I love SHARKS! They are fascinating creatures and are often misunderstood and maligned. This week is one of my favorite times of the year. The Discovery Channel runs all types [ … ]
Product Management, the new Executive of Influence?
I’ve practiced the discipline, art and science of product management for over twenty years and have personal experience with the good, the bad and the ugly. One of the good [ … ]
Managing Product Management Distractions…
Last week while reading email, answering IM, viewing Twitter stream, looking at a text message from my son, reviewing a clients LinkedIn profile, answering a call and trying to focus [ … ]
Expectations and Product Leadership
I sat there listening as a director product management vented about the lack of expectations set by his executive leader. Have you ever been in this situation? Were you on [ … ]
5 Practical Ways to Improve Executive Communications
Everyday, product management and product marketing are barraged with data and information that finds its way into competitive intelligence, innovation, better requirements, insights into the buying process and more. In [ … ]
The Product Management Retrospective
You’ve just introduced your latest product release, introduced a new product or capability or launched the product. Now What? What about a retrospective? While product management and product marketing professionals [ … ]
When Product Management Goes to Seed
It’s gardening season where I live. The vegetables are in place and early crops like lettuce, spinach and radishes have been harvested and enjoyed. Earlier this week, I was walking [ … ]
Thoughts on Measuring Product Leadership
There’s a saying with woodworkers and carpenters, “Measure twice and cut once.” For those who haven’t cut lumber before, it’s a simple principle. When cutting a piece of wood for [ … ]
Why Aha! Turns into Oh Crap! in Product Management
How often have you heard the following remark? “I stepped out of the shower this morning and…” or “I was walking out of Starbuck’s when I got this killer idea…” [ … ]
The Product Management & Product Marketing Backlog
by Jim Holland In the Agile world, the key to product success and a driving cadence is the product backlog. If managed well, the backlog balances strategic initiatives and [ … ]