Thanks to a LinkedIn group I subscribe to about Product Management, I recently came across a multi-part blog post by Ellen Gottesdiener of EBG Consulting discussing the different expectations behind job titles of product manager and product owner. Here is a link to part one: https://www.ebgconsulting.com/blog/product-manager-product-owner/ I encourage you to check it out. If you’ve read… Continue reading Am I a Product Manager or a Product Owner
Originally posted on Applied Product Management Leadership:
He who has a why can endure any how. Knowing your why is an important first step in figuring out how to achieve the goals that excite you and create a life you enjoy living (versus merely surviving!). This quote from German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche seemed appropriate given the topic of purpose…
Each year I begin the month of January by carving out time to reflect on the past year and plan for the new one. The often hectic holiday season rarely provides me the opportunity to craft meaningful resolutions for the new year and I prefer to ponder these issues rather than rushing into commitments I… Continue reading Intentional start to the new year
Originally posted on Applied Product Management Leadership:
Continuing thoughts from the post 13 Things You Should Give Up If You Want To Be Successful. Today points 7-13, including multi-tasking & distractions, so a bit of levity first. Click here if you missed points 1-4. 7. Give Up Your Perfectionism – Nothing will ever be perfect, no matter how…
If you read this blog regularly you may have noticed that I talk about “jobs to be done” a fair amount. This is a concept our firm uses in analyzing the products we make and the markets we serve. You can read lots about this idea in books and blogs and learn about it in… Continue reading Top Ten Jobs
As I head into the fall there are a number of topics I hope to blog about – both because these topics interest me and because they have come up in the past few months on the teams that I work closely with. So here are some sneak previews of things I’ll be writing about… Continue reading Notes on things to come
Over the summer I’ve been reposting some of the blog entries I wrote when I first started this blog 5 years ago. I’ve enjoyed revisiting my thoughts on key elements of how to be an effective Product Owner in an Agile software development environment; I’ve been in this role on our company’s flagship product for… Continue reading Wrapping the first arc
Originally posted on InTruthItsNotThatSimple:
I have the privilege of working with some great people. Both our technology team and our business team recruit bright and hardworking folks who care about the clients we serve. As we grow our product expertise and as we look toward launching new offerings in the months to come, I am…
Continuing my summer revisiting some of my favorite posts from 5 years ago, here’s another in my early blog series on the key concerns of a product owner. I hope you enjoy these thoughts on how to think about changing requirements in an Agile development environment. Sometimes it is the supposedly little changes that introduce… Continue reading Just a little change
I’m continuing my midsummer reblogs this week as I take a little vacation. I’m revisiting some of my earliest blog posts from 2012 and finding that the ideas that originally motivated me to start this blog still resonate for me today. Posting at a slightly different time so I don’t get lost in July 4th… Continue reading How to react when things change
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