by Saeed Khan There’s a lot of talk in product management and product development circles about Customer Development. Customer Development is an iterative process of learning by working closely with [ … ]
Category: Product Management
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 [ … ]
You Need Direction – Try a Product Marketing Roadmap
The couple is planning their vacation, and decided to take a car on this trip. They were looking forward to the adventures they could encounter along the way and the [ … ]
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 [ … ]
The Product Management Retrospective
You’ve just introduced your latest product release, introduced a new product or capability or launched the product. Now What? What about a retrospective? While product management and product marketing professionals [ … ]
Good Bye “Product Owner”, Hello “Backlog Manager”
by Saeed Khan A few weeks back, I wrote a pair of posts about the title/role of Product Owner in Agile development environments: The Scrum title “Product Owner” must die! [ … ]