Indeed a very interesting article depicting the amorphous outlook many companies have on Product Managers, the lack of clear and definitive job descriptions in...
... Policy are the general guidelines for conducting business internally within the company (with other employees), and externally with customer/partners/etc'....
MessageI agree with most of what you are saying. During my career so far, I have seen many styles of decision making, but my best experience has been in a...
Hi Gabriel, I understand strategy by I am not sure about policy. That word policy is a bit vague to me especially on the executive level. I have seen a company...
Hi Anat, Consider policy as a collective term describing internal operational and tactical directives, such as those issued by a company's COO (Chief Operating...
That is why IBM has produced good products, good people, and is profitably still in business where others have failed. Quality management is always the key to...
Here is an excerpt from their website ( <http://www.deadlinesoftware.com> http://www.deadlinesoftware.com): "Deadline’s Product Compass is a Product...
I was looking for an example of skewed processes... Attached is a funny and somewhat realistic cartoon depicting internal dynamics and views of corporate...
Program Management - The act of applying a suitable product delivery process, and ensuring deliverables from all contributing corporate functions. Feedback...
Does software architecture's have a business value? To the vendor producing the software there is minimal business value in publicizing the use of a particular...
Re: [Toronto PMA] Software Architecture's Business Value -- if anySoftware architecture is vital to business value! A product manager's view of software as...
Hi Shimon, I have some questions... You wrote "Software architecture is vital to business value!". To whom is it vital? to the software vendor or the...
I think many will find Jacques' newsletter insightful and useful. Shimon ==================================== PRODUCT MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES A Weekly Newsletter...
Re: [ILPM] Re: [Toronto PMA] Software Architecture's Business Value -- if anyGabriel, Perhaps our difference is due to the fact that I come from a school of ...
Hello all, See my feedback below following Gabriel's questions. Good discussion on an important topic, often overlooked by many (not just the product manager) ...
Indeed very good points and opinions being raised. This discussion reflects different PM approaches and differences in our perceptions of roles, terminology...
Just finished listening to it. Highly recommended, very informative and quite hilarious at times...:-))) Thanks, --Gabriel ... From: "rickchapman53"...
Shimon: Thanks for sharing. All: Please find on ILPM a section listing various professional PM newsletters. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ILPM/links . Do...
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I have added a new template to the Product Manager's Toolkit (PMTK). This template is a matrix to help manage product features, and is attached to this...
After such a through introduction by Mike I have only little to add. As a Product Manager you will need to develop Domain Expertise and Functional Expertise. ...
I agree with everything that Gabriel and Mike have said. Project management skills are necessary to everyone in the business world who tries to get results,...
OK guys, in the hope that there are others out there like me I'd like to ask a stupid question... What does ESTJ and ISTJ and ENTP stand for? Shimon you are...
Hi Anat, First, the rule is that "A stupid question is a question not asked." Therefore, by definition, any question asked is not stupid. The Myers Briggs...
I am afraid I did not indicate a few VERY important qualifiers to everything I wrote, although I did hint that "It may sound a bit extreme, but that is just to...
Hi Shimon, Thank you for your very comprehensive answer. I totally agree with you that for the product mgr the product is at the center of the universe and I...
By the way, Amdocs is very keen on Pragmatic Marketing and have regularly sent their PM's over to them for training. Only in October, two Pragmatic Marketing...