Rather than discussing the regular project management terminologies, this article is more into discussing project management from Applied, Behavioral & General Aspects. I will try to share my experience more about the general aspects of product management in real lives & how we can deal with various aspects of client, boss, product and team.

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2. What do you call an engineer who’s not meeting expectations?
A product manager
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3. RED’S, GREEN’S & BLUE’S
OF
PROJECT/PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
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4. Agenda
• RED’S : Don’ts of Product Management.
• GREEN’S: Do’s of Product Management.
• BLUE’S: Must-have of Product Management.
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Dev Raj Gautam
cofounder@ Cloudtai
I build (Code + Architect + Manage) Solutions.
Past: Senior Project Manager @Briandigit,
Application & Database Specialist @ Nutrition Innovation LAB (USAID),
Senior Software Engineer @ Bitscrafters PVT LTD ,
Software Developer @ Softech Infosys PVT LTD .
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6. Discuss Deadline, Budget & Scope with the Right Person.
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7. Golden Rule: Never Gold Plate.
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8. Don’t Listen To Your Customer
Solutions
Hey Dave! I M Excited Let’s
Add Machine Learning to Our
HR software.
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9. Always Listen to Your Clients And End Users
Problems.
Wow Sure!! What
Do you need
Actually?
I wanna find
employees who are
absent on Fridays &
Mondays.
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10. Build a team of Individuals who Embraces Teamwork & Adds Value
to Team. Resumes Don’t Build Great Products.
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11. Trust the Product that you have Build & Yeah Use it.
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12. Never! Ever! Ever! Ship Things That You Wouldn’t Use.
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13. Say No!! Politely
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14. Stop Saying No!! Accept Valid Features.
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15. Don’t Always Try To Invent: Copy, Hack & Break Some without
Breaking The Rules & Laws.
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16. Things You Like doesn’t mean the rest of the world likes it too.
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17. Launch Your Products.
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18. Quick Recap
• Discuss Deadline, Budget & Scope with the Right Person.
• Golden Rule: Never Gold Plate.
• Don’t Listen To Your Customer Solutions
• Always Listen to Your Clients And End Users Problem.
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19. Quick Recap
• Build a team of Individuals who Embraces Teamwork & Adds
Value to Team. Resumes Don’t Build Great Products.
• Trust the Product that you have Build & Yeah Use it.
• Never! Ever! Ever! Ship Things That You Wouldn’t Use.
• Say No!! Politely
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20. Quick Recap
• Stop Saying No!! Accept Valid Features.
• Don’t Always Try To Invent: Copy, Hack & Break Some
without Breaking The Rules & Laws.
• Things You Like doesn’t mean the rest of the world likes it
too.
• Launch Your Products.
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21. Thank You!!
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