 In this article series, I am outlining 42 questions that a product manager should ensure are answered across the following SDLC phases:
In my previous article, I focused on seven product manager’s accountabilities when developing a product strategy. This article focuses on seven questions to be asked when developing a product roadmap. Read more at ProjectManagement.com.
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Make Better Life Decisions Using the Nine Crucial Elements to Achieve Good-Enough Contentment7/21/2025 
In Behind Gold Doors-Nine Crucial Elements to Achieve Good-Enough Contentment I discuss how to achieve what I term "good-enough" contentment in your life. The book is a story about Ty, who seemed to have it all, then one day it all changed. At the end of his rope, Ty had a chance encounter with a quirky old woman who brought him on a journey to discover the nine crucial elements of good-enough contentment and helped him put a plan in place to fill his contentment gaps. His outlook on life changed forever as a result of him thinking through each of the contentment areas, re-aligning his expectations to think in terms of good-enough, and creating a prioritized plan to work towards good-enough contentment. If you haven't read the book yet I recommend you pick it up :-).
 Recently, I introduced the concept of product managers needing to focus on people, process, technology and policy pillars when driving systems solutions. Product managers have accountability as an extension of the project sponsor to ensure each of the four pillars work together in concert as a holistic business system.
While the concept may hold water, the next logical step to underscore what this looks like is more detail that can be better applied in a product manager’s day-to-day life. To that end, I will examine each of the following typical SDLC phases and outline 42 questions that a product manager should ensure are answered. The phases covered are:
Before going deeper, let’s level-set on a couple of things: Read more at ProjectManagement.com.
Within a few months of my open door policy, I saw my own productivity drop and my frustration level rise because I kept getting interrupted by people taking me up on my open-door policy. My open-door policy soon turned into a series of random interruptions that caused me to not get my stuff done. I came to recognize that I needed to be accessible to people but that I could control the accessibility through scheduled time. Open-door means be accessible, not come in whenever you want.
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