How do you keep your product and product team fresh and creative throughout the product development lifecycle? What differentiates those project managers who seem to have a successful team no …
Product Strategy’s Vanishing Act
Last week David Heidt, the President of IIBA Chicagoland, and I were doing a webinar on the five factors that drive high performance product teams. As we neared the end …
The Five Tips to Project Management Innovation
The word “innovation” can be interpreted in many ways. The image persists that innovation is some mind blowing new thing, which often produces high value, high return, and commercial success. …
Ten Things that Differentiate Successful Product Development Initiatives from Failed Efforts
Before we get to the top ten list a little bit of history is in order. In January of this year Enterprise Agility and Actuation Consulting joined together to conduct a …
The Product Production Process (Part Three)
Being associated with a product or product line is more than just being assigned to a project. To stay in sync with your product team, you must understand the process …
Product Managers and Business Analysts (Part Two)
Effective product managers spend a significant amount of time in the market gathering requirements, monitoring trends, examining competitive activity, and evangelizing their product. Product managers are also expected to distill …