Product Camp Silicon Valley 2012
Five years after the first PCamp [http://www.mironov.com/p-camp08/], it’s
thrilling to see Product Camps [http://productcamp.…
Product Management
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Dublin’s Software Pioneers
[http://www.dit.ie/]I had a chance to spend a week with some of Dublin’s
software thought leaders,…
Moving Up To Director
In the second of three posts about the product management hierarchy, we’ll focus
on technology product managers (PMs) who’…
Getting Your First Product Management Job
Looking over dozens of discussions, presentations and Quora threads from the
last few months, a frequent question has been “How…
Does Your Product Suck?
It’s been a tough week on the technical front, with a variety of products
failing to perform their core…
Skills You Need to Succeed as a PM (SVPMA Panel)
SVPMA marked its 10-year anniversary with a panel discussion on the key role that product managers play in today’s…
Leadership, Trust and Pronouns
I’m struck by the words people choose, and by how their pronouns reflect their management style. In particular, I’…
A Journey of 1000 Miles is Still 1000 Miles Long
It’s easy to confuse actual progress with intentions to make progress.
Why point out the obvious? I’ve just…
Magical Thinking and the Zero-Sum Roadmap
Recent conversations at several clients highlight an often-repeated set of magical thinking: beliefs by internal clients that development resources are…
“What If Dev Doesn’t Think Product Mgmt Represents Customers?”
Recently, I put up a small assessment tool for product management teams. This tool is intended to generate discussion and…
Metrics and More Metrics
Continuing a discussion that was raised in a recent discussion between Tom Grant and Saeed Khan where they (we) made…
Product Management Assessment Tool
PM leaders, such as VPs or Director of Product Management, worry about the health of their teams and processes, not…