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6 Product Nightmares & How To Overcome Them

Overcome your worst product management nightmares đź‘»

You wake up with a start. Your heart is racing. Your legs feel like jelly.

Just a moment ago you were being chased by a HiPPO (Highest Paid Person’s Opinion). Or was it the Feature from the Backlog Lagoon? Or a swarm of bugs? Whatever it was, it made you want to scream. But as you blink your eyes open, you begin to realize that it was just a nightmare.

We’ve all been there. Product nightmares feel all too real while we’re experiencing them. That’s why we’ve put together this guide to help you understand — and overcome — some common product nightmares.

Martin Svoboda

”Before there was no unified way of planning or prioritizing. Productboard has majorly improved how we collaborate to develop great new features.”

Martin Svoboda

Senior Product Manager at Avast

Brian Trzupek

”Productboard helped us provide stakeholders visibility into our journey through a critical transformation of our product portfolio.”

Brian Trzupek

SVP Product Management at DigiCert

TechCrunch

”Productboard helps product managers figure out what to build next… and why.”

TechCrunch

from TC Disrupt Competition

Bradley Wagner

”Great product! Beats the heck out of our old system of spreadsheets, my inbox, and a Trello board.”

Bradley Wagner

VP Engineering at hannonhill

Chase Lee

”Productboard is a no-brainer for every serious product manager. You'll wonder how you got by without it.”

Chase Lee

Co-founder & CTO at ambassador

Wells Riley

”Productboard is a member of our team we can't live without.”

Wells Riley

Product and Design at Envoy

Tim Clauwaert

”After I showed the team how Productboard could align product with sales, development, and marketing, everybody was just thinking "finally!"”

Tim Clauwaert

CEO & Co-Founder at intuo

Jewel Loree

”I haven't fallen in love with a product like this in a very long time!”

Jewel Loree

Senior Product Manager at Headset

Nicolay Alexiev

”I've tried a few PM tools, and Productboard is the only one that captures the essence of what product management is about — and does so in style.”

Nicolay Alexiev

Product Operations Lead at Airtasker

Cam Hilsman

”We funnel all our company's user insights through Productboard. It's changed my life.”

Cam Hilsman

Senior Product Manager at SalesLoft

Tyler Mills

”I don’t often feel like I'm using "the next big thing” but that’s how I feel about Productboard.”

Tyler Mills

Product Manager at Zaius

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