By Rivi Aspler In game theory and economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant’s gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the [ … ]
Category: Product Management
Know when to call it quits
by Liraz Axelrad When asked about the future of “Home” – Facebook-not-really-mobileOS-but-kind-of” Mark Zuckerberg said: “It’s a tough thing determining when something doesn’t work, and when something hasn’t worked yet”. [ … ]
The 3 biggest problems in Product Management today – Part 2 – Process
by Saeed Khan In part 1– I listed the following problems as the biggest ones I see facing high-tech product management. poor definition of roles and responsibilities significant gaps in repeatable [ … ]
The 3 biggest problems in Product Management today – Part 1 – Roles
by Saeed Khan As Product Managers, part of our job is to observe, understand and correlate information about our customers, prospects, markets, competitors and organizations. We then take the insight [ … ]
Product Management – It’s All About the Execution
By Josh Duncan I recently was asked, what are the most important skills for a product manager? I answered that there are range of skills that a PM is required to use [ … ]
Want insights? Go outside and observe!
By Saeed Khan I returned recently from a business trip to Germany. Whenever I travel, whether for business or pleasure, I find it difficult to take my “product manager” hat [ … ]
Product management in the Cloud
by Paddy Barrett How the shift to SaaS product offerings changes the role and activities of the product manager. A product manager who has learned the craft with on-premises products [ … ]
If I Were Building the Ultimate Technology Solution for Product Management & Marketing…
By John Mansour It’s been on my mind for years, even to the point where we seriously considered developing it at Proficientz a few years ago. But we decided to [ … ]
5 Tips for Building Tablet-First Business Applications
By Rivi Aspler Congratulations, you have just gotten approval to build a tablet-first business application. This scenario is nothing new when your product has been designed initially for the mobile [ … ]
In case you missed ProductCamp Silicon Valley 2014…
by Saeed Khan I had the pleasure of attending ProductCamp Silicon Valley this past weekend. Like all such events, it was good to see familiar faces and meet new people [ … ]