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Product Strategy’s Vanishing Act

In Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Toolkit, 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]

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 …

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The Five Tips to Project Management Innovation

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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. …

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Ten Things that Differentiate Successful Product Development Initiatives from Failed Efforts

In Agile, 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, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance by [email protected]

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)

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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 …

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Product Managers and Business Analysts (Part Two)

In Agile, 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, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management by [email protected]

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 …