By Prabhakar Gopalan Something very fundamental is broken in large corporations. The ability and spirit to experiment as a corporate function. Managers are: chasing short term results that improve existing [ … ]
Category: Organization
Open Question: Your worst job-related mistake and lesson learned
Here’s another question for you. We all like to share don’t we? 🙂 So, let’s open up a bit and share some lessons learned with each other. We all make [ … ]
The Fine Line Between Strategy and Fantasy
A favourite topic of many entrepreneurs, product managers, marketers and executives is strategy. You hear it all the time. People talking about company strategy, product strategy, marketing strategy, sales strategy [ … ]
You’ve Created It…You’ve Measured It…Now Share It
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. [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Measurement, Validation and Numbers, Oh My!
In my recent post on product marketing roadmaps, we discussed how to get started creating your road map and how it serves nicely as a bridge between other department plans and [ … ]
Addressing Market Shifts or Why RIM is not down and out just yet
by Saeed Khan If you’ve read anything about Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) lately, it’s likely that the news has not been good. Whether it was the underwhelming response [ … ]
A new (and better) definition for Product Owner
by Saeed Khan Last week’s post entitled “The Scrum Title ‘Product Owner’ must die!” on changes to the Scrum “Product Owner” title and responsibilities drew a lot of comments and [ … ]
Onboarding Product Management – Mind the Gap
Recently I was talking with Michael Hopkin, author of Lead on Purpose. I asked Mike, “How often do you see product management and product marketing leaders doing a good job of [ … ]
The Scrum Title “Product Owner” must die!
by Saeed Khan There was a tweet this past weekend that caught my eye. It said something like “The Product Owner on one page”. It was retweeted many times. When [ … ]