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5 Productivity Tips For Teams

In 2015, Agile, Alignment, Business Analysis, Lean, Marketing, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Strategy, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, User Experience by [email protected]

It is all too easy to get bogged down with tasks that don’t align with your top priorities. I recently read an article by Chris Fussell discussing lessons learned from …

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How Many People Are On Your Core Product Team?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Innovation, Lean, Marketing, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, Updates, User Experience, Voice of the Customer by [email protected]

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 …

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Do We Really Need Product Roadmaps?

In 2015, Agile, Alignment, Business Analysis, Innovation, Marketing, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Training, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, Uncategorized, User Experience, Voice of the Customer by [email protected]

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 …

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Technology Companies Are More Hit or Miss Than Other Verticals

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience, Voice of the Customer by [email protected]

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 …

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How Strong a Voice Should Sales Have in the Product Development Process?

In 2015, Business Analysis, Marketing, News, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Sales, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, Updates, User Experience by [email protected]

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 …

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The Innovation Leadership Continuum

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Disruptive product, Innovation, Lean, Marketing, News, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Sales, Scrum, Skills, Strategy, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

“Who is responsible for incubating and leading the definition and development of innovative or disruptive products in your organization?” This is one of the key questions we asked survey respondents …