JJ Rorie
6 Questions For Product Managers To Make Effective Decisions
Product Management Decisions Product Managers make decisions every day. Some small decisions, some very large decisions. These decisions impact our products, our customers and our business. But how do…
How to Use The Product Management Essentials Workshop To Impact Your Career
Sequent’s Product Management Essentials Workshop I hear you’re going to attend Sequent’s Product Management Essentials Workshop. Great, we’re glad to have you! Before you go through the…
Product Management Workshops That Mean Business
Product Management Challenges Here at Sequent Learning, we regularly speak with Product Management executives around the world about their latest challenges. Faced with increased competition and aggressive…
5 Soft Skills That All Successful Product Managers Have Mastered
The Art of Product Management As we discussed in the blog post Yes, Product Managers are Superheroes , product management is a combination of both art and science. A big part of the “art” are soft…
How Are Product Management and Project Management Different?
A collaborative blog co-authored by Veronica Thraen of Maven Project Management & JJ Rorie. Tech companies are often started on a big idea. While big ideas are great, they typically don’t become a…
5 Key Learnings From Our Product Management Essentials Workshop To Take Back To Your Desk
As you now know, Sequent Learning Networks’ Product Management Essentials workshop is a great opportunity to learn about the product management discipline, but it is a lot of information covered…
Product Managers Really Are Superheroes (No Exaggeration!)
Product Management Training Experiences The first exercise we do in our product management essentials workshops is to have the participant teams (there are typically 4-5 teams grouped by tables) list…
Waterfall or Agile? It Turns Out It Doesn’t Really Matter
Waterfall or Agile? When I started in product management in the early 2000s, my company exclusively used the “waterfall” development methodology. We were the epitome of a linear-driven organization…