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So what was I supposed to do today?

Just to let you know it is SLIDE WEEK! What does that mean?  Well, it basically means I spent way to much time looking up stuff, so you get to look at them too.  Waste not, want not.

The other way to look at it is that I go into a powerpoint hole starting today – probably for the next 10 days.  So this is exercise and your active participation in slide week is basically a way to empathize and share the joy.

So what is it that product managers do? This presentation covers the broad strokes fairly well.  The most important slides are 9  on bridging the organization and 11 which cites brand at the first item.

Product Manager 101: What Does A Product Manager Actually Do?

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Hope you enjoy “Slide Week” here at spatially relevant, I’ve found some many interesting ones I’m going to post throughout the week.

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January 5, 2009 by
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As if the definition of product management wasn’t tough already

Microsoft Project
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I’m not sure where guest2739cfb from slideshare gets his or her ideas, but Product Management training should rarely involves the ability to actually use MS Project, read reports maybe, but not use it.   The only way that should be an important skill is if the Project Management Office is somehow managed by Product Management, which isn’t that good of an idea – kinda a church and state thing.

Product Management Training – MS Project Training

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January 1, 2009 by
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A Litmus Test: Transitioning Technology to Product

I haven’t spent much time doing pure play product management posting in a while, so I thought I would today. I’ve been doing a bunch of leisure surfing and looking at a bunch of great stuff online and challenged myself to think about what it takes to transition a technology into a product. While I didn’t come to a great deal of conclusions, I think I’ve come up with some reasonable litmus tests for consideration:

  • Does your product have more defects than enhancement requests?
  • Can the users manage their own product experience?
  • Does everyone tell the same story about the product inside your organization?
  • Do customer users out number the support staff?
  • Can your product be contracted the same from sale to sale?
  • Are your training materials for the organization more lengthy than the prospect presentation?
  • Do you use the words scripting and framework more than configurable?
  • Does a product error message require research from development or is it in the knowledge base?
  • Are there more sales tools for the product than product managers?

What questions do you ask about your product?

April 3, 2008 by
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2008 – Let the content storm begin!

So I got this note from a guy I know who abused me on not posting anything.  To that end, I will say – yup!  I’ve been doing other real world stuff and have apparently impressed my wife with my efforts, except I’ve been a little too busy with the [tag]iPhone[/tag].   So let’s have a great 2008 and start typing.

I decided to see what that friend of mine was up to on his blog, since I’ve been a little slack. He’s been tearing it up – with his last post on 9/9, which appears to be a [tag]Teddy Roosevelt[/tag] quote.  I want my national coney package back!

So here’s the next thing I’m hoping can take off, since I’m starting to like this facebook thing. I have a group on Software Product Management which now has people I don’t know in it!!!! The difference between this group and the one on Slideshare, SlideSouth, is that I actually told people about it.

If any of these are of interest, join and add value, since I can’t seem to do much lately.

January 4, 2008 by
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