The Minimum Effective Dose of Product Management

There’s so much we could do as product managers – but we don’t have time to do it all. So you have to know where to apply your leverage, how to prioritize your time investment. You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule – what is the 20% you must do to get 80% of the value?

Well, one way to think about that is “the minimum effective dose” – what is the minimum effective dose of product management?

And what are some other “minimums” that we can think about in relation to product management that can help us be more effective, more successful, and create more value faster?

Links

* The Four Hour Body by Tim Ferriss* The Lean Startup by Eric Reis* The Now, Next, Later Roadmap, an article by Andrea Saez of ProdPad* How To Share A Roadmap Without Driving Into A Ditch* The Five Questions To Ask About A New Product Idea podcast episode* Managing Your Cognitive Resources To Be More Effective podcast episode* The Liberating Structures website; the Min Specs page

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There’s so much we could do as product managers – but we don’t have time to do it all. So you have to know where to apply your leverage, how to prioritize your time investment. You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule – what is the 20% you must do to get 80% of the value?

Well, one way to think about that is “the minimum effective dose” – what is the minimum effective dose of product management?

And what are some other “minimums” that we can think about in relation to product management that can help us be more effecti...