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What is the Difference between an MRD and a PRD?

In 2014, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, Uncategorized by [email protected]

The terms MRD, or Market Requirements Document, and PRD, or Product Requirements Document, are often used interchangeably. However, both documents are actually intended to serve a separate and distinct purpose. The core purpose of …

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Want To Be A Product Manager? Here Are Five Tips To Help You Succeed

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Many people aspire to become product managers. However, individuals can find it difficult to make the initial jump into the role. Unlike, project management or finance, the actual skills of …

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10 Workplace Skills That Are Increasingly Important To Your Success

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Recently the Institute for the Future published a study* identifying key workplace skills that are essential for professional success. The IFTF believes that there are 10 skills that top the list. While I …

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A Case Study in the Making: The Chronicles of an Enterprise Agile Transformation

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Background and Context Over the past several years a lot has been written, discussed, and debated over the transition to Agile development. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m never …

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The $26 Million Dollar Epiphany by Lee Lambert

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This weeks blog post is written by our friend Lee R. Lambert. Lee is a PMI Fellow and has established the standard against which educators and practitioners in the field of Project Management …

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Project Portfolio Management – A Different Perspective

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A Better Way to do Project Portfolio Management: Heat Maps How do executives, looking over a wide variety of products and projects in your company’s portfolio, know when to stop …