Episode 128: Writing Great Product Specs with Janna Bastow

What kind of product specs are the best to work with? How do you document your vision? Our guest today is Janna Bastow — co-founder and CEO of ProdPad, co-founder of Mind the Product, and product person at heart. You'll learn why product specs are always a work in progress, how to deal with deadlines, document your goals and tasks, and iterate based on customer feedback.

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Show Notes

• ProdPad — Janna's product management software
• Mind the Product — Janna's community (and series of events) for product managers
• User Onboarding: The UX Behind Our Magically Extending Free Trial — Janna's article about gamified trials
• How to Write Great Product Specs — Janna's article
• Product requirements document (PRD) — a Wikipedia article
• How To Build A Product Roadmap Everyone Understands — an article by Andrea Saez at ProdPad Blog
• Why Your Roadmap Is Not A Release Plan — another article by Andrea Saez
• Marvel, InVision, Balsamiq — design & prototyping tools
• Follow Janna on LinkedIn
• Follow Janna on Twitter: @simplybastow

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