Episode 3 | 57:44 min

Product Management: A How-To

Episode 3 | 57:44 min | 08.15.2020

Product Management: A How-To

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This is a podcast episode titled, Product Management: A How-To. The summary for this episode is: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/prugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Prugh,</a> Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at <a href="https://www.pactsafe.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PactSafe,</a> joined us to walk through his philosophy and practices in product management.Eric believes Product Managers need to have the ability to lead with vision for the long-view while understanding what their teams need for the day-to-day. He also knows how critical it is for Product Managers to be able to bring people together to solve problems.We discuss how Eric's team has recently adopted the Shape Up framework and what their early experience has been like. Eric also shares some advice for aspiring Product Managers and how his career has shown him that there isn’t a set path to get there.You can find more information about this podcast at <a href="https://sep.com/software-development-resources/software-development-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sep.com/podcast</a> and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you!

Eric Prugh

|Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at PactSafe

As PactSafe's Chief Product Officer, Eric oversees customer success, solutions engineering, product management/marketing, and partnerships. Eric is a problem solver who believes that with focus, collaboration, and creativity, any challenge can be solved in a way where everyone can benefit. Eric has an entrepreneurial spirit and loves pursuing the growth of fast-paced, autonomous teams. He has a passion for building great products, highly energetic and agile teams, and doing business the right way.

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Dave Mathew

|Guest Host and Software Producer at SEP

As a Software Producer at SEP, Dave architects custom software experiences that address complex problems in diverse business domains. Dave is passionate about problem solving, human-centered design, and mentoring others. Dave pairs his technical background with his expertise in product management and experience design to ensure we solve the right problems with our clients while building solutions to address them in the proper context.

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Takeaway 1 | 00:53 MIN

Eric shares his product management guideposts: north star metrics, metrics-mover features, customer requests, and inspiration drivers.

Takeaway 2 | 00:54 MIN

Eric explains how he establishes project scope using the Shape Up methodology.

Takeaway 3 | 01:29 MIN

Eric explains how his team shapes work using Shape Up methodoogy.

Takeaway 4 | 02:24 MIN

Eric shares how his team manages their backlog.

Takeaway 5 | 01:52 MIN

Eric shares what he thinks is most important for aspiring product managers to do.

Takeaway 6 | 01:18 MIN

Eric shares his perspective on understanding users better.

Eric Prugh, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at PactSafe, joined us to walk through his philosophy and practices in product management.

Eric believes Product Managers need to have the ability to lead with vision for the long-view while understanding what their teams need for the day-to-day. He also knows how critical it is for Product Managers to be able to bring people together to solve problems.

We discuss how Eric's team has recently adopted the Shape Up framework and what their early experience has been like. Eric also shares some advice for aspiring Product Managers and how his career has shown him that there isn’t a set path to get there.

You can find more information about this podcast at sep.com/podcast and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you!