The Risks of Replatforming
(Or How Major Platform Migrations Really Happen)
Many companies have replatforming efforts underway. Architectures get old, new
kinds of partners…
Requirements
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How Weak Analogies About Software Can Lead Us Astray
I often have conversations with CEOs of software companies or software-powered
(ecommerce) companies who aren’t steeped in how software…
Business Cases Are Stories About Money
Last week, I had three separate conversations with VPs of Product about business cases… initially framed as “do you have…
Product Management Tips for Data Science Projects
Data science has traditionally been an analysis-only endeavor: using historical
statistics, user interaction trends, or AI machine learning to predict…
Talking Directly with (Real) Customers
I speak/write incessantly about the importance of product managers talking
directly with their users and buyers (collectively “customers”), not…
Let’s Abandon Customers and Users
I spend a lot of time sifting through documents, positioning and stories – trying to figure out who we’re talking…
The DIY Illusion
I’ve recently talked with several companies that are spending $1M/year or more
to build generic software that is…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 4)
We’ve laid out three fundamental facts about commercial software: your development team will never be big enough; all of…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 3)
Our two previous posts noted that your development team will never, ever be big
enough to catch up with your…
Tuesday is Female Pronoun Persona Day
As a long-time B2B infrastructure product manager, I’m used to thinking about my
customers as guys. IT managers and…
Enhancement Requests are Personal and Political, Not Just Analytical
As deeply data-driven, analytical product managers (or product owners or
business analysts or development leads), we’d like to pretend…
The Power of a Few Customer Calls
{I recently had a long chat with a mentee who’s just moved into product
management from a developer role.…