Aug
16
Agile product management webinar tomorrow
ByDon't forget. My webinar on product management in an agile environment is tomorrow. If you haven't already, sign up here.
Don't forget. My webinar on product management in an agile environment is tomorrow. If you haven't already, sign up here.
Steve,
Thanks for the kind words. Below is a link to the series of articles you referenced.
http://tinyurl.com/ypk44x
Saeed
Steve (and Saeed), you point out one of the bigger challenges that I see for PM’s, which is how to be successful at companies of differing size and maturity. Being a great PM at a large company does not require the same skills as being a great PM at a startup. In fact, being great in one respect may make you crappy in the other.
I have been in interview situations where the hiring manager was looking for someone from a big company (Oracle, Sun, MSFT, etc) to fill a PM role at a company that had 20 people total, which was probably smaller than ONE of the PM teams at a large company. The product needs are significantly different at small and large companies and while the hirnig manager may be looking for someone who can replicate the PM process from the large company at the startup, that is likely a recipe for failure.
That’s not to say that a PM from a large company couldn’t be successful at a startup. Just that Product Management happens differently depending on the size of the organization.