Tag Archive | "Product Management"
Software Curator
Kris Jordan posted a summary of Jason Fried’s keynote speech “Be a Software Curator” from the Web 2.0 conference in New York last week. While I don’t always agree with Jason’s product philosophy completely I think he’s spot-on with regard to knowing when enough is enough on the number of features. “Take this water bottle, [...]
Continue reading...Choose your Methodology, not a Development Dogma
Sunday, July 27, 2008
From the Wikipedia entry on Dogma “Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek δόγμα, plural δόγματα) is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted or diverged from.” Have you ever noticed that when it comes to development [...]
Continue reading...Congratulations to ProductCamp Austin
Sunday, June 15, 2008
While I’ve been heads down on closing out a six-month project which launches on Monday, I’ve watched as Paul Young and team do a terrific job organizing and executing the first ProductCamp Austin. While I couldn’t participate I wanted to congratulate Paul and all the hard working folks who made it come together.
Continue reading...New Site: Ask Good Product Manager
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Jeff Lash has started a new product management Q & A site called Ask a Good Product Manager. I think that introducing a site that enables folks to ask questions and have the community respond is badly needed. Thanks Jeff!
Continue reading...Arbitrary posts
Sunday, February 17, 2008
A friend mentioned the other day that I haven’t posted in some time. Truth is that I generally don’t post for the sake of posting and I’ve been pretty busy since starting a new position with NextScreen. Now that I’ve settled in a bit I will be posting about the activities and challenges of starting, staffing [...]
Continue reading...Great post by Jeff Lash on Goals over Features
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Jeff Lash has a great post on getting alignment with stakeholder on goals instead of features.
Continue reading...Generalized Scrum meetings for everyone
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Great post on the scrum meeting format and how it can be applied generically. “The scrum meeting method consists of short, daily meetings designed to keep teams on track and help members get their work done. Scrums are focused on the people doing the work, not management.”
Continue reading...5 questions with Steve McConnnell on Agile Development
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Check out 5 Questions with Steve McConnell
Continue reading...The Many Facets of Product Management
Saturday, February 10, 2007
One of the challenges of Product Management, especially for new folks entering the field, is understanding the broad scope of the discipline. And, depending on the sophistication of the organization a product manager may be required to wear a lot of hats. It is important to spend time teaching junior product folks about the different [...]
Continue reading...- Another Brilliant Berkun Post
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- Software Curator
- Choose your Methodology, not a Development Dogma
- Congratulations to ProductCamp Austin
- Another Brilliant Berkun Post
- Product Camp Austin Venue
- ProductCamp Austin
- New Site: Ask Good Product Manager
- Arbitrary posts
- Great post by Jeff Lash on Goals over Features
- Generalized Scrum meetings for everyone
Now Reading
Planned books:
- Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics by Paul Ormerod
Current books:
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The Death of Economics by Paul Ormerod
Recent books:
- Butterfly Economics: A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior by Paul Ormerod
- Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series) by Mike Cohn
- Effective Prototyping for Software Makers (Interactive Technologies) by Jonathan Arnowitz
- The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds
Saturday, September 20, 2008
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