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Proprietary Data Formats Require Vendor Trust

By Eric Krock on June 29, 2011

If your product requires customers to create and maintain data in a proprietary file format, your business depends on customer trust. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Compatibility, Integrity, Organizational Behavior, Product Management, Psychology, Road Map, Trust | Leave a response

Bad Product Transition Management: Final Cut Pro X

By Eric Krock on June 28, 2011

Apple’s mistakes in managing the launch of Final Cut Pro X and the transition from Final Cut Studio 7 illustrate how NOT to manage a product transition! Learn from Apple’s mistakes. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management, Marketing | Tagged Compatibility, Product Management, Road Map | 3 Responses

Product Managers: Plan for Human Error, Not For Perfection!

Product Managers: Plan for Human Error, Not For Perfection!

By Eric Krock on April 18, 2011

Don’t assume your users will perform perfectly. Assume they will get tired, busy, distracted, hurried, and interrupted and will make mistakes. Then design your products accordingly. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Case Studies, Design, Product Management, Psychology, Risk | 1 Response

Startups, Products, and Projects: Cutting Through Noise

Startups, Products, and Projects: Cutting Through Noise

By Eric Krock on April 15, 2011

Startups, product managers, and project managers can save time by focusing on current revenue, plans for generating revenue, whether anticipated revenue supports the company’s valuation, and what other value the company has to potential acquirers. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Agile, Leadership, Planning, Product Management, Project Management, Risk, Scrum, Startup | 1 Response

Slides: Introduction to Agile Project Management and Scrum

By Eric Krock on April 7, 2011

Covers Agile Project Management, Scrum, user stories, story points, release planning, sprints, capacity, velocity, burndown charts, the roles of the product owner, ScrumMaster, and team, key values, and classic problems with waterfall project management and product requirements documents. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Agile, Planning, Presentations, Product Management, Project Management, Release Planning | Leave a response

Fukushima Lesson: Beware Assumptions! They’re Prisons for the Mind!

By Eric Krock on March 29, 2011

Your mind is only as free as you make it. Beware unchallenged assumptions. They are a prison for your mind that you build yourself! Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Case Studies, Organizational Behavior, Planning, Product Management, Risk, Road Map, Security | Leave a response

Product Management Security Tip: Allow Hard Passwords!

Product Management Security Tip: Allow Hard Passwords!

By Eric Krock on March 24, 2011

Automated attacks are a greater threat than ever, so allow users to pick hard passwords that combine uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and punctuation characters. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Case Studies, Design, Product Management, Security, Usability | 1 Response

Fukushima Lesson: Protection Won’t Work If You Don’t Use It!

Fukushima Lesson: Protection Won’t Work If You Don’t Use It!

By Eric Krock on March 23, 2011

Don’t make the mistake of applying different security or safety standards to the same critical asset at different times based on expediency. If an asset is critical, it needs to be consistently protected, not inconsistently protected. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Compliance, Design, Product Management, Project Management, Psychology, Risk, Security | Leave a response

Product Management Tip: Have Team Report Bugs IMMEDIATELY!

Product Management Tip: Have Team Report Bugs IMMEDIATELY!

By Eric Krock on March 22, 2011

It’s much better to have an incomplete bug report in the system than to have a bug reporting system with an incomplete list of the known problems. By training your team to report bugs immediately, you can reduce risk for your product and company. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Collaboration, Communication, Product Management, Project Management, Risk | 3 Responses

Fukushima Lesson: Beware Big Risks With No Symptoms Today

Fukushima Lesson: Beware Big Risks With No Symptoms Today

By Eric Krock on March 15, 2011

When doing product or project management, pay special attention to big potential risks that are causing no symptoms today. It is these risks that you’re most likely to underinvest in addressing and therefore these risks that are most likely to cause big problems in the future. Read full article ...

Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Case Studies, Cost, Planning, Product Management, Project Management, Psychology, Risk | Leave a response

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