The common wisdom for developing new products, goes something like this: Find an unsolved problem or an unmet need Identify who values that need Build a profitable solution for that [ … ]
Category: Development
Adam Bullied vs. Enthiosys: Don’t Fight!
Adam Bullied has a post last week entitled “Are agile PMs baloney?” First off, great title. No burying the lede here. You can read the post on Adam’s site, here’s the [ … ]
Product Strategist Blog or is it a Nooz?
Just came a cross a great set of articles written by David W. Locke on the web site Noozit.com. I don’t know what “Nooz” means (a play on the word [ … ]
Initial Results: Problems in Technology Product Management
So, the survey is now closed. I’ll be looking at the responses, sharing them and commenting on them over the next few days. While there were a variety of responses, [ … ]
Open Question: Why doesn’t Engineering report to Product Management?
There are lots of discussions about how Engineering and Product Management should be structured and interact. But one I rarely hear discussed is that of Engineering reporting into Product Management. [ … ]
When form doesn’t follow function
I’ve written before about frames of reference. That’s the term I use (borrowed from physics) for how we can perceive situations around us differently from others due to differences in [ … ]
Towards a Product Management Manifesto (part 1)
Yes, this is going to be a multi-parter. It’s a big topic and it makes sense to discuss it in steps. I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot, and [ … ]
Not a Book Review: Software Product Management
Just a quick shout out about a new book on software product management, aptly titled: Software Product Management, Issues and Perspectives. The book is a collection of articles by various [ … ]
Product Managers: Show your mettle!
When times are good, no one really needs Product Management. You build something marginally useful and someone funds it, people use it and some people even buy it. Looking back [ … ]
Software Development vs. Home Improvement
We’re all familiar with the software development project that went off the rails, took too long to complete, didn’t fulfill the original requirements or wasn’t completed to proper quality standards. [ … ]