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…
Portfolio Management
26 posts
Will 2016 Be The Year Of The Unicorn Apocalypse In Silicon Valley?
Paul Glader, in a Jan 16th post on the Forbes/ Leadership blog, quotes from a discussion we had with the…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 4)
We’ve laid out three fundamental facts about commercial software: your development team will never be big enough; all of…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 3)
Our two previous posts noted that your development team will never, ever be big
enough to catch up with your…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 2)
Post #1 noted that your development team will never, ever, ever be big enough to catch up with your dreams.…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 1)
Newton taught us that gravity’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
I’ve spent a lot…
Portfolio Thinking: A Platform Example
If you are a General Manager or Director of Product Management, you wrestle with
decisions at the portfolio level – not…
Prioritization Requires Strategy
I just spent a couple of hours with a mentee, newly promoted to Director
[http://www.mironov.com/director/] of…
A Strategic Tool Chain
Scott Sehlhorst [http://tynerblain.com/blog/about-the-author/], an incisive
product thinker and occasional collaborator, made this strategic map of
disciplines…
Your Next Developer Costs $1M/Year in Revenue
As tech product managers, we’re often pitching the need for larger development
teams. There’s an implied revenue obligation,…
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…
EOL Cookbook
This product end-of-life recipe has been hiding on my hard drive for dog’s years, but never got published. It’…