A new, original cartoon for your enjoyment. Inspired by countless product roadmap presentations that I have slept through over the years. (TIP: Telling customers & prospects about features that are not for them or that they don't care about undermines their confidence in your product. They'll think you're not focused »
Behold, a visual guide to the inside of a Sales Rep's brain! Or more specifically, an Enterprise Software Sales Droid's brain, as viewed from Product Management. Please do not show to any sales people unless you are sure they have senses of humor. (But you are probably OK, since most »
Don't know about you, but I'd read it.... »
Ever wonder why so many startup entrepreneurs put out misguided and doomed products, even after attempting to take four steps toward an epiphany and reading the "Lean Startup"? *Face Palm* Alas, I have witnessed similar "attempts" at market validation too many times to count. Maybe a product manager could help »
We Product Manager sometimes can't understand why the product bugs we complain about so vociferously take so long for Engineering to fix. Well, here is the developer's point of view when faced with a nasty bug. It's an extremely well-written guest post by an engineer who is a fan of »
Today we have a guest post from Scott Sehlhorst, product management consultant extraordinaire and author of the tasty-good Tyner Blain blog. Although he is contributing this "Cranky Test for Agile Product Managers," Scott may be genetically incapable of true crankiness. One of his co-workers once accused him of having excess »
I received an email from a reader regarding this blog's recent guest post, The 7 Types of Engineers. To Whom I May Concern, I have attached a picture of the real Veteran Engineer that works with me. I saw your post, the description of Mike, and bought the mug for »
In our coupious spare time, Product Management bloggers just LOVE writing haikus. Check it: here (Pivotal PM), and here (my previous post), and here (Product Management Meets Pop Culture), and here (Tyner Blain), and here (On Product Management). The fun just never ends. Anyway, here's some brand, spankin' new haiku. »
Oh goodness. This April Fool's send-up of technology analysts has been creeping around the Internet for some time. But this is the first time I've seen it. Please read. Very funny stuff. It's about Harvester Research's launch of ForceSales.com, the industry's first Analyst-as-a-Service (Aaas) offering. I especially like their »
I am on vacation, but posting in my stead is a WICKED AWESOME guest blogger: an extremely talented writer/product manager/mom with the nom de plume "Another PM." Her post is below, and it is so good and so TRUE... The Identification, Care and Feeding of Engineers on Your »
Remember this? The Product Management Haikus (originally inspired by Pivotal PM)? I am inspired to once again dust off my quill pen and write some more poetry. Poetry that no one but you, a reader of a product management blog, could possibly understand. If you are similarly inspired, post your »
Inspired by the fine folks at Pivotal Product Management, here are some enthralling and inspirational haiku I whipped together. Join in the fun! Submit your own haiku in the comments. Only bad PMs Don't install or even use The products they own. Their go-to excuse: "Technically impossible," Code Boyz and »