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 …
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 …
Performance Metrics: Which Metrics Are Product Managers Held Accountable To?
As part of our ongoing research we are asking survey respondents to tell us about the various types of metrics that product managers in their organization are being held accountable …
Marketers – How Strong Is Your Relationship With The Product Development Team?
As part of this year’s Study of Product Team Performance we asked product team members to describe the nature of their relationship with marketing or product marketing. We know from …
Should Product Teams Understand Their Product’s Sales Cycle?
The Product Team’s Knowledge of the Sales Cycle While the data show the majority of product teams have managed to strike a strong relationship with their organization’s sales team, with only occasional …
Are Project Managers Valued Anymore?
The project management profession has been evolving alongside the emergence of Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, which has forced a degree of professional self-reflection on the role of the project manager in an Agile …