Relevant Quips: Technology Product Management

Slide 2: Relevant Quips None of the authority. All off the accountability. PM 101

Slide 3: Relevant Quips It’s easier to find products for people you know than it is to find people for products you know. Steve Johnson Pragmatic Marketing

Slide 4: Relevant Quips A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do. CS 101

Slide 5: Relevant Quips You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk. PM 101

Slide 6: Relevant Quips The P&L is a beautiful barometer. BUS 101

Slide 7: Relevant Quips Know your and trust your product team PM 101

Slide 8: Relevant Quips Always be shipping! Nothing helps a team become efficient more than a steady release tempo Ken Norton VP, Product Marketing JotSpot

Slide 9: Relevant Quips WARNING: Cool technology can cause feature anemia and schedule slip OJT

Slide 10: Relevant Quips Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. OJT

Slide 11: Relevant Quips If only PowerPoint ran on Unix, better yet a ppt code generator. Trade Show Quip 15 Year Solution Architect Veteran

Slide 12: Relevant Quips Competitor information IS required reading. PM 101

Slide 13: Relevant Quips While product is the biggest P, the others drive revenue and profit MKTG 310

Slide 14: Relevant Quips On time delivery with quality is a catalyst for loyalty OJT

Slide 15: Relevant Quips You cannot win by doing the same thing as your competitor, only 10 percent better. Offer something different and be 10 times better. PM 210

Slide 16: Relevant Quips A product roadmap is best considered a business plan. PM 215

Slide 17: Relevant Quips He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. PSY 101

Slide 18: Relevant Quips If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before. OJT

Slide 19: Relevant Quips Warning: dates in the calendar are closer than they appear. PM 101

Slide 20: Relevant Quips Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience. OJT

Slide 21: Relevant Quips Hit ‘em where they ain’t. MKTG 215

Slide 22: Relevant Quips Don’t look for answers in your office. Get your ideas and products in front of customers sooner, not later. OJT

Slide 23: Relevant Quips Other people have good ideas too. PM 101

Slide 24: Relevant Quips A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked perfectly. OJT

Slide 25: Relevant Quips Two heads are better than one. When you’re wrestling with a thorny issue, get others involved. Creativity is not a one-man job. FA 215

Slide 26: Relevant Quips The challenge of developing products is not in deciding what to include but what you can omit. PM 150

Slide 27: Relevant Quips The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong. PM 315

Slide 28: Relevant Quips Accept what your product is, understand what it is not, know what it MUST be. PM 510

Slide 29: Relevant Quips Never miss a good chance to shut up. PM 301

Slide 30: Relevant Quips The basic principles of reasoning: first, define the problem, for a problem clearly defined is already half solved; to gather evidence, pro and con; to discard the irrelevant; to formulate a tentative solution; and finally to put the solution to the test. Logic 101

Slide 31: Relevant Quips Understand the problem, know the technology, and execute the plan PM 210

Slide 32: Relevant Quips Market entry requirements are no fun, but are called requirements for a fairly good reason. MKTG 203

Slide 33: Relevant Quips Customers rarely appreciate your products as much as you do. PM 110

Slide 34: Relevant Quips No, I clearly believe there are technology buyers. I have already met 8. Dinner Discussion Quip 20+ Year Technology Vet

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