Shehab Beram A purpose-driven technologist, product manager, and consultant. I write essays that help you get smarter at your product management game.

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User Persona Template And Examples

How to write a user persona: Template and examples

Product Management

Learn how to craft user personas that improve your team’s ability to make important decisions throughout the product development lifecycle.

Shehab Beram
Apr 20, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
What Is Market Demand And How To Find It

What is market demand and how to find it

Product Management

Successful products require two things: users who want what your product offers and users who are willing to pay for it. In essence, that’s market demand.

Shehab Beram
Apr 19, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
Product Development Manager: Role, Responsibilities, Job Description

Product development manager: Role, responsibilities, job description

Product Management

The product development manager is a cross-functional and hybrid role that sits somewhere between project and product management.

Shehab Beram
Apr 12, 2023 ⋅ 3 min read
The MoSCoW Method For Prioritization: A Guide For Agile Teams

The MoSCoW method for prioritization: A guide for agile teams

Product Management

In this article, we will dive deep into one of the most widely used prioritization techniques, the MoSCoW method.

Shehab Beram
Apr 5, 2023 ⋅ 3 min read
How To Write An Executive Summary: Templates And Examples

How to write an executive summary: Templates and examples

Product Management

The executive summary can be a great way for product managers to secure buy-in quickly from upper management and senior stakeholders.

Shehab Beram
Mar 17, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
What Is The Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)? Phases And Models

What is the software development lifecycle (SDLC)? Phases and models

Product Management

The SDLC is designed to save costs, build quality and complex software, and satisfy the end-user. An overview of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and its seven phases.

Shehab Beram
Mar 15, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
What Are Critical Success Factors? Examples, Definition, Overview

What are critical success factors? Examples, definition, overview

Product Management

Critical success factors (CSFs) are specific elements or activities that are deemed essential for an organization to achieve its mission or goal.

Shehab Beram
Mar 9, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
3 agile frameworks you need to know (besides scrum)

3 agile frameworks you need to know (besides scrum)

Product Management

In this guide, we’ll compare the three most popular agile frameworks (besides scrum): scrumban, iterative development, and lean development.

Shehab Beram
Mar 2, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
Top-Down Vs. Bottom-Up Approach

What is the top-down vs. bottom-up approach?

Product Management

For any product team, the top-down and bottom-up approaches are crucial strategies to process information and make better product decisions.

Shehab Beram
Mar 2, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
What Is Product Discovery? Process, Techniques, And Template

What is product discovery? Process, techniques, and templates

Product Management

Building features is a costly process. Many product teams commit to their assumptions about user needs, spend untold resources, and later discover that their shiny new features add no value.

Shehab Beram
Feb 14, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
What Is Customer Centricity And How To Achieve It

What is customer centricity and how to achieve it

Product Management

Customer centricity (or being customer-centric) means that the company or the PM puts the customer at the center of their product development process.

Shehab Beram
Dec 7, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read
How Top Product Managers Work With Engineers

How top product managers work with engineers

Product Management

Though PMs and engineering managers are separate roles, they work closely more often than any other two roles on a product team.

Shehab Beram
Nov 18, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read