AMA: GitLab Director of Product Management, Jacqueline Porter on Influencing the C-Suite

Wow, great question. The best roadmaps are ones that contain a lot of feedback, iteration, and discussion with the company as well as external customers/stakeholders. I h...

Personally, I do my best to stay current with industry analysts, top leaders and product innovators in my space, and connecting with people who are doing product manageme...

Thought leadership is one of the most valuable tools as a PM. There are many ways to build a thought leadership portfolio. Here are some of the ways I use and coach other...

I have personally struggled with this many times in my career and most organizations do. The executives should be able to articulate the overall company goals and targets...

When I started my PM journey a posting from a prominent Amazon Product leader was something that was referenced. In this piece, the author suggests there are a few traits...

I usually align myself with other parts of the organization's metrics and OKRs rather than a specific person. When you are supporting others' metrics they are accountable...

At GitLab we have a DRI (directly responsible individual). The DRI is the one who's decision matters and even if there are senior leaders if they are not the DRI their op...

Assuming the C-Suite is right Not coming with a clear decision point to a call Not having sufficient data or research to justify the product investment Over preparing det...