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Here’s our definitive list of the top-10 blogs on Product Management. We’ve found that all of these blogs consistently produce posts that are useful to product management professionals.
P.S. In case you’re wondering, we arrived at this list using a proprietary, patent-pending, 100% scientific formula. Hence it is infallible and is THE definitive list. Okay? đ
Without further ado, here is the definitive Top-10 List – drumroll please…
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Today, at the vast majority of software companies that have 500 or more employees, there are two separate but closely related departments: “Product Management” and “Product Marketing“.
I believe this is a fundamentally flawed setup for today’s fast-changing markets – a setup that leads to confusion over roles, lack of ownership, unnecessary politics & poor morale – and often RUINS innovation.
This belief is based on my experiences at successful companies in Silicon Valley over the past two decades, and discussions with friends/colleagues in the industry who manage Product Management and/or Product Marketing departments.
In this blog post, I describe the reasons for my belief and provide an alternative solution.
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One of my pet peeves with most software is the cryptic, unfriendly error messages thrown up by so many of them.
At Accompa, we try to make error messages in our own software as friendly and useful as possible. I think we still have a long way to go, but we work hard at it.
I just saw the following error message from bit.ly – the URL shortening service used on sites like Twitter. On most websites, this is usually a cryptic “404 Error” message. See how bit.ly has made it so friendly and fun! đ
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Mike Boudreaux, a fellow Twitterer on Product Management topics, said the following recently – tongue planted firmly in cheek (I think)!
Typical win/loss analysis from sales force: majority of losses due to product and price. Majority of wins due to relationship.
Once I stopped chuckling, this got me thinking of the many pitfalls of overly relying on Win/Loss Reports to drive your product roadmap. Here was my tweet to Mike.
I’d like to expand on my tweet in this blog post.
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This article gives an overview of how you can benefit from a requirements management tool, and what to look for when considering requirements management tools.
Product Managers (PMs), Business Analysts (BAs) and Engineers at most companies are responsible for gathering and managing requirements. However, [Read more…]
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