Out on twitter, productmanagers shared a reference to this article, "Study Explores Motivation behind Decision Making in New Product Development Teams" in the Carolina Newswire. The article can be found at http://tinyurl.com/c5hzbl...

In this article, we will visualize a few more issues software vendors face in terms of the technology adoption lifecycle. Christensen wrote about how incumbents would move upmarket when attacked by an attacker selling a radical or discontinuous innovation...

Out on twitter, there is a lot of discussion about where product management belongs. I've replied in comments to a few of these discussions...

In this post, I am again expanding on the Tyner Blain post, "User Stores and Use Cases, see http://tynerblain.com/blog/2009/02/02/user-stories-and-use-cases/ that I first wrote about in http://www.noozit.com/article/.ee84c57. The triangle model is something I came up with after a hypertext conference back in the late 80's after hearing a presentation by researchers at the MMC...

Tuesday morning (7:41) sehlhorts posted a mention of a Tyner Blain post, "User Stores and Use Cases, see http://tynerblain.com/blog/2009/02/02/user-stories-and-use-cases/. The graphics in that blog post brought to attention some interesting thoughts that I'll lay out in this post...

I'm on twitter now. You can find me at http://twitter.com/DavidWLocke...

In this article, I will expand on the previous discussion on assumptions that I discussed in this post, http://www.noozit.com/article/.ee84b91. In Geoffrey Moore's technology adoption lifecycle (TALC) books, we are encouraged to commit strategically to the TALC approach...

Today, I came across a coment in the discussion on raising the competence of software product managers on the Business of Software forum, http://network.businessofsoftware.org/forum/topics/raising-competence-in-software?page=1&commentId=2352433%3AComment%3A9321&x=1#2352433Comment9321. In the comment by Samuel Fricker, he says "Activities have been launched by leading researchers and consultants in the field to standardize software product management education...

A long time ago, a programmer told me "I deliver functionality, not interfaces." Programmers don't compete. Products compete...

Neil Davidson posted a request for stories about assumptions on his blog at Business of Software social network. The article can be found here, http://network.businessofsoftware.org/forum/topics/qotw-have-you-seen-good...

At http://www.goodproductmanager.com/2009/01/15/differentiate-to-avoid-being-a-me-too/comment-page-1/#comment-19401, Satyajeet, responding to a comment I made, said "But I believe that the time difference between a feature used as a differentiation becoming a hygiene is very short these days. The point you make when you said “your competitors definately serve a different population………… redefining your own customers”, may be true when users can use only one of the products ...

When did you as a product manager take time to think? No, not about this issue or that...

Every constraint is a line in the sand, a border between things. Some borders are thin and brittle...

In a discussion on The Business of Software, http://network.businessofsoftware.org/forum/topics/qotw-what-are-your-predictions?page=1&commentId=2352433%3AComment%3A7946&x=1#2352433Comment7946, one of the replies by Steve Jones mentioned that there will be less upgrades in 2009. Let's talk about that...

As you move into price-driven competition or that of functional commoditization, there are many different things you can do. Dayparting is one such tactic...

Go was one of those games that didn't yield to minimax search back in AI class. In CGI, effectivity came to supersede ray tracing, as the light-rendering algorithm of choice in CGI applications...

In http://www.noozit.com/article/.ee844ce, I talked about one step to becoming more proactive, doing lunch. In this post, I'll talk about where knowing your people can take you...

I came across this post today, at Requirements Defined, http://requirements.seilevel.com/blog/, "5 Ways To Create Successful Projects With Fewer Resources , " http://requirements.seilevel.com/blog/2008/12/5-ways-to-create-successful-projects.html. Point 5, Strengthen interpersonal relationships, both horizontally and vertically, captured my attention, as it addresses the issue raised by Jeff Lash in his "How To Be A Good Product Manager" blog, http://www.goodproductmanager.com/...

The Technical Enthusiast Market In the previous article in this series, http://www.noozit.com/article/.ee843d9, I moved from the early adopter, customer application, effort, discussed in http://tinyurl.com/5zhfa6 to entering the vertical market. I skipped the very first market, the technical enthusiast or geek market...

Into the Vertical In this post, I'm continuing the discussion mentioned in http://www.noozit.com/article/.ee84398. In Geoffrey Moore's technology adoption lifecycle (TALC), you start commercializing a discontinuous or disruptive innovation in a custom application for an early adopter...