27 Feb 2018
Product Management Maturity Assessment Model
Our Product Management Maturity Model has been refined based on the work we’ve done with a variety of technology companies over the past few years. It’s always nice to know…
23 Jan 2018
From projects to products
Does the next customer deal drive development priorities? Do Sales and Senior Management sell whatever the customer wants? Are costs spiralling and profits falling? We explain the challenges of moving…
7 Feb 2017
The product manager role and why you need to lead
Is your direction set by whatever crisis you face? Are you busy reacting to the requests of others? Does your email drive you? Don’t swim with the shoal – why…
28 Nov 2016
Are you an internal product manager stuck in a box?
Internal product managers come up against unique obstacles and dilemmas. The challenge is serving internal customers rather than selling to external customers. If you’re stuck in your role as an…
27 Jun 2016
Working on the product not in the product
Do you spend your time fixing things, answering the same old questions and going round in circles like a hamster in a wheel? Maybe you should be working on the…
17 May 2016
Buzzwords – do you use them?
See this wonderfully funny short video about business buzzwords.
1 Feb 2016
Firefighting – 7 tips on how to be really good at it
The average product manager spends 45% of their time fire-fighting. Whether you call it fire-fighting, trouble shooting or issue resolution – that’s more than 2 days per week! So have…
7 Dec 2015
A Product Owner is not a Product Manager
What is the difference between a Product Owner and a Product Manager? And why people can get so confused…
28 Jul 2015
The P in Product Management (PM) really stands for?
Does it really mean People Management 🙂 And what else could it stand for – Project Management, Personal Management …
19 May 2015
Are you in a dog fight with the other product managers?
I bet you thought that other companies were your main source of competition. But is it the other product managers at your company that are your biggest threat?