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20 Product: The Ultimate Guide to Product Reviews: What Makes the Best vs the Worst | How Often Should They Be | Who Should Be Invited | Who Sets The Agenda | How to do Follow-Ups Post Product Reviews

Jul 6, 2022

Scott Belsky, Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, shares his expertise on product reviews along with Aparna Chennapragada from Robinhood and Kayvon Beykpour, a veteran from Twitter. They dive into what makes a great product review and common pitfalls to avoid. The trio discusses the importance of clear agendas and participant selection, especially in remote settings. They emphasize balancing intuition and data in product development and outline strategies for effective feedback, accountability, and maintaining open communication within product teams.

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Episode guests

Scot Belsky

Kayvon Beykpour

Aparna Chennapragada

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Episode notes

Intro

2min

Mastering Product Reviews

7min

Navigating Product Reviews: Balancing Intuition and Data

11min

Navigating Product Reviews: Strategies for Effective Feedback and Participation

3min

Optimizing Product Reviews

7min

Navigating Feedback: The Art of Prioritization in Product Management

5min

Scott Belsky is an entrepreneur, master of product reviews, author, investor, and currently serves as Adobe’s Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President, Creative Cloud.

Tony Fadell, often referred to as the father of the iPod is one of the leading product thinkers of the last 30 years as one of the makers of some of the most game-changing products in society from the iPhone and iPod to more recently founding Nest.

Lenny Rachitsky is one of the OGs of product, having spent over 7 years at Airbnb as a product lead he left to start his newsletter, find it here.

Kayvon Beykpour is one of the most prominent product leaders of the last decade. For the last 7 years, Kayvon has been at Twitter where he led all of the teams across Product, Engineering, Design, Research and Customer Service & Operations.

Aparna Chennapragada is Chief Product Officer @ Robinhood, the company revolutionising consumer finance with commission-free investing.

In Today's Episode Breaking Down Product Reviews We Discuss:

1.) What makes a truly great product review?

2.) What are the biggest mistakes that product leaders make when leading product reviews?

3.) Who should be invited to the product review? How does this change with scale? How does this change in a world of remote work and Zoom?

4.) Who should set the agenda for the product review?

5.) How can leaders assign accountability and ensure that the follow-ups from product reviews are executed on?

6.) How can leaders ensure that they do not dominate product reviews with the weight of their words? How can they give designers and devs the space to share their thoughts without being judged?