It’s back and just in time for the post-holiday doldrums.
“ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Marketing and Management topics. At ProductCamp everyone participates: by presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wifi, or volunteering. ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn from, teach to, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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.
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!
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 [...]
Jeff Lash has a great post on getting alignment with stakeholder on goals instead of features.
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.”
Check out 5 Questions with Steve McConnell
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 [...]
