In part 5, I showed how you can begin to decompose the areas where teams, particularly Product Management, provide key deliverables to other teams. Here’s what the heat map looked [ … ]
Category: PM vs. PM function
Product Manager vs. Product Management (part 5)
In part 4, I discussed processes, and talked about loosely-coupled and tightly-coupled processes. The reason I wanted to introduce those is because when I talk about understanding the Information Supply [ … ]
Product Manager vs. Product Management (part 4)
I received a number of requests for the “20 page document” mentioned in part 3 of this series, that defines the activities in the Product Management Deliverables grid. (see below) [ … ]
Product Manager vs. Product Management (part 3)
How important a role does Product Management play in your company? Is it truly a strategic role, or is that just what is written in the job descriptions when hiring [ … ]
Product Manager vs. Product Management (part 2)
In part 1 of this series, I talked about the lack of maturity in the product management role in technology companies. Computer technology and software themselves are rather immature, and [ … ]
Product Manager vs. Product Management (part 1)
I recently finished a series of articles on being a Great Product Manager. I want to switch gears a bit and spend some time talking about the function of Product [ … ]