The business world is full of contradictions. On one hand, everyone’s hungry for the next big thing. On the other, the thought of taking risks makes leaders sweat. Even though nearly all of them agree that companies have to innovate — 98%, to be exact — it’s not that simple.

Computing pioneer Alan Kay once said, “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” As an agency in charge of developing, launching, and marketing new products, each new product development process is an opportunity for you to mold the future. It’s also a process where a lot can potentially go wrong.

As a Product Manager, you’d want to develop the best product possible. This pursuit of perfection will leave your head swimming with ideas with features. However, the reality of deadlines, budgets, and limited team capabilities can soon come crashing in. That’s where creating a product roadmap comes to your rescue. This guide will explain what a product roadmap is and will walk you through the process of creating one.

Forget the fluff and fanfare that usually kick off pieces like this. We’re here to talk brass tacks about the jungle that is product management software. It’s a wild, wild world out there—full of shiny tools and promises bigger than your average project backlog. But let’s cut through that buzz and get down to what really matters: making your workflow not just survive but thrive. Think of your current project management process as that one drawer in your house.

If there’s a single macroeconomic indicator in early 2024 suggesting this year will be more stable than 2023, we haven’t seen it. Economies around the world are struggling. The job market has gone haywire. Plus, the tug-of-war continues between remote workers and employers demanding that they return to the office.

We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 8.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes! Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed to help people collaborate to solve any challenge. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is ideal for both live and asynchronous communication. Fortune 500 companies, leading open-source projects, and thousands of other organizations use Zulip every day.

Get ready to witness the epic clash between Product Manager and Project Manager – the titans of business and tech! In one corner, we have visionary product managers, armed with boundless creativity and market expertise. Their mission is to captivate customers with innovative products and shape the future. In the other corner, we have masterful project managers, skilled in flawless organization and expert execution. They ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

More than any other software tool you’ll find, Craft.io can help your organization centralize your product content companywide in a seamless, end-to-end environment. The native Craft.io platform provides intuitive tools that connect roadmapping, backlog management, prioritization, feedback analysis, dependencies management, capacity planning, and other key workflows.

Planning—while crucial—often becomes one of the least enjoyable aspects of Product Development work. It can create a lot of unnecessary “process noise” without truly empowering teams. The main thing to focus on when you want to improve this is to support meaningful discussions between teams and larger business units (which, at Miro, we call “streams”). Our recent experiments have revolved around exploring this very concept.

In project management, you can’t expect to be successful in bringing progress toward the hope of completion without milestones. And you have to be able to both monitor and optimize these milestones. That’s where smart timeline templates come in. Today we’ll explore the importance of project milestones and their timelines and how tools like Tracking Time can help you manage them most effectively.