Product Management
Faith Based Product Development
All too common in the corporate world is the faith that it will come together. Alas, product management needs to break through this and bring it to reality
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Articles and posts about product management, the practise, the art, and the reality of the role. Useful tips and guidelines
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Pissing Off Product Management - Senior Management
Product Management is a high stress job. Then there is the actions of other groups that get them jacked. Senior Management is not immune.
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Pissing Off Product Management - Sales
Product Management is a tough job. Yet, all too often their greatest challenge is the interface with sales.
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The Dude gets pissed off
Up a tree, it is a term for being angered, as a product manager, it takes a lot, but it still happens to The Dude on occasion
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Product Definition by Specials Request
Letting special requests drive your product development is a bad idea, yet it is a common problem for product management to deal with
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Product Management Success Part II - Applications Engineers
Where to find good Product Management candidates? Applications Engineering is a fertile hunting ground for potential recruits
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When Product Managers Fail part II - Sales
There are good places to find product management talent, and there are bad places. Sales is among the worst.
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When Product Managers Fail part 1 - Engineers
Finding good product management candidates is difficult. Some backgrounds are better than others. One that rarely works is a candidate from engineering
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Pricing, the dark side of Product Management
Pricing strategy is one of the most important tasks that belong to product management. It is somewhat of a black art, and there are many cooks trying to get their hands in the soup pot
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Rockstar Product Management
There is a perception that you want to have all "rockstars" on your team. Unfortunately, this isn't always a great idea, and in fact it is not a goal to have
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User Experience is more than UI
It is important for developers to at least visit the pain that their ui's impose on the users. But far too many of them are oblivious to the pain they instill on the customers
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The Sunken Cost Argument
Often, programs are on life support long past their "sell by" date, simply because leaders are loathe to acknowledge that they made a mistake.