Here’s the scenario:
I am the general manager of a sandbox. In this role I get to decide who can come in and who I don’t want. It is new, but my playmates were actively seeking such a sandbox and it quickly becomes a place filled with people who want to come and play.
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A holiday gift to my colleagues in product management and product marketing…
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the firm,
Every dev team member was struck by the germ.
The code had to be finished right away and with care,
In hopes that on Xmas Day, they would not still be there.
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I spent this last weekend thinking about my next post here. I was intrigued by a post written last week by Dr. Jim Anderson on “Tough Times Call for You to Fire Your Customers.” I did some more research, and had a nice draft written. Just a little clean up and I was ready to post [...]
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Today on the OnProductManagement blog (one of my favorites,) guest blogger GeekMBA360 writes about the Triangle Offense in the NBA (made famous by Phil Jackson with the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers) and what it means to Scrum Mania. It’s a great analogy, with his lesson being: A great team implements whatever system fits it the [...]
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This morning I woke up to find that Dr. Jim Anderson wrote a blog post on “Which Job Boards Work Best For Product Managers?” I typically enjoy his posts, but today, Dr. Jim – you missed the mark.
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Forrester Analyst Tom Grant wrote an interesting blog about requirements gathering. In the blog he enters into the world of “complete odiousness of traditional requirements” (his words, not mine.) Dr. Jim Anderson commented on this, saying that “The real problem is that we simply don’t know how to ask the right questions.” I couldn’t agree [...]
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