Product Management
Primal Fusion had been percolating its Web 3.0 strategy in secret until early this year. Now, with a well-publicized demo, an alpha launch and more products on the way, the company is moving and growing fast. Kristina McDougall caught up with Founder Peter Sweeney and Director of Product Design Robert Barlow-Busch to talk about product strategy, attracting top talent, and the company's future.
A study of the top fifty game-changing innovations over a hundred-year period showed that nearly 80 per cent were sparked by someone whose primary expertise was outside the field in which the breakthrough took place. Why do you think that is?
The sequel to last year's very successful event is looking for people to get involved.
In this post: Canada third best for entrepreneurial biz. Crunching megadata in minutes. Some senior execs get hired on a whim. Early startup exits -- the new norm? 50 product managers with something to say. Online branding tips for execs.
We've all endured horrible remote product demos says Peter Cohan. He outlines 10 tongue-in-cheek approaches for making sure your company's presentations are equally cluttered, vague and banal.
Roadmapping is about mindset, says host Sinan Si Alhir, as he reviews actionable roadmaps using agile techniques, and touches on layers, releases, milestones, and dependencies.
More than 20 product management-related communities under expanded umbrella.
A/B Testing is best used to optimize and refine good design, argues Craig Fitzpatrick, rather than test big ideas.
This is the age of fact-based decision-making, says Gerry McGovern. And he contrasts the actions of CEOs Bezos and Zuckerberg to prove. His take? You don't necessarily have to listen to your customers. But you still must understand them.
Hosts Pamela Soin and Brian Sharp will review three concepts: 1) What value does roadmapping bring to your organization? 2) How do Best Performers utilize roadmapping to transform strategy into return? 3) The path forward – best practices to charge ahead & successfully implement roadmapping
Don't be afraid of failure, says this post. Embrace it. It goes on to outline career best-practices for Product Managers. 1. Fail Cheap and Fail Often. 2. Practice Resilency. 3. Invest in your Career.
How does one prepare for the depth and breadth of understanding that a Product Manager needs? You don’t do it all at once. You don’t delay your career until the day you know everything. Building your career must be as adaptive as product management is itself, and for many of the same reasons.
Presenter Brian Lawley is the former President of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association and is the author of the best-selling book, Expert Product Management.
Hundreds of product management professionals connected to the hi-tech industry responded to our survey, painting a great picture of what employees of fast-growth companies in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area and Waterloo Region earn, and how happy they are.
Alyssa notes that despite its increasing effectiveness, specialization and relationship with development, most software product management is still poorly executed -- and most software is still terrible. She gives three reasons why PM isn't the difference-maker.
Devshop is a hosted project management application specifically designed for planning software projects. Not planning weddings, or building roads - just software. And now it's even better.
The author of a book on product management looks at the fuzzy logic of product management, and outlines four ways for PMs to self-evaluate and improve.
In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Marketing and Management topics. At ProductCamp there are no "attendees," since everyone participates in some manner: presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, sharing their experiences, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wifi, or volunteering. This is a self organizing collaborative event that has to be fun, rewarding and a cool experience! ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn from, teach to, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development process from the Toronto and surrounding area!
Levent Gurses, CEO of Jacoozi, outlines the principles, tools and transition strategy for a successful Agile adoption.