An article written by Brian de Haaff, CEO at Aha!, about a product management well-known curse.
Tag: Product Management
Complexity to assess feasability
A recurring joke I hear when teams start using complexity points, and don't fully understand its principles, is their attempts to quantify the stock exchange value of complexity points vs man-hours. Funny, but pointless. Complexity points are part of the Scrum paradigm. Mixing up paradigms is rarely a good idea. Yes Alice, you should follow the white rabbit!
Be a Product Manager, Be an Expert
Sometimes, being a product manager in front of a prospect and your sales representative may make you feel very lonely... But there starts your evangelist role!
Empty your backlog, delete issues
A backlog is like a garden. At some point, if you don't spend enough time maintaining it, weed will grow. And your Japanese garden will turn into a wasteland.
A Top-Down Approach to Product Design in Agile Environment
Product Design is an engineering process. It is not just about drawing a beautiful user interface, it is about building a solution to a user's need. It is a succession of logical steps in thinking and writing, which I recommend to browse through sequentially. And the best approach to my experience is going top down.
Why you should care about your Product’s Technical Debt
Products with uncontrolled technical debt are a pain as soon as you want to add or modify even the smallest feature. No matter how good they are, your developers will just struggle in getting your user stories "done".
Product Manager or Product Owner?
Sorry if you're a Product Owner and that you feel you're doing the same than a Product Manager. Either you're actually not, or your company didn't give you the proper job title. And then I strongly encourage you to settle that.
Getting things done with Scrum
This post is not about Agile. It is about getting things done. And it is about a process that serves business objectives. Understanding your context is key in selecting a methodology, so that you can then embrace it, and finally make it yours. In that specific order.
The Right Tool for the Right Task
Proper tooling can be extremely helpful for a Product Manager. And it's always hard to find exactly what you need. I'll be discussing the tools I used, what I liked and disliked about them. What are your thoughts?
The Essence of Product Management
There's one thing that has been rather disturbing at the beginning of my career as a Product Manager. Nobody understands what that means. In France especially, not long ago, job boards used to display "Product Manager" positions which would lead you directly to managing the stock of your local supermarket. Sadly, that is still a… Continue reading The Essence of Product Management
Christophe Dujarric 