This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
How do we improve in the area of productmanagement? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Ellen Gottesdiener, President of EBG Consulting, discuss ways companies can better oversee the development and lifecycle of a product in its entirety. A working definition of productmanagement (1:15).
Group exercises: Test active listening and teamwork through role-playing or case studies. For example: A software engineer could be asked to explain a technical concept to a non-technical stakeholder. A productmanager might outline a roadmap to a cross-functional team.
It will start with getting more exercise; I think that will help on both physical and mental fronts. Improve ProductManager and EngineeringManager Skills. I want to know the engineering side, the product and economic side, the history, the future, and absolutely everything I can learn about it.
The CEO, chief product officer, chief technical officer, and I met a month later. I said, If we had the best productengineering organization in the world, what would it look like? I walked them through an exercise right there on the CEOs dining room table. Imagine were the best productengineering org in the world.
Now it also covers the advanced titles—Staff Engineer for the engineer track and three EngineeringManager titles for the management track. We still need to add Principal Engineer for the engineer track, and specialty skills, but this is enough for a foundation. Verdict: Jury’s still out on this one.
Will’s book, An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of EngineeringManagement. Marcus: Will, you are a manager now. You have been an engineer, you’ve got a marvelous book out called An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of EngineeringManagement. When you were little, did you want to be a manager? November 4-7, 2019.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 49,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content