Top Product Management and UX Articles of 2022
It’s time for the annual list of the best product management and UX articles, year 7. 2022 had the most diverse list of topics I’ve seen since I started doing the lists. For article quality and quantity, it was a huge year for both Smashing Magazine and Nielsen Norman Group. Congratulations to the folks I’ve listed; follow them on LinkedIn, Mastodon, and Twitter. At the bottom of the post are links to the previous 6 years of great articles.
Product Management
- Make “Evidence-based” Decisions, Not “Data-based” Decisions by Saeed Khan … Read it on Medium
- “A Working Request Process Should End in YES” (aka Incompatible Worldviews) by Rich Mironov … Read it at https://www.mironov.com/incompatible
- To pivot or to not: a guide to executing a product pivot by Shubhi Nigam … Read it at https://www.mindtheproduct.com/to-pivot-or-to-not-a-guide-to-executing-a-product-pivot
- The 5 Dysfunctions of Product Management Teams by Saeed Khan … Read it on Medium
- In-Depth: Is SAFe® Really That Bad? by Christiaan Verwijs … Read it on Medium
- Product Waste and The ROI of Discovery by Rich Mironov … Read it at https://www.mironov.com/waste
- The Ultimate Guide to Designing and Testing MVPs by Paul Shustak … Read it on Medium
- Product Managers — It’s time to become friends with your security team by Emily Patterson … Read it on Medium
- Roadmaps: Break the rules without breaking the principles by Emily Tate … Read it at https://www.mindtheproduct.com/roadmaps-break-the-rules-without-breaking-the-principles
- SaaS Pricing Models for Product Managers by Richard Holmes … Read it at https://www.departmentofproduct.com/blog/saas-pricing-models-for-product-managers
Honorable mentions:
- How to Write Impactful Release Notes as a Product Manager by Richard Holmes … Read it at https://www.departmentofproduct.com/blog/how-to-write-impactful-release-notes-as-a-product-manager
- Prioritization is a Political Problem as Much as an Analytical Problem by Rich Mironov … Read it at https://www.mironov.com/pri-politics
- Dear CEO: Here are 8 tips to most effectively hire and manage your head of product by Nikhyl Singhal … Read it at https://theskip.substack.com/p/dear-ceo-here-are-8-tips-to-most
- Your Guide to Ungated Products by Kyle Poyar … Read it at https://openviewpartners.com/blog/your-guide-to-ungated-products
UX
- Unconscious Biases That Get In The Way Of Inclusive Design by Trina Moore Pervall … Read it at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/unconscious-biases-inclusive-design
- Applying Luxury Principles to Ecommerce Design by Kate Moran … Read it at https://www.nngroup.com/articles/luxury-principles-ecommerce-design
- Everything You Want To Know About Creating Voice User Interfaces by Nick Babich and Gleb Kuznetsov … Read it at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/02/voice-user-interfaces-guide
- Designing Better Inline Validation UX by Vitaly Friedman … Read it at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/inline-validation-web-forms-ux
- How to Analyze Qualitative Data from UX Research: Thematic Analysis by Maria Rosala … Read it at https://www.nngroup.com/articles/thematic-analysis
- Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) in product design by Nick Babich … Read it on Medium
- One-page vs. Multi-page website: Which one to choose? by Nick Babich … Read it on Medium
- Progress Indicators: 4 Common Styles by Nick Babich … Read it on Medium
- Focus Groups 101 by Therese Fessenden … Read it at https://www.nngroup.com/articles/focus-groups-definition
- How To Use Storytelling In UX by Marli Mesibov … Read it at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/04/use-storytelling-ux
Honorable mentions:
- Design Guidelines for Selling Products with Multiple Variants by Kim Salazar … Read it at https://www.nngroup.com/articles/products-with-multiple-variants
- UX Strategy: Definition and Components by Anna Kaley and Sarah Gibbons … Read it at https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-strategy
- Designing Better Error Messages UX by Vitaly Friedman … Read it at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/08/error-messages-ux-design
- Designing The Perfect Mobile Navigation UX by Vitaly Friedman … Read it at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/11/navigation-design-mobile-ux
What did I forget to list? Please leave a comment and let everyone know about any other exceptional articles.