Best Practices for Enterprise Software Product Leaders
Creating a good user experience for IoT products is hard. There are more layers of technology, more users to please, and more teams to coordinate than ever before. Are you prepared to lead the way as a Product Manager? … [Continue reading]
Get an inside look at the state of the IoT industry, as reflected in the IoT World conference and expo last week. Through talks and discussions with expo exhibitors, I noticed four key challenges the industry faces today: focusing on technology over … [Continue reading]
I recently spoke at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas. It was a great event that brought together IoT thought leaders from around the country, as well as product and business leaders from companies working on industrial and enterprise IoT … [Continue reading]
You want to get into IoT Product Management. But where do you start? What skills do you need? Which companies are working on IoT today? Start here, with these five essential steps for getting into IoT Product Management. … [Continue reading]
Hardware decisions impact your IoT device's cost, user experience, application capabilities, and more. But only about 20% of IoT Product Managers have experience managing hardware. In this post, I demystify the hardware inside IoT devices to help you … [Continue reading]
I had the opportunity to be a guest in the popular podcast "This is Product Management". Mike Fishbein and I had a great conversation on the challenges Product Managers face when building IoT products. I also answer one of the top questions I get: … [Continue reading]
Many Product Managers still think industry experience is unnecessary to get hired. However, as a hiring manager, I know firsthand that industry experience can make a difference when deciding between final job candidates. Learn why hiring managers DO … [Continue reading]
I'm very excited to be featured in the IoT Inc Business Show! I had a great conversation with Bruce Sinclair, the host of the show, on how to use my IoT Decision Framework. … [Continue reading]
IoT security is tough and risky. A security breach can put human lives at risk, because hackers can get control of real-world objects. To make things worse, IoT products give hackers a new attack point: the physical device. How can you ensure your … [Continue reading]
Too many product teams and entrepreneurs think, "If I connect it, they will come." The problem is that people don't buy IoT, they buy a solution to a problem. In this post, I talk about an excellent example of IoT solving a customer problem, and … [Continue reading]
My Product Management for the Internet of Things at Stanford Continuing Studies (BUS-145) expands on my IoT Decision Framework and focuses on all the areas you need to consider when building an IoT product. Note: My next time teaching this course … [Continue reading]
In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, I describe the complexities of managing an Internet of Things (IoT) product, and walk you through my IoT Decision Framework. … [Continue reading]