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Wanna Know the Secret to Becoming an Awesome PM?  Tips from the Trenches.

 By Arrielle Mali No matter where you are in your career, there’s always room for improvement.  If you can minimize product endangerment by learning from other’s mistakes while honing your skills in the process, wouldn’t you want to know how? When you’re starting out, everyone will have a point of view where the product should…
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Book Review: Product managers could learn a lot from “Lessons in Agile Management”

by Greg Cohen David Anderson has been a tremendous influence on my thinking over the years, and he ranks in the top few authors whose writing is always a must read. He just released a new book Lessons in Agile Management and it is a fascinating read.  In the book, Anderson brings together diverse bodies…
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Product Management Team Performance Study White Paper–Just Released

Ever wonder what high performance Product Management teams have in common? Actuation Consulting and Enterprise Agility with the support of: The Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), The International Project Management Association (IPMA),  American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm), Accept Software, Diversified Communications and the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Chicagoland chapter recently conducted…
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A Perspective on P-Camp Saturday, March 24, 2012

By Jae Kim Product Management: Minimum Viable Product I was at 5th annual SVPCamp today. There were several hundreds of product managers, entrepreneurs, programmers and designers to share ideas and network. It was my second time at the event. It felt great to connect with fellow product managers in Silicon Valley. For those of you…
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What makes Great Product Managers at Expansion Stage Companies?

Choosing the right product management leader might mean success or failure for your startup. How to find great ones? by Tien Anh Nguyen, Senior Associate at OpenView Venture Partners, an expansion-stage venture capital fund in Boston In our portfolio companies of expansion stage software companies, the product management process is a critical function because it…
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Making the Case: Why Product Management Is Critical to Company Success

by Greg Geracie Ask virtually any person inside your organization what the value of product management is and you’re likely to get a series of different answers or even quizzical looks. This is ironic, because product management is critical to company success. Although no one inside theorganization wants to eliminate product management, few people can…
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The Perfect Partnership

By Greg Geracie Companies often struggle to maintain a good balance between their market activities and their product development efforts. The fact is – most new products are not ready for prime time. This circumstance leads to products that deliver less value than anticipated or fail altogether. This inability of organizations to effectively bring products…
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Make the Shift to Proactive Product Management

By Greg Geracie One of the chief indicators of a truly successful product management organization, other than market success, is its ability to move from being reactive to proactive. This is accomplished by putting the appropriate level of process in place and ensuring that everyone understands their roles and what to expect. Oddly enough, many…
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