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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
By Eric Krock on February 9, 2011
Here’s a brief list of excellent books that will improve a product or project manager’s ability to reason and help you develop a healthy skepticism about your conclusions. Read full article ...
Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Product Management, Project Management, Psychology |
By Eric Krock on February 8, 2011
To reduce the risk of biasing yourself (and others), avoid stating a position on an issue before you have to. Start by asking questions with an open mind, learning, and hearing what others have to say. Read full article ...
Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Planning, Product Management, Project Management, Psychology |
By Eric Krock on February 3, 2011
Detect when you’re wrong by seeing how many people disagree with you and why, testing your opinions against the facts and each other, testing your predictions against the future, and comparing your success with that of the best. Read full article ...
Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Collaboration, Communication, Planning, Product Management, Project Management, Psychology |
By Eric Krock on February 2, 2011
Product and project managers must be the voice of reason even if everyone else is being temporarily (or chronically) illogical. Today let’s consider mistakes people make when thinking about and comparing options. Read full article ...
Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management, Psychology |
By Eric Krock on February 1, 2011
Common logic errors include confusing sequence or correlation with causation, overgeneralizing, doing too little or too much analysis overall or on specific issues, considering only one explanation, and forgetting to consider “do nothing” as an option. Read full article ...
Posted in Agile Product and Project Management | Tagged Best Practices, Character, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management, Psychology |
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