Prodity: Product by Design

How are we dealing with working from home currently?How has working remotely changed workflows for product managers?What are some tools and practices product teams are using to bridge the gaps?What are businesses doing to adapt now and in the future?Is this the new normal?

What is the ideal structure for product managers and product designers?What about scenarios when you can't have the ideal like when there are too few product managers or product designers?How should product managers and product designers combine forces?How can product designers better collaborate with product managers?How can product managers better collaborate with product designers? What are some keys to success?Shoutouts:The User Experience Team of One (book)Ermal Fraze, inventor of pop-top soda can

What is product design?Who is a designer?What's the difference between web design, visual design and product design?What makes a good product designer?How can you get into product design from other design fields?How can you get your company to buy into product design?Why is thinking about design important to save costs and work for your business?

What is product management?What makes a good product manager?What is the difference between a product manager and a product owner?What is the difference between product management and project management?Why is it important to know the difference?How can we incorporate the right mindset in order to avoid the build trap or becoming a feature factory?Break Free of the Feature FactoryEscaping the Build TrapHow can we get our organizations to begin to buy into product management?

In our first episode, we (Kyle and Eva) take a moment to introduce ourselves and talk about how we each got into product management and design. We also dive into various topics including our favorite moments in product, challenges in product management and design, how we define our roles, and where we see the industry going.