Product roadmap planning: A big piece of the development puzzle We are thrilled with the response we have received from our latest Webinar Friday series, titled, Building a Data-Driven Product Roadmap. We have also received an overwhelming number of questions on this topic, which leads us to believe that: 1. We’ve identified a real pain […]
The agile planning checklist In their most recent publication of The Product Management Journal, the great team over at Product Focus offers up a few tips to help you get the most out of your agile planning. Here are three to get you started: 1. Product manager or product owner: What’s the difference? There is
Strengthening your organizational culture with custom labels Yesterday, we were very pleased to introduce our latest feature inside OneDesk, labels configurability. You’re now able to create personalized labels and apply them to all your processes across the entire application. It’s a great new way to keep you organized and tailor your work items to reflect
Developing product plans can be challenging There is no doubt that building a product roadmap can substantially increase your chances of bringing your product to market faster and in a more cost effective manner. Nevertheless, the product planning process can be quite daunting. Large volumes of data is collected and it is up to the
A recent article by Barry Jaruzelski and Richard Holman of Booz & Company, examined the current state of product development in the manufacturing and design industry. According to Jaruzelski and Holman with a rapidly evolving marketplace and the constant changes in customer preferences, the need to innovate, develop and “invest in distinctive capabilities to ensure
These days, organizations place so much emphasis on reputation management and discovering what customers don’t like about products and services. Evidently, having a good grasp on the demands of the marketplace is important, but what about all of those great pieces of positive feedback your customers send you? Are they considered integral components of the
Whether your focus is Project Management, Product Management or Product Marketing you can use OneDesk to develop and deliver better products to market faster. Creating requirements from one or more pieces of feedback As a product professional, you must select and create product requirements that not only meet customer needs, but that also align with
What requirement tools do you prefer? A critical component of a successful product development process is requirements management. Within this process, generating product requirements from several different sources, such as customer feedback, support issues, and company objectives, can be challenging. In a recent blog post I expressed that using the right requirement tools in addition
New methods for managing teams and increasing results Organizations and team leaders are looking towards social business to provide better methods for managing teams. In a recent blog post my colleague, Kim, highlighted the critical role teamwork plays in product development and the advantages of using social collaboration software to manage team performance. Social collaboration
Requirements gathering the right way “Good product managers do not just gather requirements — they understand unmet needs, existing problems, and opportunities for improvement…” – Jeff Lash, How to be Good Product Manager Even though the negative implications of poorly structured requirements gathering process and management strategy are clearly evident, organizations continue to use ill-suited