Getting Developers’ Buy-In on Build versus Buy
In theory, Build versus Buy decisions should be straightforward: we compare
off-the-shelf offerings with the time/cost/expertise…
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Selling Vs. Learning
I talk with product managers all the time, and always ask whether they are
talking directly with end users and…
Metrics for Product Career Schools?
December 6th’s Wall Street Journal
[http://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-companies-delay-diversity-reports-to-rethink-goals-1480933984]…
Podcast: Organizational Anthropology
Karthik Vijayakumar’s Design Your Thinking podcast brings in a range of product
and design thinkers to talk about their…
Motivating Development Teams
As noted in my last post [http://www.mironov.com/responsive/], Sales and
Marketing often wonder whether Engineering is sufficiently…
Productivity vs. Responsiveness
Over the past year, I’ve done a half-dozen evaluations of product management
teams at enterprise software firms. These…
Products That Count Podcast
Products That Count has a podcast
[https://productsthatcount.com/resources/podcast/silicon-valley-veteran-rich-mironov-moving-career-ladder/]
as…
Let’s Fire a Few of Our Customers
As product managers, we worry about market results – not just successfully
shipping stuff on time, but growing our product’s…
The DIY Illusion
I’ve recently talked with several companies that are spending $1M/year or more
to build generic software that is…
Hack The Process Podcast
Hack The Process [http://www.hacktheprocess.com/] is M. David Green’s podcast
about taking action on your plans, and…
What Do Recruiters Look For in a Product Management Resume?
(originally posted on Quora
[https://www.quora.com/What-do-recruiters-look-for-in-a-resume-for-the-role-of-…
Eight Mistakes You’ll (Probably) Make in Your First Product Management Job
Here are some mistakes that I expect most first-time product managers to make –
even after coursework, certificates, and online…