"Question: How do I manage two separate products on the same platform?
I am responsible for two products that use the same underlying code, but I have to plan out the new features. Should I try to get a few upgrades to each product or release upgrades for each product separately?"
Great collection of templates for product managers: Marketing Requirements Document, Customer Use Case, Whole Product Bill of Materials Checklist, Positioning template, Product and Service Revenue Models, External Sales Roadmap, Security White Paper, etc.
"For each Product Manager (PM), we find:
1.0 Product managers
3.0 Products
5.0 Developers
0.8 Development leads
0.4 Product architects and designers
0.4 Product marketing managers
0.6 Marketing communications
3.2 Sales people
0.8 Sales engineers (pre-sales support)"
Probably not, but when we ask them to "manage over 1,500 different forms of information", human nature kicks (which can handle ca. 9 pieces of information in one context. Lesson learned: Streamline your Messages!
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