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Scrum as a Product Requirement

Exploring product management’s role in the selection of a development methodology or project management process such as Scrum, Kanban, or Scrum-ban.


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 [...]