“Spidey-sense” instincts are good, hard data is way better For a sport known for it’s statistics, major league baseball has always been a game managed by instinct. Managers viewed the [ … ]
Category: Process
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 2)
Be technical, without becoming a technologist Product Managers need to focus on the “what”, and not the “how”. The charter of the PM is to define what needs to be [ … ]
What do you want to read about?
Hello. We’ve been at this for a couple of months now, writing about various PM related (and sometimes unrelated) topics. And while we will continue posting as we see fit, [ … ]
Frames of Reference
You’ve heard of the Doppler Effect right? No, not the Doppleganger Effect, but the Doppler Effect. Probably the most common example of the Doppler Effect is experienced when a vehicle [ … ]
Lessons from Harry Potter
So tonight is the big night for all those muggles who have waited for the final installment of the Harry Potter series of books. To all those Harry Potter fans, [ … ]
Structuring a Product Management Team (part 2)
In a comment on my original post on Structuring a Product Management Team, Josh Lannin made some good points I want to respond to. First of all, thanks Josh for [ … ]
Product Management Axioms
An article of mine was published in the June/July 2007 issue of the Pragmatic Marketer magazine. Entitled Product Management Axioms, it presents a small set of fundamental rules that can [ … ]
Book Review: Innovation Games
One of the most fundamental tasks in product management is requirements gathering. Product managers need to speak with target audiences, get a good understanding of their needs, wants and desires [ … ]
If we’re so smart…
I’m getting really annoyed with the characterizations some of the Product Management blogs are making about other groups in technology companies. Enough with the missives about Sales Monkeys or arrogant [ … ]
Product Management Maturity
At a recent meeting of the Toronto Product Management Association, there was a discussion of the maturity level of the Product Management function within technology companies. There were, of course, [ … ]