Posts Tagged “technology”

A (not so) distant storm

Travel usually makes for a very productive Productologist (long waits in airport terminals and poor in-flight entertainment typically give me the time to crank out the great blog posts you all have become accustomed to). But lately, I have been worshiping at the altar of the Red-Eye trans-continental (or trans-Atlantic) flight, which has resulted in a decrease in blog productivity, but an increase in actual work productivity and familial relations. It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just that I don’t LIKE-like you. Sorry. Here, take this pen. It’s a really nice pen.

  1. Are Product Managers ready to focus on research?
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management and Marketing]
  2. Our product’s got no pants on
    [Carl Knibbs]
  3. 8 lessons we can learn from Infomercials
    [On Product Management]
  4. How to present like Steve Jobs
    [Product Matters]
  5. Make Time to Read
    [Product Management Zen]
  6. Product Management is more than prioritizing features
    [How to be a Good Product Manager]
  7. Authority vs. Influence
    [Strategic Product Manager]
  8. Market Problems or Just (Bad) Ideas You Want To Build?
    [Enthiosys]
  9. Spam is not Marketing
    [Rocket Watcher]
  10. How Can Product Managers Mange People?
    [Accidental Product Manager]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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Magic Bubbles In My Iced Wild River…!!!

It’s late (or early, depending on your perspective) and I can barely see the text as I type because my eyes are so bleary. I know that if I don’t write something witty here, one of you will send me an email complaining that I didn’t write anything witty here. Well, fear not, gentle readers, I will write something witty here. I have it around here somewhere…oh yes, now I remember, I wrote it in the leftover tomato sauce on my plate from dinner. I know, not ideal, but when an idea strikes, you MUST write it down, lest it be forgotten and that’s all I had available. I’ll just go fetch my plate from the table. OH NO! The dishes! They are…in the dish drain! And clean! Who could have done such a foul deed? Certainly not me…oh, cruel world, why must you punish me so?

  1. Three P’s of business success
    [Lead on Purpose]

  2. Summer’s here: Do something different
    [On Product Management]

  3. 6 Lessons for Non-Dev Executives at Agile Companies
    [ProductMarketing.com]

  4. Google Chrome OS: Dissecting A Great Marketing Announcement
    [Rocket Watcher]

  5. Writing Complete User Stories
    [Tyner Blain]

  6. Next-Generation Conference Room Phone Design Ideas
    [Silicon Valley Business Catalyst]

  7. Product management and marketing mix it up
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management and Marketing]

  8. Bloggers miss the point of buyer personas
    [Buyer Personas]

  9. Business-Driven Product Management
    [Product Management Pulse]

  10. Viable Product or Service First, Then PR
    [Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds]
  11. Idea Management Vs Innovation Management
    [Purist Product Management]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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-You Give Me Heartattacks-

If you are just joining us, here are the breaking news stories affecting your world.

  1. Tell me a story
    [Effectivus]

  2. Collecting End User Feedback
    [Papertree Design]
  3. Transitions: onward and upward
    [Ack/Nak]

  4. Book Review: Made to Stick
    [Product Management Zen]

  5. Innovation’s moment of truth
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management and Marketing]

  6. 5 Not Obvious Reasons Product Marketers Should Twitter
    [Rocket Watcher]

  7. Stunningly awful remote demos in ten easy steps
    [Red Canary]

  8. What A Pastry Store Can Teach Product Managers
    [Accidental Product Manager]

  9. Do You & Your Product Meet Your Promises?
    [OutsideIn View]

  10. The Strategic Family Expands to Customer Visits
    [Strategic Product Manager]

  11. Two surveys nearly miss key buyer insight
    [Buyer Persona Blog]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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Crowned Lily

Switching things up a bit. Moving the Product Management reader to the beginning of the week and other posts toward the end. I want to make sure you people are paying attention.

  1. musashi-sensei: rules for product management
    [Ack Nak]

  2. PMs and PFCs
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management and Marketing]

  3. Product launch is a team sport
    [Launch Clinic]

  4. Create value for others
    [Lead on Purpose]

  5. Want to Keep Your Job? Stop Trying to Fit In
    [HarvardBusiness.org]
  6. A Product Marketing Case Study: Rypple
    [Rocket Watcher]

  7. Lead the Investment in Personas
    [OutsideIn View]

  8. Email Management Tips
    [Product Management Zen]

  9. Gilbert and Sullivan present: The High-Tech Product Manager
    [On Product Management]

  10. How to Fail Fast: 5 Signs That It’s Time To Move On
    [Experience is the Product]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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I like windows that don't crash , they may not...

I wrote a lengthy, humorous, and grammatically correct introduction, but then my USB drive burped and I lost it. I’m OK about it. I just hope you can find what YOU need to start the healing.

  1. Cost of A Wrong Decision
    [Enthiosys]

  2. Robin and the sales promotion budget
    [ProductMarketing.com]

  3. the tyranny: of twitter
    [Ack/Nak]

  4. Making it Real
    [Rocket Watcher]

  5. Measure Measure Measure!
    [Strategic Product Manager]

  6. Don’t Forget Your Checklists
    [Requirements Defined]

  7. The extended family of Agile
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management and Marketing]

  8. Why product launches fail
    [Launch Clinic]

  9. Be a HERO by planning for and fixing those “arrrrgh!” moments
    [Experience is the Product]

  10. Project Management for Small Teams – Part 1
    [Bizzia]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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On the road again

On the road again…but that can’t stop the music. Just gotta keep on truckin’.

