Congratulations on creating the product marketing roadmap. Congratulations on discovering and creating metrics that show how you are progressing on that roadmap. But, now you have to communicate this information. [ … ]
Category: Leadership
Product Management, the new Executive of Influence?
I’ve practiced the discipline, art and science of product management for over twenty years and have personal experience with the good, the bad and the ugly. One of the good [ … ]
Why the “Backlog Manager” fits best for Scrum focused ISVs
by Saeed Khan I’ve written a lot lately about the dissonance in the way Scrum defines the “Product Owner” role and responsibilities and the reality of what occurs in many [ … ]
Managing Product Management Distractions…
Last week while reading email, answering IM, viewing Twitter stream, looking at a text message from my son, reviewing a clients LinkedIn profile, answering a call and trying to focus [ … ]
Expectations and Product Leadership
I sat there listening as a director product management vented about the lack of expectations set by his executive leader. Have you ever been in this situation? Were you on [ … ]
Small deeds vs. big plans
A local church regularly posts insightful aphorisms on it’s street front sign. They usually catch my attention as I drive by. Last week the sign read: “No matter how tall [ … ]
5 Practical Ways to Improve Executive Communications
Everyday, product management and product marketing are barraged with data and information that finds its way into competitive intelligence, innovation, better requirements, insights into the buying process and more. In [ … ]
Guest Post: Avoid Throwing Strikes in Your Product Launch
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Jennifer Doctor. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. In baseball, everything you’re first taught [ … ]
When Product Management Goes to Seed
It’s gardening season where I live. The vegetables are in place and early crops like lettuce, spinach and radishes have been harvested and enjoyed. Earlier this week, I was walking [ … ]
Why and How to Hold a Mid-Year Product Review
by Saeed Khan I recently wrote a series of articles on metrics to help track product success. The base article can be found here – A Model and Metrics for [ … ]