Comments on: The Product Management Cringe List http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:49:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Stewart Rogers Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:03:51 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-103 Ah yes, because nothing ever changes and vision doesn't extend past the next release. Ah yes, because nothing ever changes and vision doesn't extend past the next release.

]]> By: bobcorrigan http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-99 bobcorrigan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:58:06 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-99 The ultimate cringe: "Why do you need to go visit so-and-so? We already know what we're building next." The ultimate cringe: “Why do you need to go visit so-and-so? We already know what we're building next.”

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Stewart Rogers Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:06:40 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-90 I was wondering if someone would ask about some of them because you are right, some are just natural in our language. Specifically for the three you mentioned... Customers for some equal the list of clients who already paid and for some it also includes the potentials. More often than not it is the former (paid) so I cringe when I hear it. Prioritize follows the same lines, for most it means high/medium/low. I prefer rank which means 1, 2, 3, ... , n. It is useless to have two items ranked high, but 1 & have value. The term "requirements" I am OK with, but the term "business requirements" I do not. Business implies one and it is ambiguous whether it is your business or someone else's. If someone else's they are not requirements, they are requests. Generally I can tell the effectiveness of the product management group by how they label requirements.<br><br>Thanks for asking J Smith! I was wondering if someone would ask about some of them because you are right, some are just natural in our language. Specifically for the three you mentioned… Customers for some equal the list of clients who already paid and for some it also includes the potentials. More often than not it is the former (paid) so I cringe when I hear it. Prioritize follows the same lines, for most it means high/medium/low. I prefer rank which means 1, 2, 3, … , n. It is useless to have two items ranked high, but 1 & have value. The term “requirements” I am OK with, but the term “business requirements” I do not. Business implies one and it is ambiguous whether it is your business or someone else's. If someone else's they are not requirements, they are requests. Generally I can tell the effectiveness of the product management group by how they label requirements.

Thanks for asking J Smith!

]]> By: J Smith http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-89 J Smith Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:54:18 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-89 But why do they make you cringe?<br><br>Customers? Prioritize? Requirements? These aren't exactly jargon. Do you not use them? But why do they make you cringe?

Customers? Prioritize? Requirements? These aren't exactly jargon. Do you not use them?

]]> By: JasonBrett http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-88 JasonBrett Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:35:22 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-88 Or we are a SaaS company and don't need product managers....#didisaythatoutloud Or we are a SaaS company and don't need product managers….#didisaythatoutloud

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Stewart Rogers Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:59:54 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-87 I use easy-to-build all the time! Not sure where you are going with this one. :-) I use easy-to-build all the time! Not sure where you are going with this one. :-)

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Stewart Rogers Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:58:49 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-86 Great ones... customer-driven generally means we are incapable of making decisions. Great ones… customer-driven generally means we are incapable of making decisions.

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Stewart Rogers Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:58:22 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-85 Great ones... customer-driven generally means we are incapable of making decisions. Great ones… customer-driven generally means we are incapable of making decisions.

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Stewart Rogers Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:57:18 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-84 Saw someone use "We have no competition" on Dragon's Den (cbc.ca/dragonsden/) last night. Saw someone use “We have no competition” on Dragon's Den (cbc.ca/dragonsden/) last night.

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2009/06/25/top-10-product-management-cringe-list/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Stewart Rogers Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=740#comment-83 Great ones! How this one "CEO is the product manager"? Great ones! How this one “CEO is the product manager”?

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