Predictive Analysis For Product
If you are involved in Product, Itamar Rosenn has a short talk you must listen to. In his short (about 10 min) brief, he explains about how his data science team works with user data (osemn) and how...
View ArticleAm I A Product Or Project Manager....?
There's so much chatter in the world about Project vs Product Management. It's a question which many people do and will continue to get mixed up.Most of the arguments are really drawn out and...
View ArticleProduct & Organizational Smells
'Code smells' is a familiar term to software engineers. It's very similar to the expression: 'where there's smoke, there's fire'. The difference between the two is that in the 'smoke' case, it's...
View ArticleYour Product Has No Curator
It's tempting and romantic to think a team or organization will naturally coalesce around a product. It's also very dangerous to think it actually works. It's a product & organizational smell.You...
View ArticleTrading Opportunity for Reduced Risk
Make no mistake about it, deliverables slow down your team, product and organization. Depending what the deliverable is and why it's done, this may or may not be a bad thing. Chances are, however, that...
View ArticleThe Synthesis of Thin & Fat Clients
My buddy Vic once used the phrase 'mega trends'. I like that that phrase. He used this term while giving me his take on CORS and how it will shift things back to the browser based Fat Client model....
View ArticleBunts vs Home Runs: Market vs Product Oriented
During a game, a baseball coach will survey the field: taking into consideration facts such as which bases are loaded, the current inning, the score and how good his hitters are. She'll use this to...
View ArticleMarketing = Research. Promotion = Communication
Marketing, promotion & advertising are similar terms that are used often and because of this, they are often misused - generally one being used in place of another. It's important to know the...
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The Customer's Timeline
We all look to hire a product or service when we have a job to be done. Thinking of it as 'hiring' is a powerful metaphor because few decisions are irrevocable. When we move from one solution to...
View ArticleLean, Not Models, Is Your Hedge For Product Initiatives
Yesterday, I arrived early for an event which was hosted by a startup here in NYC. While waiting for things to get rolling, I noticed the startup was hiring. I glanced at the openings and one job...
View ArticleSituational Segmentation vs. Customer / Market Segmentation
My mom is about to buy an iPhone.My friend Ramon has an iPhone.My mom, in her 70's, is generally afraid of and avoids technology.My friend Ramon, in his 20's, is a genius engineer and generally keeps...
View ArticleThe One Cost Engineers Don't (and shouldn't) Consider...
...is opportunity cost.Kris Gale recently wrote an attention grabbing article: The one cost engineers and product managers don't consider. The article is long, dips into a few different topics but can...
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A Product's Local and Maxima Extrema Threads
Your product is a web of threads. These threads connect features and together, shape your product. Just like the threads of a web, when you pull, push and even add threads, your product will react and...
View ArticleZero To Product: The Problem Space
This is part 1 of a retrospective on vizipres: A product I began and worked on for a few months. part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7The Problem SpaceWhen I meet people and they learn...
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Zero To Product: Exploring A Situational Segment
This is part 2 of a retrospective on vizipres: A product I began and worked on for a few months.part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7What Customers Are Doing NowAfter choosing a...
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Zero To Product: Customer Development, Modeling Timelines & Shared Problems
This is part 3 of a retrospective on vizipres: A product I began and worked on for a few months. part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7Listen & Stay FocusedTo recap, here's where I...
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Zero To Product: Prototyping and Spiking The UI
This is part 4 of a retrospective on vizipres: A product I began and worked on for a few months.part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 , part 6, part 7I Need A UIArmed with the models I've created...
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Zero To Product: Narrowing My Situational Segment With Analytics
This is part 5 of a retrospective on vizipres: A product I began and worked on for a few months. part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7Testing The Real WorldI'm moving along in my...
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Zero To Product: How I Built My MVP
This is part 6 of a retrospective on vizipres: A product I began and worked on for a few months. part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7Stacking UpIt would take a little time before I...
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Zero To Product: How & Why I Discontinued My Product
This is the 7th (and final) part of a retrospective on vizipres: A product I began and worked on for a few months. part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7Hit, Stand Or Double Down?Over...
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Replacing The User Story With The Job Story
I've written about the problem with user stories before. At the time, I found it better to just have the team talk over proposed changes to the product. This worked great when the team had gelled and...
View ArticleWhat Christensen and Thompson Got Wrong and Right
Ben Thompson, is a blogger who's recently piqued my interest and I've been following his tweets and blog. His last post, WHAT CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN GOT WRONG, is... well....wrong. I found this...
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"The User Experience Team of One" by Leah Buley & O'Reilly Media
This book's title is what caught my attention and after reading it.....I think the title is prefect. Through this book, Leah is giving UX designers, both aspiring and existing, techniques and the...
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5 Tips For Writing A Job Story
A job Story is a powerful way to facilitate team conversation and discovery when designing products. They are meant to cut right to the job to be done by eliminating distractions. The job story...
View ArticleMoving To Medium
I'm giving Medium a shot. I like it because the team is moving very fast in improving it vs blogger.I also want something more lightweight to work with and blogger is a bit heavy for me.Check me out here.
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