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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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Would Google’s Hiring Practices Work At Your Company?

In 2015, Business Analysis, Marketing, News, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Recruitment, Sales, Take Charge Product Management, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

I recently read a Wall Street Journal article about Google’s human resource philosophy as espoused by Laszlo Bock, head of HR where human resources is referred to as “people operations.” …

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Performance Metrics: Which Metrics Are Product Managers Held Accountable To?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, News, 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, Updates, User Experience by [email protected]

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 …