Category: Product Roadmap

Why Product Managers Should Avoid Product Complexity »

I recently came across a blog post by The Cranky Product Manager about product-line complexity. It’s an entertaining post. More importantly, it makes good points regarding the pitfalls of complexity. In this post, I will share my thoughts on this.
Product and product line complexity happens when we add too many features or when we add […]

An Inside Peek at Doing Product Management for a Product Management Tool »

I received a fun email recently from one of our customers.
As many of you know, at Accompa we make a popular SaaS tool used as product management tool (by PM teams) and requirements management tool (by Engineering teams). Some of you may also know that I manage the Product Management & Marketing teams at Accompa.
Our […]

Why “Win/Loss Reports” Shouldn’t Drive Your Product Roadmap »

Mike Boudreaux, a fellow Twitterer on Product Management topics, said the following recently - tongue planted firmly in cheek (I think)!
Typical win/loss analysis from sales force: majority of losses due to product and price. Majority of wins due to relationship.
Once I stopped chuckling, this got me thinking of the many pitfalls of overly relying on […]