World-class product management provided by Under10 Consulting

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World-class product management

provided by Under10 Consultinghttp://www.under10consulting.com

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We’re losing clients and we don’t

know why.

We’re winning deals and we don’t

know why.

How should we measure

success?

What is product

management anyway?

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48% of time spent in

unplanned activity

Companies can be agile too!

But with agile methods, we can now build the wrong product faster

than ever.

“ ”“ ”Development is about building the product right. Product

management is about building the right product.

Steve Johnson

Under10 Consulting

Working with other teams

Product management

Exec

How large should a product

management team be?

Sales

Mktg

Dev

product marketing manager

sales engineerbusiness analyst

or product owner

Who is hiding their

headcount in the

product management

budget?

Bill Campbell

Chairman, Intuit

“A guiding thing for me would be [to hire]

the best Product Marketing guy, somebody that

understands how to apply technology in

the market.”

AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, July 2009

Just enough process

RefineDesign & deliverDefine

Product

Promotion

Sales

Operations

Business

Market

Business

Market

Before: focus on product

RefineDesign & deliverDefine

Product

Promotion

Sales

Operations

Business

Market

Business

Market

RefineDesign & deliverDefine

Now: extend your view

Product

Promotion

Sales

Operations

Business

Market

Business

Market

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding

what to do. That's true for companies, and it's true

for products.

5 fundamental principles

Do it right (once), so you don’t do it over

Look at everything from the buyer’s view

Create a few living documents

Re-use methods whenever possible

Do more of what’s working, and stop the rest

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People must know why they’re changing1 People must have

the skills, tools, and coaching to change2 People they respect

must support the change3

Create a world-class product organization Define effective

organizational structures

Assign roles and responsibilities

Audit existing process and artifacts

Most organizations need a small number of living documents—fewer than 10 Define your idea-to-

product and go-to-market processes

Steven Johnson

steve@under10consulting.com

http://www.under10consulting.com

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