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Is Product Management Incompatible with Passion?

Fortune is running a fascinating story about Steve Jobs that does a great job describing his character flaws and humanity, but also what makes him able to lead Apple to make products that inspire such rapid passion in their customers. The article made me think about Product Management in relation to a “genius designer” [...]

6 March 2008 | Product Management, Theory | 11 Comments

Core Teams and Tradeoffs

We all live in a World with tradeoffs. When you write a requirements document, is every requirement non-negotiable in order to ship the product? If so, you’ve traded off completeness for time or resources. If you’re like me, time is your biggest enemy, so even if the requirements outline the ideal solution [...]

6 March 2008 | Development, Executives, Lessons Learned, Product Management, Tactics | 2 Comments

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Product Beautiful is a blog for Product Managers and Product Marketers about building successful Product Management and Product Marketing processes. Some topics that other people have found interesting include a three part series on using overseas manufacturing, an analysis of Google APM's and Dell outsourcing its product process, and how Product Management can work effectively with developers and software programmers on free and open source software. You can also find information about Product Management theory and tactics, such as using a RACI. Product Beautiful is written by Paul Young, a Product Management and Marketing professional with experience working in hardware, software, and services from Fortune 50 companies to startups.

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