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…
Tools
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2015: A Strong Product Year
It’s been a stellar year for folks involved in product management, UX/design
thinking, Lean, Agile, and shipping great…
Why (Agile) Program Management Tools Don’t Help (Agile) Product Managers
Agile development teams need tools for tracking the creation of software. There are dozens of well-known, purpose-built offerings including Jira,…
A Strategic Tool Chain
Scott Sehlhorst [http://tynerblain.com/blog/about-the-author/], an incisive
product thinker and occasional collaborator, made this strategic map of
disciplines…
4 1/2 Mac Productivity Products that Don’t Suck
I have a complex set of office productivity needs, and struggle to find products
(services) that fit my particular situation.…
B2B SaaS Companies Need Behavioral Expertise
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgilbert](co-written with Scott Gilbert
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgilbert], long-time consulting partner and…
Managing the Unmanageable
I’ve had the great pleasure of reading an early copy of “Managing the
Unmanageable: Rules, Tools and Insights for…
Product Management Assessment Tool
PM leaders, such as VPs or Director of Product Management, worry about the health of their teams and processes, not…
Very simple customer savings/ROI template
One of the first things I ask about with a new product team is “how will a customer justify paying…
Kindle version of “Art of Product Management”
Rich Mironov’s “Art of Product Management” has been converted to Amazon’s Kindle
format, and is now available for…
Sales-Friendly Price Lists
Price lists are never quite current enough, sufficiently detailed, or cover enough of the awkward special situations that customers raise.…
The Strategic Secret Shopper
I’ve often played the “secret shopper,” hired to approach key competitors as a
customer or as a consultant to…