If you want to be a bad product manager, accept what you hear. Resign yourself to be constrained by what others tell you. Give up whenever you face resistance. Don’t push back when something doesn’t seem right. Just accept things as they appear, and work within those limits.
If you want to be a good product manager, prevent yourself from getting lulled into complacency. The most powerful force working against product managers isn’t the competition or problematic customers or other groups within your company — it’s yourself.
Product managers need to advocate what is best for their customers and their product. There will be situations where forces are working against you, where you hear phrases like
- It’s always been done that way
- It’s against our policy
- That’s not possible
- We’ve never tried that before
- We don’t know how
- I don’t think that’s a good idea
It is very easy to forget what you are trying to accomplish and accept these answers. There will always be obstacles along the way, and you may need to fight for what you believe is right. This is a necessary part of product management and often may be crucial to your success.
Do not accept these excuses as reasons to give up. If anything, they signal areas where there is resistance for some other reason. “That’s not possible” may really mean “We don’t have the right skills or knowledge.”
Sure, there will be times when there will be legitimate excuses, and you should not feel demoralized. You will not always get what you want, or what you think is best for your customers and your product. However, you will have succeeded if you pushed as hard as made sense. As long as you do not become complacent and accept excuses as fact, you still have a chance of prevailing.
huge blog you corner
very good \o/
Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I’m not sure I’d want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.
Aw, this was a really quality article. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a fantastic article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done. Best wishes, Donnette.
But,where may that judgment disaster arise?
Hey man, was just looking through the web looking for some information and came across your blog. I am impressed by the knowlege that you have on this blogsite. It shows how well you understand this subject. Bookmarked this page, will come back for more. You, my friend, ROCK!!!
There are some interesting points in this clause but I don’t know if I see all of them heart to heart. There is some validness but I will hold judgement until I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want more! Added to FeedBurner too.
If you could message me with some hints about how you made your blog site look this good , I’d appreciate it.
First-rate info website! I am totally loving it!! I have just this minute signed up to your websites feed also and I will be coming back again!!! than you.
I really enjoyed your site. It is always nice when you find something that is not only informative but entertaining. Outstanding!
Thank you fantastic. Where else could stuff like this am glad I found customer, and exactly.
folks I have been glued to my seat a whole lot . an outstanding job had to say thanks again!
Your RSS feed doesn’t work in my browser (google chrome) how can I fix it?
Like your site, I have been reading quite a bit about this recently and it is good to get lots of different bits of info and points of view. Look forward to finding out more.
buddy and I. from people to tell you besides I like your way of thinking
It`s great finding an article about this, been looking this up for an internet project I`m doing. Will bookmark this web site, seems like there are lots of blog posts that will assist me.
Having right food at the right time will always keeps the person more healthier.
Thank you for the great post! I would never have found this otherwise!
This makes me somewhat upset. I’m not saying you are responsible, really I think its everyone else that is responsible.
Hello friends did you’r have news sites ? I liked clerical cultivate pro my friend … ..
Hello friend did you’r had old videos ? I enjoy clerical cultivate pro my dad … ..
Hello guy do you’r had old archives ? I care clerical develop pro my dad … ..
Hello guys do you’r had news sites ? I approve letter evolve for me … ..
Hello friend did you’r have new articles ? I love article build up pro my friend … ..
Hello mans do you have new links ? I enjoy article improve pro me … ..
Hello guys do you’r had new articles ? I relish clerical cultivate for my dad … ..
Hello guy did you have news links ? I approve article cultivate so my dad … ..