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Technology Does Not Eliminate the Need for Good Design

Design is essential, and should not be forgotten in the rush to implement the latest technology.

Posted by miranda on June 4, 2008 11:28 AM | 1 Comment

Using Internet Behavior to Develop Product Marketing

You can learn what trends drive Internet use, as well as get a good idea of what will be most effective with your target market.

Posted by miranda on May 16, 2008 1:03 PM

Offshore Development, will it work for me?

People often ask me for opinions on offshore development, and potential questions they should ask internally to determine if it makes business sense to pursue. There are a few factors to think about in making this decision: - Cost. This...

Posted by Peter Ganza on May 9, 2008 9:18 AM | 1 Comment

Managing Product Requirements

With the help of special software, it is possible to map out your requirements, and integrate them into your development and release cycle.

Posted by miranda on May 9, 2008 9:02 AM

Developing a PM Process Roadmap

When creating your PM process roadmap, you need to make sure that things are ordered logically, and that the roadmap is clear to all team members.

Posted by miranda on April 30, 2008 9:06 AM

Are You Marketing Your "Green-ness"?

Part of the product management process is marketing. And, as Stewart pointed out yesterday, Earth Day earlier this week had a lot of people thinking about going green. When you are developing a product, are you thinking about its effects...

Posted by miranda on April 24, 2008 10:58 AM

Harvard Business Review - Innovate Faster by Melding Design and Strategy

Was browsing through the Harvard Business Review website the other day and noticed quite a few free articles which related to product management. They actually list a product management section although, it is quite targeted towards the themes of aligning...

Posted by Peter Ganza on April 17, 2008 8:29 AM

Is Your Platform Attractive to Developers?

If you have managed to create a platform for your business that works well, it can be possible to turn it into a product. A platform as a product can be a great way to increase your influence, and to...

Posted by miranda on February 28, 2008 2:18 PM

Platform as Product, part 1

Many successful software products, upon close inspection, show evidence of a dual personality. Most users see a product that serves a particular market need: Salesforce.com, for example, offers a number of features that simplify and organize the activities of account...

Posted by Bob Holt on February 22, 2008 4:06 PM | 1 Comment

Ready, steady... Sprint! Creating open-source ECM

Interesting Yahoo! article on using Sprints to drive feedback. http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070720/tc_infoworld/90360...

Posted by Peter Ganza on August 13, 2007 3:12 PM

Toronto Event: Product Management in an Agile Environment

The TPMA here in Toronto is providing a session later this month on PM's and Agile. Big topic in the community so try to make this one folks. http://www.tpma.ca/Events/p_EventDetail.aspx?eventID=38 Event: Product Management in an Agile Environment Date: 29-May-2007 6:15 PM...

Posted by Peter Ganza on May 10, 2007 4:39 PM

Software developer growth slows in North America

Interesting article on Yahoo this week about dev jobs going abroad. I see lots of news around this topic but, I think this is the first time someone has actually stated that its not all dev jobs. Seems us North...

Posted by Peter Ganza on March 15, 2007 9:28 AM

Requirements for the Product Manager

Steve Johnson from Pragmatic Marketing has done a great job of extending Michael's post on "Requirements Document Alphabet Soup - Explained."

Posted by Stewart Rogers on September 26, 2006 12:45 PM

Your Product Framework

I really like Adam's post, The Party of Four. His premise is that there are 4 building blocks you need for your product.

Posted by Stewart Rogers on September 22, 2006 10:25 AM

Technical Debt

Johanna Rothman at Managing Product Development has defined a term that I had not heard before - "technical debt". Technical debt is the accumulation of "work still to be done" in order to get the features delivered on time. I imagine that most of your products are suffering technical debt. Check out her post "Paying off Technical Debt" to see what you can do about it.

Here is another link to an article about technical debt.

Posted by Stewart Rogers on August 18, 2006 11:29 AM

Past Webinar - Gaining Competitive Advantage through Better User Experience with Bernhard Kappe

Bernhard Kappe, CEO, Pathfinder Associates
In the race to add features more quickly than their competitors, many vendors are leaving their customers behind. From a customer perspective, applications are getting

Posted by Peter Ganza on April 12, 2006 12:00 PM

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Technology Does Not Eliminate the Need for Good Design

Using Internet Behavior to Develop Product Marketing

Offshore Development, will it work for me?

Managing Product Requirements

Developing a PM Process Roadmap

Are You Marketing Your "Green-ness"?

Harvard Business Review - Innovate Faster by Melding Design and Strategy

Is Your Platform Attractive to Developers?

Platform as Product, part 1

Ready, steady... Sprint! Creating open-source ECM

Toronto Event: Product Management in an Agile Environment

Software developer growth slows in North America

Requirements for the Product Manager

Your Product Framework

Technical Debt

Past Webinar - Gaining Competitive Advantage through Better User Experience with Bernhard Kappe