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. [ … ]
Category: Leadership
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 [ … ]
Towards a Product Management Manifesto (part 1.5)
A comment by Steve Johnson on another blog made me realize that before I start talking about *my* views on the problems in technology product management, I should do a [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Advice for managing up
Everyone, especially Product Management, needs to understand how critical it is to manage up. i.e. how to manage your superiors. In this frame of reference, your job is to ensure [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Godin vs. Gladwell: Fight!
In Malcolm Gladwell’s most recent book, Outliers, he uses a metric of 10,000 hours of effort as a measure of time it takes for someone to master their chosen profession [ … ]