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.…
Product Management
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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…
Interviewing Like A Product Manager
I’ve interviewed dozens of product management candidates recently, and many
didn’t leave much of an impression. Here are…
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…
Product Spending and Implied Strategy
Following on my last post on product strategy/prioritization
[http://www.mironov.com/strat-priority/] and pie charts… here’s another…
Appallingly Unfortunate Mobile Ad
The New York Times ran a heart-breaking 7500-word article
[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/magazine/the-last-day-of-her-life.html?_r=…
Prioritization Requires Strategy
I just spent a couple of hours with a mentee, newly promoted to Director
[http://www.mironov.com/director/] of…
Why (Agile) Program Management Tools Don’t Help (Agile) Product Managers
Agile development teams need tools for tracking the creation of software. There are dozens of well-known, purpose-built offerings including Jira,…
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,…
A Brilliantly Awful Customer Experience
How ineffectual can a multinational be?
[https://twitter.com/share?url=https://www.mironov.com/awfulux/&text=How+ineffectual+…
What do Directors and VPs of Product Management Do? (PCampSV)
At Product Camp Silicon Valley, 14 March 2015 (pi day!), I led a highly
interactive discussion about what Directors of…