Many companies are hiring in-house UX teams to assist in the development process. That’s great news for your users, but it could be a challenge for you. As a Product Manager, how do you leverage this new skill set and how do you integrate it into your finely-tuned Agile development machine? This post series will give you a game plan to overcome this common challenge. Part 1 focuses on the people-oriented challenges, while Part 2 focuses on the process-oriented challenges.
UX for Product Managers
UX seems to be the latest buzzword around. Everybody is talking about it, but what does it really mean? In this post I’ll go over the basics of UX for Product Managers and more importantly, how can a you can leverage UX to create better products. [Read more…]
How to Hire Great Software Project Managers Part 2/2: Recruiting Process
In Part 1, I shared my criteria for selecting a great Project Manager. Once you have the criteria, how do you identify all those traits during the interview process? Below is an approach I’ve used successfully for many years.
How to Hire Great Software Project Managers – Part 1/2: Criteria
Hiring a great Project Manager is critical, especially when this new team member will lead many of your software initiatives. They help prioritize tasks, interface with stakeholders and overall, drive a project to completion. But how do you find a great one?
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How to Avoid Pitfalls during your Mobile Implementation
In this post, I share some lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid during the development of your Mobile App.
Mobile Strategy: What Product Managers Need to Know
Mobile applications has some very unique characteristics that shouldn’t be overlooked when planing your mobile strategy. In this post, I’ll cover some decisions you need to make before starting the project. In Part 2, I’ll give tips to help you avoid common pitfalls when managing the actual development.
How to Negotiate Retainer & Staffing Contracts
So far in this Vendor Contract series, we talked about T&M (Part 2) and Fixed Price (Part 3) SOWs. In this last post, I describe two final contract types that you can’t afford to miss: Retainer and Staffing SOWs.
How to Negotiate Fixed Price Contracts
Now that you are familiar with T&M SOWs, let’s look at Fixed Price SOWs. This is probably the most common type of contract for bigger software engagements. Whether you are the Client or Vendor, you don’t want to miss the key watchouts in this post.
How to Negotiate Time & Materials Contracts
In the first part of this series, I shared a primer on NDAs, MSAs, SOWs and COs. In this post, I’ll dive deeper into Time and Materials contracts – their pros and cons and things to look for during negotiations. [Read more…]
What every Product Manager Ought to Know about Contract Negotiations
In this series, I’ll discuss the key areas in contract negotiations that Product Managers need to know. I’ll describe the basic contracts you’ll encounter (NDA, MSA, SOW and CO) and key watchouts from both the Client and Vendor perspective. [Read more…]
How to Find the Right Design or Development Shop – Part 2/2
In Part 1, I discussed some of the preparations you’ll need when choosing a software vendor for design or development. In this post, I dive into actually selecting the vendor and what you can expect once you do. [Read more…]
How to Find the Right Design or Development Shop – Part 1/2
As a Product Manager, sooner or later you might need to outsource some or all of your software design or development to an external vendor. To get you started, here are some key considerations when choosing a software vendor, based on my experience on both the client and the vendor side. [Read more…]
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