This has not been a good year for blogging for me. The truth is, since my first year blogging I have been much less consistent than I hoped to be. There have been some good reasons for this (as well as some poor excuses). My role has shifted at work and I’ve gotten much busier… Continue reading Blog renewal
Originally posted on Applied Product Management Leadership:
This morning on the way into work, I listened to a webinar titled The Future of Product Management. The host was PG Consulting, and the reason I came to know about the webinar was an email I received from one of their partners who had read one of…
Even as my work life keeps me busy, I try to keep up with at least some of what other product developers are writing about Agile development and testing. Two of my favorite sources are InfoQ and Stickyminds. You can find them online (at InfoQ.com and Stickyminds.com) and on Twitter. InfoQ recently released a couple… Continue reading Good material I found this week
Originally posted on Jon Skeet's coding blog:
I’m in the privileged position of receiving more invitations to speak (at conferences, user groups and podcasts) than I can realistically agree to. I’ve decided to start applying some new criteria to how I pick which ones I go to. Previously, it’s been very loosely based on:…
I wanted to post a quick note about the 44th book I’ve read this year, volume 2 of Alex + Ada by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn. This graphic novel continues the story of Alex, a young man who received an android as a gift (named Ada) and chose at the end of volume one… Continue reading Alex + Ada vol 2
In the midst of a very busy time I’m reminded of some of the core responsibilities of Product Owners at my firm (where the role straddles some typical duties of a product manager and a scrum master). Here are quick notes on what is surfacing: Know the details. As a product owner it is important… Continue reading Don’t drop the ball
When I started working for a financial software company back in 2002, most of us had our own cubicles and all of the ‘higher ups’ had their own offices. Today I work for a firm with an open floor plan for developers, consultants, sales folks, and senior executives with only a few offices mainly for… Continue reading Open floor plans
Earlier this week a group of people from my company attended a virtual conference on user research for everyone; the focus of the seven sessions was about the value of conducting consistent research on how people in your target market are using your product (or your competitors’ products) so that you can enhance what you… Continue reading User Research for Everyone
Originally posted on Applied Product Management Leadership:
As product leaders, we should be able to assess where along the product maturity curve our products fall. The answer provides guidance on where to go next. Introduction, growth, maturity, decline (or perhaps extension) … each phase has its own set of challenges and will yield a different strategy going forward.…
My 24th book of the year is another good graphic novel from Image Comics; this one is entitled Alex + Ada and I read volume 1 (available for free by the way if you sign up for a 30-day trial of Comixology Unlimited). If you’re a long-time reader of this blog you know I’m a… Continue reading Alex + Ada
InTruthItsNotThatSimple 