On Product Management

Six Characteristics of Product Managers

After an unintentional and rather protracted break from blogging (a bad flu in February, followed by a really busy work and personal schedule for the last few weeks), I’m returning to my regualar schedule.

I just completed a podcast with Michael Ray Hopkin for his Product Management Pulse blog. In the podcast we discussed my series of articles entitled How to be a GREAT Product Manager.

I cover 6 rules for Product Managers to follow. They are:

• Don’t just sound smart; act smart and be smart
• Be technical without becoming a technologist
• “Spidey-sense” instincts are good; hard data is way better
• The 4 Cs of Leadership: credibility, commitment, communication and courage
• Be an integrator, translator and communicator; don’t be a terminator
• Own the product from conception to completion and beyond

The podcast is available at:

http://www.productmanagementpulse.com/six-characteristics-of-product-managers

Saeed

Related posts:

1. How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 1)
2. How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 3)
3. How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 4)
4. Rules and Laws Product Managers Should Understand (part 2)
5. Questions for Product Managers