by Mike Smart | Jan 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Product Portfolio management is one of those important but not urgent activities that we never seem to have time to do. It is often thought of as an academic exercise; however, good product managers and product team leaders know it should be done, but struggle to...
by Mike Smart | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Product managers often rely too heavily on very narrow views of market input to decide what features are built into a new product or new release. While the usual stakeholders, including executive and existing customers, deserve to be heard, product managers often over...
by Developer D-Kode | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
User Cloud Access Maybe you have read my post from a few weeks ago on a system of record for product management, and agree that not only does product management need one but there are no tools that provide one. What should you do? Can you “cobble together” an interim...
by Developer D-Kode | Jan 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I wrote in an essay that business processes arrive in the modern age only when they have a system of record. This first started with accounting (centuries ago), which led (much more) recently to the back office and manufacturing with MRP, and...
by Mike Smart | Jan 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Some product managers will look at this title and ask, “So what does this have to do with product managers and our roles?” Read on and find out why your role and actions can impact a successful channel program and increase the your product adoption. Not Just a Sales...
by Developer D-Kode | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Product managers often place the cart before the horse. We love to think about the product, the features, how “cool” the UI is, and how we can make the product better. Steve Ballmer was once quoted saying, “The lifeblood of our business is that R&D spend....
