Published in Productboard engineering·Oct 9, 2020Making data accessible to everyone at Productboard — an interview with Pája FroňkováFor the second article in our People of Productboard series, we caught up with data engineer Pája Froňková. Pája’s journey to Productboard took some interesting twists and turns. Originally from the Czech Republic, she spent time working in Ireland and Germany, experiencing life in both startups and corporations, before returning…Data Analysis6 min readData Analysis6 min read
Published in Productboard design·Sep 11, 2020My path to the productboard design team — an interview with Julia RosichIn the first article in our People of productboard series, we caught up with Julia Rosich, one of the latest additions to our growing design team and our first fully remote designer. …Product Design7 min readProduct Design7 min read
Apr 24, 2020From the ground up: five years at productboard as a software engineerI joined productboard in 2015 as the company’s fifth employee. In the five years since, we have grown to over 160 employees, reaching various milestones along the way: from pre-seed funding to our recent $45M Series B. …Software Engineering10 min readSoftware Engineering10 min read
Published in The Age of Product Excellence·Jul 2, 2019Collect auto-categorized votes & feedback from colleaguesEver wish you could multiply your user research efforts to ensure your team is working on the right features and designing them in the right way? What if you could leverage the learnings of colleagues who already interact with prospects and customers every day? Sales… customer success… marketing… They all…UX3 min readUX3 min read
Published in The Age of Product Excellence·May 22, 2019How to write product briefsHere at productboard, we use product briefs to articulate a vision and a plan for a product we’re developing. It outlines why we’re building that particular product or feature to guide development and to serve as a historical archive of why we did what we did. Before getting into what…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Published in The Age of Product Excellence·May 9, 2019Making a dent in the universe… when your awesome new feature is already “so three months ago”Managing products amidst high expectations & rapid change — An earlier version of this article first appeared on Product Coalition. How many times in the past week have you scowled at your smartphone for making you wait longer than five seconds to send a Slack message, hail a cab, order a meal delivered to your doorstep, or refresh your…Product Management7 min readProduct Management7 min read
Published in The Age of Product Excellence·May 1, 2019How to improve your product management process to ensure buy-inAs the scope of their role expands, product managers are increasingly expected to drive high-level business outcomes. Instead of merely overseeing feature releases and development cycles, product managers must plan and build products that will drive business goals as well. Having clearly defined objectives are instrumental to a product manager’s…Product Management5 min readProduct Management5 min read
Published in Productboard engineering·Apr 25, 2019Why QA is an important tool for product excellenceHacking our way to QA When I started working at productboard a few months ago, there weren’t yet any proper QA processes set up. You might say the whole thing was a hack. There was a small amount of automated testing coverage, and one of our product managers performed most of the other tests manually…Software Development3 min readSoftware Development3 min read
Published in The Age of Product Excellence·Apr 24, 2019The five stages of product strategyWhere does your team fall, and how do you get to the next stage? — This is the story of how organizations evolve to pursue a clear product strategy. We’ll follow the story of your hypothetical startup as it matures into an high-performing established organization to consider what the use of strategic objectives looks like at every phase of growth. That said, the 5 stages…Product Management10 min readProduct Management10 min read
Published in The Age of Product Excellence·Apr 18, 2019Member-onlyYour biggest product manager responsibilities are not the ones you thinkProduct management as a whole is currently evolving, and many companies are still trying to clearly define the role in their organizations. In the past, PMs were often primarily responsible for technical and project management duties as strategic decisions about the product were led by sales or engineering. …Product Management7 min readProduct Management7 min read
