Amar Hanspal, SVP, $ 2 Billion Autodesk on Product Strategy, Decision Making & other PM wisdom by Sapata Ravi Kumar

About Daniel:

Daniel Elizalde is a seasoned Enterprise Product Manager with a consulting and technical background. He has extensive experience managing the full product lifecycle for web, mobile and desktop applications for Fortune 500 companies and startups alike.

Today, Daniel is head of Product Management for Stem, Inc, a fast-growing startup in the Clean Tech industry in San Francisco. Daniel is also the author of TechProductManagement.com – Best Practices & Inspiration for Product Managers and Leaders.

Show notes:

3:00: Daniel’s career journey

8:35: About the blog, techproductmanagement.com

13:10: Why is feature prioritization so challenging and draining?

15:00: Key missteps product managers take while prioritizing features?

21:00: Feature prioritization techniques

30:00: Jeff Sutherland’s prioritization rule

37:00: How to align organizational vision and strategy with an individual product features?

43:00 Kano Model

48:00: Daniel’s 4 Pillars of Product Leadership

53:00: Daniel’s biggest challenge in his product management career

56:00: Daniel’s book recommendations for product managers

1:00:00: Tools to use for product manager

Resources and links:

Daniel’s blog: http://techproductmanagement.com/

How calling yourself a CEO of your product can backfire

Podcast on Jeff Sutherland’s book Scrum

Understanding the Kano Model

How to use a Scorecard to Prioritize Features

The Simple Rule for Feature Prioritization

Books recommended by Daniel in the show:

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazi

Other books at Daniel’s website that map to his 4 pillars: http://techproductmanagement.com/books/

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In this podcast we learn from Robert his own career trajectory, we will understand about standard product management frameworks in the industry, we understand the power struggles between a product manager and a product owner. Robert also shares his most challenging case he resolved as a product manager and ends it up with sharing the best books that shaped his career. It was a podcast with a wealth of knowledge for all product managers experienced and young.

Show Notes:

5:00: Robert's career trajectory

9:02: Robert shares the products he manages

15:05: Robert defines product manager

25:05: Robert settles the debate between a product manager and product owner

35:05: Who has the final say: product owner or product manager?

43:05: Product Management frameworks

48:05: Why havent we had a standard product management framework globally?

53:05: Robert shares his most challenging problem as a product manager and how he solved it

1:06: Books that has influenced Robert in his career.

A book summary of Scrum -The Art Of Doing Twice The Work In Half The Time