that non-standard approach and things Peter and his team do in their...

  
• 03.14.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 03 - Data Driven Decisions

  In this episode Irina and I are interviewing Vitaly - a delivery and design lead who works close to product enough to absorb many of the product management methodologies and approaches. We found it interesting to see delivery organizations adopt...

  
• 03.06.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 02 - Product Development Q&A

  In this episode I and Iryna Miranos - one of my colleagues - talk about what makes a product successful and how to measure success of a product, how to tell if an idea is viable, when to drop the...

  
• 03.01.2020

  Real World Product Management - Episode 01 - Life of A Product

  In this episode I talk about a life of a product that was built by my team a couple of years ago. This is a first episode, so I would appreciate any feedback you may have. Please reach out to...