Events

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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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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The Secrets of Unlocking Access to Venture Capital – as a Career or for Funding

“The Secrets of Unlocking Access to Venture Capital – as a Career or for Funding” with Ravi Belani, Venture Capitalist and Instructor at Stanford University by Dan Galatin March 2012 Event Ravi Belani, a venture capitalist and instructor at Stanford, presented at the March 7th meeting of the SVPMA. Mr. Belani discussed techniques for gaining…
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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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Starting from Scratch? Lessons Learned From Trying to Create Software as a Service at SAP

“Starting from Scratch? Lessons Learned From Trying to Create Software as a Service at SAP” with Mike Tschudy, VP, Product Design Group, On Demand Applications at SAP By Tej Ravindra February 2012 Event In February’s SVPMA monthly meeting, Mike Tschudy shared his experience and insights on developing SAAS solutions from a scratch. Three key takeaways…
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What Every Product Manager Needs To Know About UX

“What Every Product Manager Needs to Know about UX” with Glen Lipka, Vice President of User Experience at Marketo By Cindy F. Solomon January 2012 Event Glen Lipka is the Vice President of User Experience at Marketo where he was the first non-founder employee that ran product management and UX for several years of the…
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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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