Our market research into high performance product teams continues to yield interesting data about the factors that distinguish the most effective product teams from the pack. In last week’s post Sean …
How Many People Are On Your Core Product Team?
For the last four years we have been conducting detailed market research on what makes some product teams more successful than others. Over this time span we have identified nineteen …
Do We Really Need Product Roadmaps?
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 …
What Is a Business Case and Why Does It Matter?
Almost every week someone within earshot asks a question about a business case. The most common one is “why don’t we have one” followed by “I am not sure about …
Technology Companies Are More Hit or Miss Than Other Verticals
We recently asked the following survey question “Which of these statements best describes your view of your product team’s performance against organizational expectations?” The majority of product team members indicated …
How Strong a Voice Should Sales Have in the Product Development Process?
This seems to be an eternal question. As a product management consulting and training organization we have seen the balance tilted in every conceivable direction. From product management holding sway …