James McGuirk left a detailed comment on my original post that warranted a response. Nicely written article and one that addresses the likely perspective of a product-oriented organization. Fundamentally they [ … ]
Lessons from Harry Potter
So tonight is the big night for all those muggles who have waited for the final installment of the Harry Potter series of books. To all those Harry Potter fans, [ … ]
Structuring a Product Management Team (part 2)
In a comment on my original post on Structuring a Product Management Team, Josh Lannin made some good points I want to respond to. First of all, thanks Josh for [ … ]
Structuring a Product Management team (part 1)
A lot of what gets discussed about Product Management usually focuses on the lone Product Manager: that never-say-die individual who is as comfortable speaking to technology-savvy individuals as he/she is [ … ]
Product Management Axioms
An article of mine was published in the June/July 2007 issue of the Pragmatic Marketer magazine. Entitled Product Management Axioms, it presents a small set of fundamental rules that can [ … ]
Book Review: Innovation Games
One of the most fundamental tasks in product management is requirements gathering. Product managers need to speak with target audiences, get a good understanding of their needs, wants and desires [ … ]
What’s the deal with BizDev?
I’ve worked in a few companies that had a role called “Business Development”. I have to say, this is probably one of the most poorly defined and managed roles I’ve [ … ]
If we’re so smart…
I’m getting really annoyed with the characterizations some of the Product Management blogs are making about other groups in technology companies. Enough with the missives about Sales Monkeys or arrogant [ … ]
I gotta get me some of that!
A long time ago, at a trade show far far away :-), just as I finished giving a demo of our new software product to a pair of attendees, one [ … ]
Product Management Maturity
At a recent meeting of the Toronto Product Management Association, there was a discussion of the maturity level of the Product Management function within technology companies. There were, of course, [ … ]