Understanding how to ask the whys & a when gets is essential for product managers to see past the junk food of outputs & into the satisfying banquet of outcomes.
Tag: Product Owner
Dean’s Semi-Definitive List of Product Management Podcasts & Books
Dean’s semi-definitive list of ProdMgmt Podcasts & Books “When you stop going to school, you’ve only given-up on formal education. When you stop learning, you given-up on living.” ~ George L. Peters, Sr. Not a week goes by now when I receive a request from an active or aspiring product person looking to up their product…
5 Reasons we need Group Therapy for Product Managers
Question: Is there any value in group therapy-like activities for product managers & product owners? I think there is. Here are 5 reasons, each supported several links as to why … followed by a personal call to action. 1. We snicker about it on Twitter Did you know laughter can alter dopamine & serotonin activity?…
Son of a Product Management Prioritization Menagerie
TL;DR — Folks, it’s a zoo out there, especially when it comes to feature prioritization. Below is yet another O’Rly bookshelf to prove my point … … so BEHOLD! 5 more ‘wild beasties’ that graze upon our prioritization process. Only this time, the creatures listed below are more about situations we find ourselves in rather than the various…
JIRA-Slinging Ticket Monkey
I first penned JIRA-Slinging Ticket Monkey in a 2015 humor post. Little did I know how much it would resonate. Its intent was to reflect — in a very smart aleck way — the frustrations I was hearing from product owners who felt they were dancing to the monotonous tune of some organizational organ grinder. Over the past three-and-a-half-years…