AMA: Matterport Sr. Director of Product Management, Abhijit Limaye on Hardware Product Management

3 Main considerations to start thinking about this - Size of the pain point - What is the size of the problem the feature is solving and is that the most important prob...

Great question. The only certainty in forecasting is that it will be wrong. The question is to what degree? And how can you reduce the variance? Forecast is an estimate. ...

The list is long I am afraid. Thankfully most of those were logistical challenges, and not related to user experience or customer satisfaction. Be sure to run your produc...

Managing innovation can be highly contextual, depending on how much your organization can afford. This affordance can be either monetary or time to market. Large Vs Small...

Not sure if this question is in the context of iterations in terms of product launches or managing expectations internally with your exec.s / C-suite. Framework for custo...

Here are a few - Longer timeframes - The further the launch window, the harder it is to hit the bull's eye. You are predicting what the market will need 1 or 2 years from...

Hardware products are increasingly becoming integrated products, i.e. HW is either a part of a service or sold with a piece of software. The more you treat HW/SW as separ...

First and foremost, HW & SW product management ultimately run on the same concepts - Customer needs and wants. You are still thinking about launching the right produc...

2 main frameworks to think about here.Can you identify a white space in the market? (Blue Ocean Strategy). What is the market missing? And do you have the big unlock that...

Teams working in silos can be one the main challenges in HW projects. This can be Engineering vs manufacturing or supply chain or logistics or marketing. The success depe...

Avoid cost-based pricing as it can be one of the biggest pitfalls related to HW pricing. HW costs can and will change based on the number of units you produce. So if you ...

Before jumping to any traditional metrics, be sure that you understand the Business Objective. For example, your organization may use the hardware to create interest, gen...

Focus on understanding the customer, more than the technology. Increase your customer engagement, and spend more time in understanding how the product will be used than h...