Companies strive hard to create new software products that address an unfilled need in the market. When a product hits the mark, it enjoys success, and if it goes beyond innovative to transformational, it becomes an unqualified success. Just about every company and Product Manager hopes for such a product, one that brings in customer ...
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03Nov 2006
06017 No Job Too Big: Cutting Your Job Down to Size
We've all heard of the "No job too small" attitude, where a person considers nothing beneath them or too trivial to tackle as part of getting their overall job accomplished. Well, it seems to me that Product Managers have to deal with a very different challenge, the "No job too big" issue, where it seems ...
20Oct 2006
06016 More Performance Anxiety: More About Performance
The previous article on Improving Product Performance must have hit home, because I received more responses to it than any other issue. This reinforces my belief that product performance is an area where there is very little guidance out there. Not only do developers struggle with performance and scalability, often flying blind, but it spills over ...
29Sep 2006
06015 Performance Anxiety: Improving Product Performance
One aspect of a software product which every company that develops software struggles with, all with very little outside guidance and standards for support, is product performance. A user's impression of how fast your product moves from screen to screen, how quickly it calls up lists of records, how seamlessly it performs tasks when you ...
30Jun 2006
06011 ROI and ROR: Return on Requirements (03039)
This article is a reprint of an oldie but goodie about Requirements. It will help you measure the expected return from Requirements so that you can reconcile competing needs and prioritize new capabilities for your product. Read 03039 ROI and ROR: Return on Requirements for ideas on how to prioritize requirements.
16Jun 2006
06010 Make Your Product Succeed: What Will It Take?
As a Product Manager, your scope of responsibilities calls upon you to get involved across the board in all aspects of the product. There's plenty of work to be done for product requirements, Marketing, Sales, Development, and Professional Services. In order to be effective as a Product Manager, you need to identify those areas in your ...
02Jun 2006
06009 Holding a Successful Customer Conference
Note: It has been a month since my last article. Those of you who know me would know that it was hard for me to be silent for such a length of time! But don't worry, today's issue is probably one of my longest yet, about an effort that is both hard to pull off ...
02May 2006
06008 The Value of AIPMM’s PMEC Conference
I have just returned from the Product Management conference provided by the Association for International Product Marketing and Management. The 2006 west coast conference, called the PMEC, or Product Management Educational Conference, was held in Indian Wells, California (near Palm Springs) for two days on April 20 and 21, with an optional day of pre-conference ...
11Apr 2006
06007 Software Development Pitfalls: Planning
Note: I am pleased to announced that I am a nominee for the 2006 Excellence in Product Management award for Thought Leadership given by the AIPMM. I will be at the AIPMM conference this April 19-21 (see www.aipmm.com) and hope to see some of you there. When Product Managers push to accomplish their goals for a ...
31Mar 2006
06006 Software Development Pitfalls: Requirements
Note: I am pleased to announced that I am a nominee for the 2006 Excellence in Product Management award for Thought Leadership given by the AIPMM. I will be at the AIPMM conference this April 19-21 (see www.aipmm.com) and hope to see some of you there. Every culture has its blind spots and weak points that ...
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