Back before we were all online all the time, I kept a notebook of all the living documents for my product. Nowadays I keep these documents in a shared folder [ … ]
Category: Product Management
Product Management vs. Systems Analysis
By Rivi Aspler It still surprises me that people confuse system analysis with product management. Surprise is one thing, totally harmless. The risky thing is hiring a systems analyst when [ … ]
Strategic Product Management – Job Responsibilities or End Results?
By John Mansour Is your reference to “strategic product management” more about job responsibilities considered to be strategic or product initiatives that produce results with strategic impact? I ask the [ … ]
Does your content have a clear purpose?
By Saeed Khan Content marketing is all the rage. Well written, targeted content can propel your website traffic, can deliver more leads, can increase your perception as a thought leader [ … ]
What Type of Product Manager Do You Really Need?
By Rivi Aspler Saeed recently spoke at Product Camp (Silicon Valley), where he presented a presentation, named, How to truly manage your product like a CEO. This post is related [ … ]
Avoiding the “best of both worlds” mindset
By Joshua Duncan Take a close look at the picture to the right. It’s the 1899 Horsey Horseless, considered one of the worst cars of all time (source Time.com). Note [ … ]
Worth Repeating: Customers – How to work with Product Management and Influence our Product Direction
by Saeed Khan I originally wrote this post a couple of years ago, but some recent experiences with customers reminded me of it. Some customers are really easy and great [ … ]
The Almighty “C” and its growing Influence on B2B
By John Mansour Blackberry is probably the most visible example of an organization whose strength in corporate IT departments was about as ironclad as you could get until the past [ … ]
Stories about users and User Stories
by Steve Johnson, Under 10 Consulting For agile teams, the biggest area of friction for agile teams is agreement on what constitutes a story. Product managers and product owners try [ … ]