Archive for April, 2008

Our blog has a new name - “Practical Product Management” no more! »

Hi all,
Just wanted to let you know that starting today our blog has a new name.
We used to call it “Practical Product Management” - since we write about topics covering practical aspects of product management.
It turns out that our friends at Pragmatic Marketing, Inc have trademark rights for the phrase “Practical Product Management”!
Since we’re known […]

Usability vs Features - Product Management’s Role »

There was an excellent post recently at the Product Management Tips blog by Gopal Shenoy that discusses how the usability of a product is severely affected when you add a lot of features.
Gopal compares his stand-alone GPS unit vs the built-in GPS unit in his new Toyota Camry car, and poses a question:
The system controls not only the GPS, […]

How Product Managers can gather cutomer feedback & define requirements »

There is a good discussion going on at the Ask A Good Product Manager blog run by Jeff Lash on the topic of how a Product Manager who doesn’t have direct access to customers can gather feedback to help define product requirements. Adam Bullied (of Write That Down blog) has a great, detailed post on […]