The Power of a Few Customer Calls
{I recently had a long chat with a mentee who’s just moved into product
management from a developer role.…
Product Management
180 posts
We Don’t Hire Product Owners Here
When software companies are short of developers (or architects or test
automation engineers or DevOps experts or technical writers or…
Motivating Development Teams
I just had a really interesting working session with an LA-area product
management team about how to motivate developers.…
What kind of politics is involved in a product manager’s job?
I love Quora [http://www.quora.com/Rich-Mironov/answers], so spend a fair amount
of time there. This particular…
Get a Mentor, Be a Mentor
There’s been a lot of good chatter in the PM-osphere about the need for
mentoring. Getting your first…
Is Apple the new Microsoft?
Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8th, 2014 after 12 years,
which I know because I occasionally…
Consultant, Position Thyself!
Dear Joblorn: I’m a tech product marketer and have just hung out my consulting
shingle. What kinds of projects…
Roadmap Process or Roadmap Results?
Listening to concerns from a client about an unsatisfying roadmapping process…
his main issue was wanting a better roadmap: one…
A Quick Exercise of Viewpoints
I’m building out some team-building exercises for software executives…
appreciate any comments or test drives.
Below are two…
What We Need in a VP of Product Management
A lot of product management writing is about the individual product manager
(PM), with emphasis on tools, lean start-up…
The Surprise We Can See Coming
A phrase has been popping into my head at recent client workshops. While
emphasizing the need to think ahead, especially…
EOL Cookbook
This product end-of-life recipe has been hiding on my hard drive for dog’s years, but never got…