Posted on August 25, 2010 by jidoctor
Pragmatic Marketing‘s Steve Johnson wrote a post a year ago “If you want to be heard, speak in the language of the listener, the buyer persona” in his blog post, What’s a persona? At the same time, Forrester analyst Tom Grant wrote a post for his blog entitled, Listening is hard, in which he said that “Both [...]
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Posted on August 23, 2010 by jidoctor
PPCS: abbreviation post-product camp syndrome, common ailment affecting product management and product marketing people primarily, but any of a number of people who voluntarily attend a local product camp on a day off from their day job.
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Posted on August 10, 2010 by jidoctor
Arriving at your first Product Camp (pcamp) as a newbie can be overwhelming. You are greeted by a registration table, and then set out on your own. If you are lucky enough to have come with a friend or colleague so you are not standing there alone wondering what to do next. More than likely [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2010 by jidoctor
Summer is flying by. Hard to believe it is already August. School is starting back in some places around the country with others following very quickly. In the business world, we are starting to look at event and training calendars and coordinating our fall schedules. Yep, summer is closing to a quick end.
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Posted on July 7, 2010 by jidoctor
New roles come with new transitions. And, new roles come with new processes. But, sometimes you have to take a stand when the new process isn’t all it can be, when there is room improvement.
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Posted on February 7, 2010 by jidoctor
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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Posted on January 8, 2010 by jidoctor
I realized it’s been awhile since I updated everyone on PCampMN. It’s not that I have had nothign to share; it really is that we have been very busy getting ready for our first ProductCamp Minnesota event on January 30th. And, we’re getting very excited! Plans are underway!
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Posted on December 23, 2009 by jidoctor
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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Posted on December 22, 2009 by jidoctor
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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Posted on July 16, 2009 by jidoctor
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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