Every great product manager uses a number of SaaS tools to be effective in their role, but it’s not always clear what types of tools and which specific SaaS product(s) you should use as a PM. While the answer depends a lot on the team, the company, the product, and…

Someone recently asked me: “What’s the one thing PM & dev teams should implement to save a whole lot of cross-team time and headache?” I have two answers to this question: first, having great documentation & Standard Operating Procedures (duh). Second, it’s setting up a *banging* data dashboard. Yep, bet…

Feature image courtesy of CoWomen Recently, a product manager in the Skiplevel community asked for tips on writing stories/requirements to help developers make better decisions around improving latency. What a great question! The business requirements doc (BRD) and user stories are the two main ways we collaborate with dev teams…

Welcome to a World where Web3 is now a thing It seems like everyone and their mother has the word Web3 on their lips recently.. so it might be a good idea to have some idea of what it is. What the heck is Web3? In every day conversations, Web3 is used as an umbrella term for the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs.. but Web3 really…

What is Search in data? How long would it take you to identify all the products that contain the letter ‘b’ from this list of 7 products: “Bottle”, “Tablet”,”Dresser”,”Hairbrush”,”Toy truck”,”Swing set”,”Apple Cider”? Probably a second. Now imagine a big e-commerce store like Amazon that sells millions of products. How long would it take you to…

Here’s a question: how familiar are you with the data lifecycle? If the answer is not familiar at all, or a little, you don’t want to miss this article. I’m going to give you an intro to the data lifecycle along with its stages and I’ll dig a bit deeper…

Today’s modern warfare isn’t complete without cyber warfare. We see this happening now in the Ukraine-Russia crisis. As the invasion is being waged on land, on air, and in the sea, the war is also waging over the internet. While there are many ways to wage cyber warfare like exploiting…

I talk a lot about the 4 core skills in technical literacy including broad awareness of the availabilities in technology and how we can use them in creative ways to solve product problems. Logging is another one of these availabilities in technology. The Lowdown on Logging Logging is an essential part of software development…

Flirting your way to a better product-engineering relationship .. No, not that type of flirting that’ll get you a visit from HR! Skiplevel is a rated PG company mind you 😉 I mean the type of flirting where you show appreciation for the other person and literally say to your engineers: “What do you need from me to…