As a product manager, you never suffer from a lack of things to do. Sometimes when you have so many things you could do, it’s difficult to pick the things you should do. You know you need to focus on outcomes that will help customers solve their problems, and benefit your company as well, but how can you identify those features?

As you get ready to start working on a new product or you’re looking to shake things up with how your team works, you have a lot of options to pick from. Your team wants some structure in their methodology, but not so much that they’re stifled.

Before taking a look forward at our strategy for 2022, we would like to summarize this year and mark the major milestones we have taken in our journey to make Craft.io the best Product Management software solution in the market.

Multitasking is the bane of efficiency whereas multidimensional planning is the root of success. Research shows that multitasking can reduce productivity by up to 40%. Juggling multiple projects and tasks can be jarring and leave designers and developers burned out.

The customer may not always be right, but customer feedback is always valuable. Organizations have understood the value of customer feedback long before the advent of the internet, which of course has made surveying customers far easier. Indeed, if it’s worth mailing survey ballots to customers, surely you should consider doing it over the internet as well.

Craft.io, the all-in-one product management platform, today announced an $8 million Series A funding round led by JAL Ventures, with participation from new investor Fosun RZ Capital, as well as existing investors Inimiti and Ron Zuckerman.

When it comes to Agile Product Management, navigating all the terms and ideas can feel like a minefield. Underneath all the keywords and buzzwords are powerful tools that can shape the form that your product ends up taking. These tools can also help determine the speed and quality of your product development flow by giving your teams clarity and understanding.

Buyer expectations are higher than ever, and many companies sell long-lived products that depend on strong customer relationships. The best product management software goes beyond the development and deployment stages and includes features for building a strategy around the entire lifespan of the product.

How do the tech giants of the world develop their products? For example, Google, Amazon, and Apple all have very distinct product development strategies. Their product development strategies are their unique way of coming up with new ideas and transforming them into engaging, helpful, and in many cases, profitable products and services. Those product development strategies may just be among the most valuable assets those companies have.