tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post1402462567416907690..comments2024-03-26T06:57:45.751+00:00Comments on All about Product Management: Product Management and Knowledge SharingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-3923399692212591592007-11-25T20:10:00.000+00:002007-11-25T20:10:00.000+00:00Hi,I blogged not too long ago on this topic. Take ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I blogged not too long ago on this topic. Take a look at:<BR/><BR/>http://onproductmanagement.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/how-to-be-a-great-product-manager-part-5/<BR/><BR/>SaeedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-43788642961016986772007-04-14T09:16:00.000+01:002007-04-14T09:16:00.000+01:00Hi Derek,We are in the industrial automation busin...Hi Derek,<BR/>We are in the industrial automation business and developing our own hardware and software. We split the responsibilities also in hardware (inclusive embedded software) and PC-software (tools en management applications). In my opinion a logical split because the life cycles in both worlds aren’t running parallel.<BR/><BR/>KeesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-52616823668432468472007-04-01T13:21:00.000+01:002007-04-01T13:21:00.000+01:00Hi Kees van GriekenSeems like you have a good set ...Hi Kees van Grieken<BR/>Seems like you have a good set up at your company - 12 Product Managers to 6 product lines - this sounds like a strong team! Is it 2x Product managers per line? What type of products are you managing – and what is the split of responsibilities?<BR/><BR/>DerekAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388314930981220196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-52444418911664798692007-04-01T13:16:00.000+01:002007-04-01T13:16:00.000+01:00Hi Alexey,We had very little in terms of formal pr...Hi Alexey,<BR/>We had very little in terms of formal process or tools. We had an open office and team meeting (customer support, project management, sales) tended be held in the open - everybody overheard discussions, meeting and telephone calls. This enabled you to follow through with the relevant people concerned or just keep the information in your head and make the appropriate decision if Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388314930981220196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-21327266416270011602007-04-01T10:04:00.000+01:002007-04-01T10:04:00.000+01:00In our company the product managers (12 people for...In our company the product managers (12 people for 6 different product lines) are located together to stimulate the synergy between the products and to learn from each other to improve our product management skills. And there’s another reason. A product manager is working in close cooperation with customers, sales, marketing, logistics and R&D. In my opinion sitting close to R&D lead to too much Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-39817222347998482992007-03-31T02:35:00.000+01:002007-03-31T02:35:00.000+01:00It doesn't much matter where a product manager sit...It doesn't much matter where a product manager sits in an organization if the VP knows how to use product managers strategically. If not, product managers become support for that organization. Ideally, a product manager has technical knowledge combined with market savvy for better business decisions at the product level. <BR/><BR/>For more on my take on this issue, read <A HREF="http://Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580476890121296151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-53678428840432870252007-03-30T20:04:00.000+01:002007-03-30T20:04:00.000+01:00Derek, What tools did you use to support those pro...Derek,<BR/><BR/> What tools did you use to support those processes and knowledge sharing? Wiki's or something else?<BR/>How about release planning?<BR/><BR/> In my previous company (~60people) alot of things were tracked through a bug-tracker and some internally developed intranet site. One big missing capability was product/support knowledge management system.<BR/><BR/>-AlexeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-78351417241071031862007-03-29T19:52:00.000+01:002007-03-29T19:52:00.000+01:00I agree, Alexey, that PMs have to stay up to date ...I agree, Alexey, that PMs have to stay up to date but the bigger the company the harder it is to know what is going on internally. I have worked for a small company (head count of 50 to 60) – information and knowledge seemed to be in the air – you just picked it up in an informal way as you walked around the place. I have also worked for SME and currently a large company – I have found that theAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388314930981220196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913215993955067741.post-9069114833305566922007-03-29T18:37:00.000+01:002007-03-29T18:37:00.000+01:00Knowledge Sharing is extremely important in my opi...Knowledge Sharing is extremely important in my opinion. Even if you do not do SCRUM your PM should find a non-intrusive way to stay updated with current R&D situation.<BR/><BR/> In our small start-up we do not really have a PM per se.<BR/>A guy who owns applications consulting/sales engineering/technical marketing responsibilities also drives the PM process together with head of R&D and head of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com