Without a Roadmap

We're back with Episode Two of our Product MythBusting series! Cam and Yonas spend today chatting through misconceptions they've heard about the day to day responsibilities of a product manager (there seem to be a fair amount- does anyone really know what a product manager does?!) 
So what do you think? Agree? Disagree? Heard any product myths of your own? Feel free to let us know in the comments and shoot us an email! We'd love to hear from you.

And we're back with a brand new series! Cam and Yonas will spend the next few episodes dispelling different myths and misconceptions about product management. In this episode, they cover myths related to the responsibilities of Product Managers, including: 1. Product Managers are mini-CEO's. 2. Product Managers are the sole decision makers. 3. Product Managers are the same as Project Managers.
Come back next week for more product myth-busting! And be sure to leave a comment below and let us know what you think of the new series and if you've heard of any other product management myths.

To celebrate their one year anniversary at Parlor, Cam and Yonas take a look back at where Parlor started and how we got to where we are today. 
Plus, they discuss their plans for a brand new series on the podcast, so be on the look out for some exciting news!

Requirements gathering is a process that every product manager will go through at some point when preparing for a new feature release, and there's almost countless ways to go about it. Cam and Yonas walk through the steps of one specific process this week (https://toolkit.mozilla.org/method/feature-ideation/), and talk through its pros and cons.

With every product roadmap, you'll eventually reach a crossroad; do you work on the item that will help your product grow, or do you work on the item that will improve existing functionality? Cam and Yonas continue their conversation on prioritization this week, and debate the merits of product improvements and product growth. 

This week on the podcast, Cam and Yonas welcome Ethan Kopit, a Product Manager at Hubspot! Ethan chats with the guys about his journey into product, and what it was like joining Hubspot as a PM after starting his own company.

If you google "Roadmap Prioritization Methods", you'll get hundreds of frameworks and methodologies that claim to be the best. And while some of these can be super helpful, it can be really difficult to decide what works best for your company and what's the right way to go. Cam and Yonas chat on the podcast this week about the struggles of deciding what to prioritize next, and what has worked best for them in the past.

This week on the podcast, Cam and Yonas take some time to talk through all the changes that Parlor has gone through during quarantine and how it's affected their daily worklife. As Product Managers, you have to be able to tackle whatever challenge comes your way, so Cam and Yonas talk about their experience with new responsibilities and changing roles within the company.

This week on the podcast, Cam and Yonas welcome Anna Eaglin to the show! Anna works at Innovatemap as a Principal Product Owner, and she chats with the boys about her transition into product from UX, the ins and outs of product at Innovatemap, and what it's like being the host of the Better Product Podcast!

This week, Cam and Yonas welcome Andrew Capland to the podcast! Andrew is the Head of Growth over at PostScript, and he chats with the guys about what the term 'growth' even means and how it often overlaps with the goals of product folks.