  1. What if…
    [Product Beautiful]
  2. When is a Feature Request a Customer Requirement?
    [Effectivus]
  3. Guest Post: The Cranky Marketer Goes Off (Part 1)
    [Cranky Product Manager]
  4. 2008 User>Driven Hall of Fame and Shame
    [User>Driven]
  5. Is Facebook’s Zuckerberg Right? Sometimes Listening to Your Customers is “Stupid.”
    [Rocket Watcher]
  6. Six Characteristics of Product Managers
    [On Product Management]
  7. What makes us tick
    [Agile in Action]
  8. Two questions product managers must always ask
    [Product Management Tips]
  9. Are you ready to be a technology manager?
    [ProductMarketing.com]
  10. Value Propositions 101
    [Rocket Watcher]
  11. Good Visual Design without Good Interaction Design = Crummy Facebook Redesign
    [Experience is the Product]
  12. The 10 most common reasons for poor usability – part 1
    [Experience Solutions]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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With #PCAMP09 wrapped up this weekend (oh, and St. Patty’s day), I thought there would be more posts like mine (or at least more than 1) about the comings and goings of Product Managers talking about Product Management and Product Management issues with other Product Managers. I guess that all happened on Twitter.  Anyway, this week we have a couple of double dippers and Gopal hit a triple.

  1. Guest Post: The Cranky Sales Engineer Shares Sales Secrets
    [Cranky Product Manager]

  2. To the Agile Community – WTF is wrong with you?
    [Cranky Product Manager]

  3. Outstanding P-Camp this weekend
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management and Marketing]

  4. Why Does It Have to Be That Way?
    [The Experience is the Product]

  5. Messenger of problems?
    [Product Management Tips]

  6. Futility of “feature wars”
    [Product Management Tips]

  7. Product Management in a Start-up
    [Confessions of a Digital Immigrant]

  8. How Product Managers Can Get Better At Creating Powerpoint Slides
    [Accidental Product Manager]

  9. Product Managers & The Secret Of The Color Wheel
    [Accidental Product Manager]

  10. Career transition from software developer to product manager
    [GeekMBA360]

  11. More “New Facebook” Disasters – Six Things I Really Hate
    [Tales from the Digital Side]

  12. Are Product Management Frameworks, User Experience The Secrets To Success?
    [Product Management Meets Pop Culture]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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Paul Harvey

In a cab ride this past weekend, I heard on the radio that Paul Harvey, the storied radio news reporter/commentator had died. I can’t admit to being a huge fan of his, but regardless of whether he was reporting the news, reading a human interest story, or reciting his famous commercials for sponsors, he always called it how he saw it. You gotta admire that. In honor of Mr. Harvey, I present to you a list of Product Management posts that pull no punches. Good day!

  1. Market problems are still THE problem — even when you’re Agile!
    [Enthiosys]

  2. Rolling Out Major Changes
    [Write That Down]

  3. When Having No Competition is a Problem
    [Rocket Watcher]

  4. Agile Product Management Framework
    [All About Product Management]

  5. What are my career options after Product Management?
    [Ask a Good Product Manager]

  6. Viral Product Management
    [Tyner Blain]

  7. Product Manager Marketing Mistakes
    [Accidental Product Manager]

  8. Tell Me Lies
    [The Forrester Blog For Technology Product Management & Marketing]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

In honor of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, I present to you a bevy of bold and fiery posts about some not-so-glorious aspects of our beloved Product Management practice. Do not fear, though. Rise up and embrace the discourse.

  1. Are agile PMs Baloney?
    [Write That Down]

  2. What Should Your Application’s Response Time Be?
    [Requirements Defined]

  3. Product Management Through The Eyes of a Product Owner
    [Enthiosys]

  4. Inspiring Product Leaders
    [Silicon Valley Product Group]

  5. Can You Tell Me What You Do?
    [Rocket Watcher]

  6. Good Product Managers Don’t Fail – Do They?
    [Product Management View]

  7. What is Strategy? Not Operational Effectiveness
    [Strategic Product Management]

  8. Getting to no
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management and Marketing]

  9. Product Managers: Do the opposite!
    [On Product Management]

  10. Guest Post: The Cranky Test for Agile Product Managers
    [Cranky Product Manager]

  11. Why Doesn’t Engineering report to Product Management (redux)
    [On Product Management]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that
is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I
may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat
controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I
present on The Productologist.

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Time to say - Good Night , My Joshua Tree

This episode of the Product Management Reader contains a nice cross-section of Product Management literature, including PMGT, PMKT, Agile, and some other stuff that’s somehow relevant. Even though these are not Productologist posts, they’re still worth a read.

  1. Become a Product Manager Only If…
    [Product Management Tips]
  2. The Cranky Product Manager Responds to the Cranky Sales Engineer – Part 1
    [Cranky Product Manager]
  3. The World Turned Upside Down
    [Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management & Marketing]
  4. What causes Product Managers to become disorientated?
    [All About Product Management]
  5. User Stories and Use Cases
    [Tyner Blain]
  6. How To Kill Innovation
    [Silicon Valley Product Group]
  7. How Product Managers Price Products For Irrational Customers
    [Accidental Product Manager]
  8. Book Review: The Product Manager’s Desk Reference
    [On Product Management]
  9. Product Management Value
    [John Hawkins]
  10. Product Plagiarism: Answers are There if You Know How to Spin It
    [Spatially Relevant]

Disclaimer: Just because I include a link to a particular posting, that is not an indication that I agree with the original author. In fact, I may post topics that are the opposite of my views or at least somewhat controversial in order to provide a contrasting viewpoint to the one I present on The Productologist.

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