Events

Estimating Business Value

“Estimating Business Value” with Chris Sims, Founder, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Trainer at Agile Learning Labs By Tej Ravindra September 2012 Event September’s SVPMA meeting was a rare treat. The audience was actively engaged in hand on estimation, ROI analysis and planning scrums. Chris Sims, an experience Scrum master presented the philosophy and the practice…
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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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Workshop – Persuasive Communication: the 3 Most Important Skills You Need Right Now

Persuasive Communication – the 3 Most Important Skills You Need Right Now August 2012 WorkshopJuliet Erickson, Author and Communication Consultant (Click here for Presentation Slides) #Communication#Tools#Marketing#Leadership#Programs #Initiatives#Entrepreneurship#Startups#Career

Benefits Realization: The Competitive Advantage

“Benefits Realization: The Competitive Advantage” with Prashanth Naidu Director, Office of CIO at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah August 2012 Event Prashanth Naidu leads Strategic and Financial Planning, Portfolio Management and Executive Communications. He discussed how critical it is to set specific goals, measure them consistently and adopt the outcomes to improve processes…
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PM Lessons Learned from Companies Big and Small

“PM Lessons Learned from Companies Big and Small” with Dane Glasgow, VP of Global Product Management at eBay By Dan Galatin July 2012 Event Dane Glasgow, Vice President of Global Product Management at eBay, presented at the July 11th meeting of the SVPMA.  He shared the story of his career journey and some of the…
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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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Career in Product Management – What Next?

Career in Product Management – What Next? with 1) Al Nevarez, VP Product Management of Allegiance, 2) Deb McClanahan, Principal of BroadBand HR Consulting, 3) Eric Carrasquilla, General Manager of Amdocs CRM Division and 4) Justin Schuster, VP Product Marketing of Lithium. Moderator, Greg Geracie, President of Actuation Consulting and author of the book Take…
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Strategic Planning for More Effective Product Management

“Strategic Planning for More Effective Product Management” with Brian Lawley, CEO and Founder, 280 Group By Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM May 2012 Event As former president of the SVPMA, and the CEO and Founder of the 280 Group, Brian is a relentless evangelist for the product management profession, product manager excellence and purveyor of…
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Platforms for the Next Wave

“Platforms for the Next Wave” with Rick Chavez, General Manager for Microsoft Advertising’s Online Services Division By Chen Zou April 2012 Event Rick Chavez heads Microsoft’s advertising Online Services organization, which delivers solutions that enable companies to connect and deeply engage with their customers. In this capacity, the marketing solutions team spans field sales, strategic,…
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