Foster the Product: the dos and don’ts of engaging with engineering
Engaging with engineering teams can be fraught for product managers—and the more technical the business the tricker the relationship can be. There is perhaps no... Read More
Fostering the Product: Bahnny Das
The Product Management Center is a hub for knowledge, community, and impact. As part of the Center’s student advisory board, Bahnny Das has taken on... Read More
Foster the Product: How to implement OKRs in your organization
The OKR method—using “objectives and key results” to align organization, team and employee goals—is becoming increasingly prevalent in the product management world. The March edition... Read More
Fostering the Product: Fikay Abolade
The Product Management Center is a hub for knowledge, community, and impact. As part of the Center’s student advisory board, Fikay Abolade has taken on... Read More
Foster the Product: Cracking the PM career
In a bonus edition of the UW Foster School’s monthly “Foster the Product” series, noted author and product leader Jackie Bavaro shared some of the... Read More
Fostering the Product: Kelcey Symons
The Product Management Center is a hub for knowledge, community, and impact. As part of the Center’s student advisory board, Kelcey Symons is making an... Read More
Foster the Product: Leading teams and aligning stakeholders toward a common vision
The role of a product manager resembles that of a football coach along several dimensions. Both lead teams of people with diverse skills and backgrounds.... Read More
Foster the Product: Choosing what not to build
When managing products, saying “no” is an important—but sometimes difficult—skill. Without it, time and resources can be sunk into products that will fail due to... Read More
Foster the Product: Working backwards from the customer
In the December edition of the UW Foster School’s monthly “Foster the Product” series, Jennifer Cast, the former VP of Amazon Books, discussed how her... Read More
Foster the Product: What to expect in different phases of product management
Kavita Kamani (MBA 2007), the principal director of program management on Microsoft’s Supply Chain Engineering team, was the inaugural speaker of the new “Foster the... Read More