Tag: product

  • Pyramid of product manager needs

    Pyramid of product manager needs

    Benoit des Ligneris describes a model in his article about the environment in which product management has to navigate. This environment has many influences, and a product evolves with influences from many sources. The Maslov inspired pyramid of Product Managers needs starts with real world dependencies. The market is the basis for any product, hence…

  • What Makes People Upgrade Products?

    With the release, a product ain’t done yet. Customers may like that product and go for with this product for a long while. At some point, a new release will bring them to make a decision. HBR has a perspective on the drivers for these decision points. People splurge when they think they’ve grown. Source:…

  • 26 incredibly useful Google Calendar tips

    Google Calendar is sure popular with people in likewise positions. The linked article has a bunch of pointers that I had no clue about yet. Those are useful for me, thought I share. Upgrade your agenda with this cornucopia of advanced options, shortcuts, and features for Google Calendar. Source: 26 incredibly useful Google Calendar tips

  • Tech for Managers

    First, I was excited to see a “Web Technologies for Managers” course exists. Then, I reminded myself how often I rant on the internet that “tech is dead” and all industries get digitized. It’s not too long ago that successful companies required their managers to have an understanding of the business they are in. That…

  • Product Manual

    Als “Product Hunt Product #4 of December 2017” ist das sicher keiner der heissen Tips. Product Manual ist aber trotzdem für jeden Produkt-Manager eine Erwähnung wert, weil sich zu allen relevanten Themen in der kuratierten Sammlung dort etwas findet. Angefangen von der Definition von Produkt-Management über Benutzer-Interaktion (Umfragen!) und Prototypen bis zur Strategie-Entwicklung. Loaded with…

  • Engineering Marketing

    One important aspect of the implementation of product management roles and organisation, is the engineering partnership. The other day I found Julia Austins article on the topic that also touched the realistic options. To re-cap, these are either market oriented or engineering oriented. Either of these have their Pros and Cons. My few thoughts on…

  • What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

    While doing a bit more research on Product Management, I found Julia Austins thoughts on HBR the topic. She reflects on three primary considerations for the role: Core Competencies, Emotional Intelligence(EQ) and Company Fit.  Her original aritcle is here, the HBR release is here.

  • On Digitalised Product Management

    Again. Having read the few words from yesterday, it’s probably difficult to follow. So, let me try a bit more structured to write up on the points I was trying to make are: Product and Service Business are different cultures. Both have established methods. Digitisation requires Digital Transformation. Digital Transformation won’t happen without a conscious decision. Digitised…

  • Blah Blah blah … I don't care!

    Nice rant every technical person in the industry can relate to. Blah Blah blah … I don’t care! To hell with your tech marketing bull. Also: In tech, filtering signal from noise is a full-time job True. via: The Register

  • Attribution

    While visiting the “Techdays Munich: Cyber Security“, the hashtag #6wordcyber was trending on Twitter. And during the talk about a new security law, the following tweet caught my eye: https://twitter.com/Orph30/status/656105774322700288 It is well known in the security community that attribution is hard. Attacks do usually not leave enough evidence to attribute it to a specific…