Own the product from conception to completion and beyond In my early product management jobs, I focused a lot on the process of product management. A CEO of a startup [ … ]
Should I get me some of that?
Came across this special deal on an electronics retailer’s web site today. Until they explicitly pointed out the incredible savings I was getting if I purchased the CPU and motherboard [ … ]
How does a PM gain insight?
In a comment on one of Alan’s posts, a reader, Michael, asks, how product managers can gain insight into market and customer needs. He then lists a number of ways [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 5)
Be an integrator, translator and communicator. Don’t be a terminator. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase that Product Managers are “the hub of the wheel”. I really don’t like that [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 4)
The 4 Cs of leadership: credibility, commitment, communication and courage Product managers need to be leaders. A truism no doubt. But what does being a leader really mean and how [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 3)
“Spidey-sense” instincts are good, hard data is way better For a sport known for it’s statistics, major league baseball has always been a game managed by instinct. Managers viewed the [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 2)
Be technical, without becoming a technologist Product Managers need to focus on the “what”, and not the “how”. The charter of the PM is to define what needs to be [ … ]
What do you want to read about?
Hello. We’ve been at this for a couple of months now, writing about various PM related (and sometimes unrelated) topics. And while we will continue posting as we see fit, [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 1)
There are a lot of good posts out on the Web about hiring product managers. One of the most popular ones that I’ve seen is entitled “How to Hire a [ … ]
Frames of Reference
You’ve heard of the Doppler Effect right? No, not the Doppleganger Effect, but the Doppler Effect. Probably the most common example of the Doppler Effect is experienced when a vehicle [ … ]