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Product Roadmap Shapes

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 by Anshumani Ruddra

Product roadmaps typically need to have three important categories of initiatives: Work that helps to Keep the Lights On (KTLO) – tech debt, keeping existing features and functionalities up and running, fixing bugs, etc fall under this category. This is the bread and butter part of your roadmap.  Short term investments – incremental improvements in…

Rethinking the Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Posted on February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 by Anshumani Ruddra

The MVP is dead. The Minimum Viable Product philosophy has become corrupted. We have misunderstood its intent and diluted its core elements over the years. What we are left with is a superficial term, often thrown around in conversations around product building, with little to no understanding of the underlying principles.  Sometimes the way to…

Career Choices in the Wisdom Economy

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by Anshumani Ruddra

One of the most significant problems that the next generation will have to deal with is one created by extremely long life spans: People who live longer will have to work longer Staying in the same career over 60-70 years won’t be possible  Many types of jobs will get wiped out Decisions made at a…

Exit Cost in Products

Posted on April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 by Anshumani Ruddra

A lot has been written about defensibility and moats in businesses. Strategists talk about barriers to entry (resources, patentable technology and processes, expertise, capital) in certain businesses and why it is usually difficult for new entrants to disrupt incumbents.  But one of the lesser-explored areas of defensibility is building products which have a high exit…

The Product Managers of the Mahabharat

Posted on March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 by Anshumani Ruddra

Over a meeting, someone recently asked me to describe the archetype of a product leader. While I answered the question, a broader thought stayed with me. What are the various archetypes of product managers? An archetype is a powerful storytelling device – making it easier for readers to identify and understand a concept. And PMs…

The Possession – Awareness Quadrant – the Evolution

Posted on February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 by Anshumani Ruddra

I recently shared the Possession-Awareness Quadrant framework with a hall full of PMs in the form of a 20-minutes-long talk followed by a quick Q&A session. A format like this forces you to crystalize your thoughts in a more concise (brevity of thought) and precise (sharp, to the point examples) way. The process of putting…

The Possession – Awareness Quadrant

Posted on January 13, 2020February 19, 2020 by Anshumani Ruddra

One of the ways in which organizations and individuals can assess areas of strength, possible opportunities and blindspots is by plotting their personal and group attributes/ qualities on the Possession – Awareness Quadrant.

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