My previous Open Question asked what you did before you became a Product Manager. This time I’m interested in hearing WHY you became a Product Manager? In my case, back [ … ]
Category: Product Management
Book Review: Take Charge Product Management
It’s been a while since I reviewed a book on this blog. BTW, if anyone wants to review books for this blog, contact me. OK, enough with the housekeeping, on [ … ]
Vote for us in the Canadian Blog Awards
Hi, we need your help. We’re a finalist in this year’s Canadian Blog Awards. Please vote for us. Click —>> here <<— OR on the image below. It will take [ … ]
Guest Post: 4 ways that Agile methods brought sanity to my company
NOTE: The following is a guest post from Wayne Mulligan. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. ——– The company I founded almost [ … ]
They’ve seen a mouse, right?
Steve Johnson has a great post entitled They’ve seen an iPod, right? about a new remote control from Sony for an internet TV product. This is it below. I kid [ … ]
Worth Repeating: When Form Doesn’t Follow Function
NOTE: This post was originally published in January of 2009. It’s interesting to note that almost 2 years later, Aptera has yet to ship any vehicles to customers, and is [ … ]
Guest Post: 3 Steps to a More Effective Voice of the Customer Program
NOTE: The following is a guest post from Christine Crandell. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. —– A well run voice- of-the [ … ]
In Defence of the Big Freaking Requirements Document
You’ve all seen them, probably had to read them, and maybe you’ve even written them. Some of them are so bad, you have to wonder what was going through the [ … ]
Usability as a strategic weapon. Lessons from Wesabe’s founder
We often talk (and write) about ease-of-use and creating products that delight users, but its rare to see an actual example, from a company founder, describing how those things made [ … ]
5 Steps to Building a Great Product Management Organization
Hi, I wrote an article for Pragmatic Marketing on this subject. It gives some guidance on building a scalable and effective Product Management organization. I describe 5 key principles to [ … ]