Planning the first project can be accompanied by many fears. What if something goes wrong? Where to begin? How to accurately predict how long tasks will take? How to satisfy stakeholder expectations? Oh goodness, the beginning can be really challenging. However, do not lose your temper. Remember that you’re a real PM rockstar everything depends on your efforts. Gather your thoughts and remember the theory, including the foundations of popular Agile methodologies and techniques, your brilliant experience and great examples of world PM stars. The following steps will assist you to create a foolproof project plan and lead your team successfully.

Kano, MoSCoW, KJ Method, QFD. To many, these may sound like candidates for the latest celebrity workout plan. To a product manager, these are just four of the 20+ well-documented prioritization techniques all trying to achieve the same goal: provide a strategic framework for determining which features should be invested in—and in what order—to deliver the most value for both a company and its users in any given time frame. As a PM, by exploring the different inputs that feed into the prioritization equation, you can often come up with a combined approach that meets the specific needs of your product organization. But at some point, some key truths must emerge, right? Is there a secret sauce?

This article explains why DocuSign's shares jumped up by +30% when it went public in April. The company's growth is built around trust in a strategic way: through the distribution of its product! Check out how DocuSign is set up, what the market of digital signatures looks like and how to refine PMF even after 13 years.