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 [ … ]
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Six Characteristics of Product Managers
After an unintentional and rather protracted break from blogging (a bad flu in February, followed by a really busy work and personal schedule for the last few weeks), I’m returning [ … ]
Reorg time: Put PMs and PMMs in the same department!
Wow! At the time of writing this post, almost 80% of respondents to my poll, asking If Product Management and Product Marketing should be part of the same organization, answered [ … ]
Book Review: The Product Manager’s Desk Reference
There aren’t a lot of really good books available for Product Managers. That may be simply because only a few people truly understand what Product Management is, AND have it [ … ]
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. [ … ]
Last Call – Problems in Technology Product Management
Want to help improve Technology Product Management? Does it need improvement? If so, click through to the survey below and have your say. It’s short and to the point. It’ll [ … ]
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 [ … ]