Tag: ProductManagement

Book Review: The Design of Everyday Things

As a Product Manager, I’ve always been curious about design of everyday objects. Why certain design works whereas certain others don’t? The Design of Everyday Things is precisely the book on the topic. Ever wondered if you should push or pull a door to open? Ever turned on the stove burner only to realize few…

Women In Product Meetup

Had an amazing time attending panel discussion hosted by Yelp and The Expat Woman! Great to hear advice on wide array of subjects from building effective product roadmap to influencing people for effective career progression. Thank you Dejana Bajic, Mini Thangaswamy, Adithi Sampath, Dilani Kahawala, Coco Tang, and Georgina Kennedy for taking the time and…

Favorite Prioritization Framework: Eishenhower Matrix

How can you juggle around multiple tasks and still be productive? I recommend using: Eisenhower Matrix. It basically recommends breaking tasks into four buckets based on its urgency and importance (see attached pic). Once classified, Not Urgent and Not Important tasks can simply be ignored. Urgent and Not Important tasks can be delegated. Important and…

ScreenTime – Favorite Feature in 2018

I was recently asked: Q: “What was your favorite feature in a product in 2018?” A: “Screen Time” hands down. As an MBA student always pressed for time, I’m always looking for best ways to optimize time at hand. As soon as Apple released iOS 12 in September last year, I jumped on to the…

Fogg Behavior Model: AWIP Meetup

Great to hear Divya Shah, S. Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger, ashok bania, and Gayathri Badrinath yesterday at Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT) (AWIP) meetup! Also, got to take part in live workshop to design new product opportunity for Fitbit (now part of Google). Biggest takeaway: BJ Fogg‘s behavior model. Where motivation, ability, and prompt needs to…