by Saeed Khan As Product Managers, part of our job is to observe, understand and correlate information about our customers, prospects, markets, competitors and organizations. We then take the insight [ … ]
Category: Career
Professional development and succession planning
By Steve Johnson The standard rejection letter claims “We’ll keep your resume on file.” But do you really? Statistics on job tenure seem to be all over the map. Generally, [ … ]
Your first days… as product manager
By Steve Johnson You’re in your first days as a product manager. In no time, your calendar is full and you have a zillion emails. There’s so much to do. [ … ]
How to prep your team for an annual review
In my first job out of college, I was a programmer in Fort Worth. The job was challenging but not very clearly defined so it took me a while to [ … ]
How much can one head hold?
Anyone who acquires deep expertise does so at the expense of breadth.—Andrew Hargadon, author, How Breakthroughs Happen In my experience, people have either breadth or depth. Some people have a little [ … ]
The path from development to product management
A reader asks: What should I know about moving from a developer role to product management? First, congratulations! You’re about to see the world in a whole new way. The [ … ]
Strategic Product Management – Job Responsibilities or End Results?
By John Mansour Is your reference to “strategic product management” more about job responsibilities considered to be strategic or product initiatives that produce results with strategic impact? I ask the [ … ]
What Type of Product Manager Do You Really Need?
By Rivi Aspler Saeed recently spoke at Product Camp (Silicon Valley), where he presented a presentation, named, How to truly manage your product like a CEO. This post is related [ … ]
Worth Repeating: Go to school, get an education, create a job
By Saeed Khan Back in 2009, as the economic downturn was digging in, I wrote the following piece. People were getting laid off in droves and having to search for [ … ]