Let’s start with a haiku: Research a concept? How accurate will it be? Build something, then see. I’ve written a couple of articles recently on the difficulties in developing successful [ … ]
Category: Design
We’re running a business, not a technology company (part 2)
I want to continue with the this topic a bit. In the part 1, I made a few points: Product management must focus on optimizing for business success not simply [ … ]
Little features and a lesson for Product Management
Today, while working on a different blog posting (to be posted soon), my browser, Firefox, froze. I use FireFox almost exclusively these days, mostly because it works well, and I [ … ]
Goodbye File menu, hello throbbing Orb
We recently upgraded from Microsoft Office 2003 to Microsoft Office 2007 at work. Clearly Microsoft has put a lot of effort into upgrading the UI in the various components of [ … ]
What’s the deal with Personas?
The CrankyPM recently posted a good little rant on personas. It’s drawn some interesting comments from both sides of the persona camp (PCamp? 🙂 ). BTW, I’m totally jealous as [ … ]
Do Product Managers need Domain Knowledge?
As part of the second Pragamatic Marketing blogfest, I’m responding to Steve Johnson’s post: “Everyone needs to know what we do here“. In it, Steve writes about the need for [ … ]
iPhone vs. iPod Touch
A few months ago, to much fanfare and (possibly well deserved) hype, Apple released the iPhone. People oohed and ahhed. And a small number (1, 2, 3) OK…lots of people [ … ]
Some Product Management reading
Over the last few years I’ve written several articles that have been published by the folks at ProductMarketing.com. I discussed one such article, Product Management Axioms, in another blog post. [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 6)
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]