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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:

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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 […]

Should Product Management let Sales drive product requirements? »

There has been a good discussion over the past couple of weeks at the How To Be A Good Product Manager and Ask A Good Product Manager blogs run by Jeff Lash on the topic of how Product Management can work effectively with Sales.
One of the questions that was discussed caught our attention:

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Product Management, Passion & Design »

Last week, Paul Young at the Product Beautiful blog made an excellent post titled “Is Product Management Incompatible with Passion?“. His post is based on a recent Fortune magazine article titled “The Trouble with Steve Jobs“, and Paul asks the question:
“Is Product Management incompatible with creating products that inspire passion? Product Management’s function is […]

Hello World! »

Hello everyone - We have finally launched our blog!
Our goal for this blog is to make posts that cover the practical aspects of Product Management - based on our experience doing product management at various companies in the Silicon Valley since the mid-1990s. We hope to make 1-2 posts a month.
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