Egos can be your doom, just as much as your good fortune. They should thrive in what they do, with no overlap with the rest of the team, nor left-asides.
Author: Christophe Dujarric
I've been working in Product Management for some years now. You can view my full resume on LinkedIn, if you'd like to know more. My articles are my own thoughts, based on current and past experiences, of my own or my network's, as well as my readings.
I believe that Internet businesses need proper Product Management to be successful, and that many might lack of it. Product Management is more than just "Product Ownership" as Agile would lead to think. It impacts your whole organization, top-down, left-to-right. It's the way to make sure that everyone is in line and focuses on the same objectives. It's the way to make sure that you actually bring a solution to a person's problems, and that this person will be willing to pay for it.
Besides, I'm a very happy husband, and father of a beautiful son. I'm French and American. I've lived in France, the Netherlands and Germany. I love movies and video games (even if getting less and less time to play). I'm an archer and a casual golfer.
Organizations are made of humans
Humans have strenghts, and weaknesses. And without a team of humans, your business doesn't exist.
The Product is the Organization
SaaS businesses need to get rid of old paradigms, with organizations consisting in the 4 usual departments. A 5th one needs to grow.
Product Design is not Product Management
You think you have the best product in the world? 6 things can still make it useless and kill your business.
Responding to change
Plans make us feel safe. And even if they're useful, we'll reach success by getting out of our comfort zone.
Customer collaboration
Customer collaboration: trust, transparency, communication and shared vision as your best bet against low churn.
Working software
Obvious value is obvious: working software over comprehensive documentation
Individuals and interactions
The end of Agile hasn't come series, part 2. I’m one of the first who, in a team, will want to get proper tooling and processes. Why? Especially because once it’s here, I only want to focus on individuals and interactions.
The end of the agile world hasn’t come
It’s amazing the amount of articles I’ve been reading lately, or the amount of people I’ve heard discussing the same thing: the end of Agile. Seriously?
Continuous Performance Testing: Why you should care
Yesterday, I attended the eZ Conference 2015 in NYC as a speaker. As the Product guy at Blackfire.io/SensioLabs, I gave my take on the importance of Continuous Performance Testing.
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