One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced as a product manager is attempting to arrive at a consensus when identifying what enhancements, bug fixes and other development items should be included in the product roadmap. Perhaps you, too, will identify with a few of the themes in this *mostly* fictional dramatization…
Bob, a product manager at [...]
So the business case for your new product is completed and you are ready to present it to your execs. As suggested in a previous post, you have consulted with the key decision-makers prior to the presentation and of course they disagree with your numbers and/or your assumptions. Your ability to drive everyone to a [...]
Recently, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to hear Jackie Huba, the author of “Citizen Marketers: When People are the Message”, speak about marketing in the Web 2.0 world. She made many great points, but when she talked about a Participation Strategy, I really took notice. Here are some of her ideas with [...]
We are all familiar with Geoffrey Moore’s concept of “Crossing the Chasm,” which applies to new-to-the-world products entering an undefined market. However, little has been written or said about the internal chasm that a new product (along with the product manager) must often cross inside their own company to become successful in a B2B market.
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This is a continuation of a previous blog which deals with the details of successfully executing, presenting and gaining acceptance of a business case. In a future post we will deal with the content of that business case.
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