Product Management Archive

  • Staying on the Right Road

    Staying on the Right Road

    I happened upon this post on 37 Signals arguing against product roadmaps: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/694-you-dont-need-a-product-road-map While I don’t agree with the notion that we don’t need product roadmaps, it does point out some careful slippery slopes you must be careful of when approaching roadmaps: Selling things that aren’t...

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  • UF Postings Past:  Why Is the Business So Impatient?

    UF Postings Past: Why Is the Business So Impatient?

    If you work in IT or on IT projects, you probably have faced impatient users. They never seem to understand why IT moves so slowly. Here’s some hints as to why they’re so unhappy: Let’s say the business writes up a project proposal. They research...

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  • UF Postings Past:  Say What You Mean

    UF Postings Past: Say What You Mean

    Abbreviations are getting out of hand in business. Every department of every busines seems to have hundreds. On top of that, we’ve all gotten on the band wagon of branding. The company intranet isn’t the intranet, its “The Informer” or “Mercury” or something else branded...

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