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Do We Really Need Product Roadmaps?

In 2015, Agile, Alignment, Business Analysis, Innovation, Marketing, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Training, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, Uncategorized, User Experience, Voice of the Customer by [email protected]

There are many people in the product development community who would prefer that the concept of a product roadmap fade away. Others see product roadmaps as an inevitable consequence of a company’s increasing …

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Sales and the Product Team – How Strong Is Your Relationship?

In 2014, Agile, Alignment, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance by [email protected]

How Do Product Teams Perceive Their Relationship With Sales? In our recent study of high performance product teams we asked a question regarding how product teams view their relationship with …

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How Embedded Is Product Marketing In Your Product Development Process?

In 2014, Agile, Alignment, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

We are nearing the finish line on this year’s Survey of Product Team Performance and as we prepare to begin the regression analysis I noticed an interesting comment from one …

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The Single Greatest Challenge Product Development Teams Face

In Agile, Alignment, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, The Study of Product Team Performance, User Experience by [email protected]

Earlier this year we asked 1150 survey participants the following open-ended question “What is the single greatest challenge your product team faces in meeting organizational expectations?” We received plenty of …

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Four Ways Executives Align Product Teams

In Agile, Alignment, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Toolkit, Product Management Toolkits, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance by [email protected]

Earlier this year we conducted research into the dynamics of product team performance. As part of this research we asked a question about the mechanisms being used by executives to …