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16Apr 2023
Is Product Manager a Great Job, or What?
Let me just come out and say it. I think being a Product Manager is an awesome job. From the time 24 years ago when I was tapped for my first Product Manager position, through the succession of product management jobs that played out through good economic times and bad, journeying through a motley succession of ...
26Aug 2018
Now Over 125 Articles on Product Management
Product Management Challenges now has over 125 articles on software product management, software requirements, technology marketing, software development, competitive analysis, product pricing, and more. And take a look at the new infographic on 5 Steps to Great Requirements. Check out the Featured Articles. See the Full List of Articles.
07Aug 2018
18003 Marrying Up: Partnering With Big Companies
(As featured on the Pragmatic Marketing website.) The competitive landscape for software companies, driven by venture-backed startups and disruptive business models and technologies, has only become fiercer in today’s economy. Small players have to make good use of whatever means they have at their disposal to break free from the pack. One strategy to make that ...
16Apr 2018
Boost Your Career: Think Like a Product Manager
When I entered the working world, it came as a big surprise to me that what I had learned in school, while valuable and interesting, hadn’t really armed me with what I needed to know to succeed in my career. I needed to learn a whole different set of subjects and skills. And this wasn’t ...
09Apr 2018
05003 Setting the Product Direction: A Mechanical Approach
One of the central reasons that companies hire a Product Manager is to make sure that they have someone who sets and drives the direction of the product. In a world where there is never enough time to implement all the ideas that come along for great new features, you need to choose the right ...
19Feb 2018
02002 Requirements: From Hype-ful to Helpful
Software requirements are arguably the single biggest source of heartache for Product Managers and anybody else working to move a software product forward. Requirements definition is every Product Manager's dreaded opportunity to wrestle with all the contention, politics, and conflicting viewpoints an organization has to offer. Not only is formulating and prioritizing requirements the essential starting ...
14Jan 2018
Join my Requirements Cloudburst!
A Cloudburst is a novel idea. It’s an online discussion focused on a word cloud. Everyone chimes in to contribute their ideas. Take a look at this word cloud I made about Software Requirements. Add your thoughts to the discussion in the comments below! What do you think? Let’s Hear From You Do you work with software requirements ...
25Nov 2017
Five Steps to Great Software Requirements
Click here for a nice visual version of this topic. For a company that makes software, software development is like the engine that makes the whole company go. And software requirements are like the fuel that feeds that engine. The better the fuel, the better the engine runs. Follow these steps to create high octane requirements ...
20Sep 2012
12002 Applying Risk Management to Your Product
I am attending Product Camp in NYC and have proposed a mini-workshop about applying risk management to your product. Attendees at Product Camp vote at the beginning of the event to select which proposed sessions will be presented. In the interest of providing a little more details about risk management and some of what I'll ...