Posts Tagged product managers
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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Going Green and Niching – How Product Managers Surviving a Downturn
Economic downturns don’t last forever, but boy-oh-boy do they hurt while they are happening! I’m not sure about your products, but my the customer that I’ve been consulting with are all scrambling to find ways to make their products easier for their customers to buy. Would you be interested in some tips on how to go about doing this?
The Power Of Green
We all know that all other things being equal, most customers will choose an environmentally friendly product (”green product”) over others. Product managers are currently looking for ways to make their products more green in order to boost sales during tough economic times. Read the rest of this entry »
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The 6th Product Manager Sense – I See Dead Products
Does the recession have you down? How’s your product doing – nobody buying, nobody interested? Cheer up – it turns out that this is actually the best time to be a product manager. Recessions are some of the best times for product managers to create new products that shake up the market and make your existing customers want you even more. The secret is to realize that what you have to do is to challenge convention…
What Does A Product Manager Need To Do To Survive A Recession?
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