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Product Vs Project Management
OK, so how many times has this occurred: someone asks you what you do for a living and you tell them that you are a Product Manager and they fire back at you
“Oh, so you manage projects?” Grrr, it’s really no fair – the two disciplines really have nothing in common. Well wait a minute, maybe they do. No, no they really are different. Dang it. What’s the difference between the two?
A lot of the confusion comes from the simple fact that the two jobs do share a lot of things in common. However, never fear, they really are completely different no matter what your friends or your boss tell you. In a nutshell, the differences fall into three different categories: scope, execution, and results.
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What is the Difference Between Time Management and Maximizing Your Production?
I guess the first question is, why should I care? If you are interested in getting results and improving your quality of life, you should care a great deal. Let’s look at a few crucial differences.
Timing
There are two distinct times when you will be performing Time Management (TM) functions and then specific times when you will be performing Maximizing Production (MP) functions. Doing them in reverse order will be counter productive. Time Management activities are without doubt the absolute foundation on which everything is laid. If you start off with a faulty foundation, everything else that lies on top will be, in varying degrees, either out and out wrong or just less effective than if the foundation was correct. I use another analogy that I like; it seems to clear up the difference between these two very important functions. You are thinking about going on a vacation. The original thought came from where? You have time off from work, you take a yearly vacation, you are tired, need a rest; the idea for a vacation came from some thought process. That thought process is the start of you organizing your time.
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Manager’s Guide – Key to Productivity
By definition a successful manager is one who gets the most productivity from the people who report to them. No matter what industry you are in, there is one key to getting the very most from your personnel. If you understand the motivation, what really drives each individual toward success, and you know how to use this information, then you will see consistently higher levels of productivity. This is an obvious statement, but implementation can be more challenging.
Every manager wants to use successful motivation techniques to drive production. These techniques should be a part of a long term strategy, and so, should not use negative short term threats if you want to retain your best personnel and nurture their productivity over time. Threats of time pressure and “take away’s” are not the best management tools in most situations, especially where you are trying to build trust that will in turn bring greater long term commitments to improving your bottom-line.
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