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Considerations for New Product Development
Carl Knibbs on his aptly named “carl’s product management blog” has a post discussing considerations for getting the green light on development of a new product. I agree on all Carl’s points and would add:
How Big?
Market/opportunity size will typically be the number one concern for a new venture. A new product should make [...]
Cheffing-Up a New Product
Charlie O’Donnell’s post on “Why Product Management is More Like Baking than Cooking” has some great points. In the post Charlie is lamenting the fact that when it comes to product management, the leadership of startup companies seem to want to wing-it (like a cook) as opposed to execute on a proven process (like [...]
Effectively Communicating Product Requirements
I was just looking at a video of Lizzie O’Leary (Bloomberg) on Alltop.com discussing how to effectively tell a story with numbers. What an important skill for product managers. As the leader of your product it’s not only critical that you have data to back-up your decisions regarding product futures, but that you [...]
Before You Say Yes…
David Radzialowski and Joshua Steffan of B2B Product Makers have posted a great piece titled “So You Got the Product Manager Position – Should you take it?” It got me reflecting on the same question, so I’ve added some to their excellent list of issues to consider before you say “yes”.
Budget. David & [...]
More Thoughts on Product Naming
After fielding several comments on my last post regarding product naming (”What’s in Name?“), I realized that I had over simplified the problem some. I’m going to add some necessary follow-up thoughts here.
I was previously considering the product naming exercise from the point of view of a start-up. A catchy name works for [...]
What’s in a Name?
Tips for product naming.
Product Management Belongs in the Marketing Organization
I recently started a new job, so I’m a little late picking up this conversation . It’s such an interesting topic that I just have to chime in.
Saeed from On Product Management asked if Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers in technical companies should be a part of a single “Products Organization.” [...]
How Strategic is Product Management?
In a recent post on his blog, Product Management Consultant, Derick Workman, poses the question “What is the Purpose of Product Management?” I certainly agree the premise of the post; that Product Managers must focus on strategy, as opposed to just being task doers. I would, however, emphasize more strongly the strategic [...]
Size Matters: Creating Optimally Sized User Stories
In Agile development methodologies, User Stories express desired product functionality from the perspective of a given persona. It’s these User Stories that the development team will estimate and ultimately implement as part of a development iteration/sprint. As a product manager, if you want predictable results and a steady burn-down from your development team, [...]
Use Kano Analysis to Prioritize the Product Backlog
Deciding which features to put into the next release is one of the more agonizing decisions that a product manager has to make. If you are like most, you’ve got a list of desired features which far exceeds the time and resource constraints under which your next release will be created. Leaving some [...]
