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BMW Product Managers Prepare To Launch Tomorrow’s Product Today
Over at BMW they’ve got a bit of a problem on their hands and their product managers are stepping up to deal with it. Perhaps we could ...
BMW Product Managers Prepare To Launch Tomorrow's Product Today theaccidentalpm.com
[caption id="attachment_2029" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The Future Is Coming, Are You Ready Product Manager?"]Image Credit [/caption] Product managers rule the world. That means that we need to show the rest of...

I don’t care what kind of product you are in charge of right now, let’s play a game. You are now in charge of a product that all of us ...
Product Management Case Study: Pay Phones theaccidentalpm.com
[caption id="attachment_2287" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Hey product manager, can you pay to hear me now?"]Image Credit [/caption] I don't care what kind of product you are in charge of right now, let's play a game.

How do you feel about failing at something? I’m willing to bet that you are just like the rest of us in that you HATE to fail. It turns ...
Product Managers Need To Learn How To Fail theaccidentalpm.com
[caption id="attachment_2302" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Failure is not the end, but rather a unique learning experience…"]Image Credit [/caption] How do you feel about failing at something? I'm willing to bet that...

Just imagine if you were the product manager who was in charge of one of the world’s simplest products: a pen. How successful could you ...
Pens Can Teach Product Managers The Write Stuff theaccidentalpm.com
[caption id="attachment_2317" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Some product managers have found a way to make their old school product hot property…"]Image Credit [/caption] Just imagine if you were the product manager...

Over at the drug powerhouse Pfizer they’ve got a very, very popular cholesterol-lowering drug that they market under the brand name ...
Product Managers Could Learn To Love Lipitor theaccidentalpm.com
It is the best of times to be a pharmaceutical drug product manager, it is the worst of times to be a pharmaceutical drug product manager. Over at the drug powerhouse Pfizer they've got a very, very popular cholesterol-lowering...

You want to climb to the top of your marketplace and you want to stay there forever. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? You’d be right if it ...
Why Product Managers Need To Learn To Love Being #2 theaccidentalpm.com
Image Credit If you're a product manager, then you always want to be a winner, right? It's almost an integral part of our product development definition -- you want your product to storm into the marketplace and kick some butt...

As product managers we are always looking for someone to tell us how we could be doing our jobs better. The problem is that it’s all too ...
5 Tips For Product Managers From The Former Bergdorf Goodman CEO theaccidentalpm.com
Image Credit As product managers we are always looking for someone to tell us how we could be doing our jobs better so that we can look even better on our product manager resume. The problem is that it's all too often hard to...

I suspect every product manager learned during the last global recession, cutting costs associated with your product is important, but ...
Product Managers Learn To Optimize Prices In Order To Boost Margins theaccidentalpm.com
Image Credit So what does a product manager need to do in order to make his / her product more profitable? As I suspect every product manager learned during the last global recession, cutting costs associated with your product...

If you have been in public lately then you’ve seen that just about everyone had their faces planted into a mobile device of some sort. ...
What Product Managers Need To Know About Going Mobile theaccidentalpm.com
Image Credit If you have been out to a mall, driving in traffic, or attended a sporting event lately then you've seen that just about everyone had their faces planted into a mobile device of some sort. From a product manager...

Product Managers Need To Beware Of The Hidden Impact Of Discounting Their Product
Have you ever given any thought to the damage that you might be doing to your company’s other brands when you slash the price of your ...
Product Managers Need To Beware Of The Hidden Impact Of Discounting... theaccidentalpm.com
Image Credit Have you ever given any thought to the damage that you might be doing to your company's other brands when you slash the price of your product? It turns out that cutting your product's price might boost your...

Hate Too Many Choices? What Product Managers Need To Learn From The Toothpaste Problem…
I’ve got a quick quiz for you: how many different types of toothpastes are being sold right now? According to survey company Spire LLC ...
Hate Too Many Choices? What Product Managers Need To Learn From The... theaccidentalpm.com
So Simple And Yet So Difficult To Buy!

What do product managers really spend their time doing? We like to talk about all of the things that a product manager should be ...
4 Things That Real World Product Managers Do theaccidentalpm.com
Do You Know What Product Managers Spend Their Time Doing?

The secret to true product manager success is to get more people to buy your product. Giving it away for free sure seems like a great ...

Product Managers Need To Decode The Secret “Color Language”
Product Managers make decisions about colors all the time. Sometimes it has to do with a product logo, sometimes it has to do with the ...

Two Words That Turn A Product Manager On: “Real Time”
I’m willing to bet that if you got a bunch of product managers together and asked them what one thing in the world they most wanted, ...
Two Words That Turn A Product Manager On: "Real Time" theaccidentalpm.com
Every Product Manager Wants It, And They Want It Right Now…

Every product that you are put in charge of developing comes with an unwelcome addition – risk. It turns out that there is something ...
Hey Product Manager, Care For Some Risk? theaccidentalpm.com
Just How Risky Is Developing Your Next Product Going To Be?

Dr. Jim Anderson reveals how product managers at Coke are keeping track of their over 450 different brands of products.
Dr. Anderson ...
Video: Is Being A Product Manager At Coke The Real Thing? theaccidentalpm.com
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNy1EOo12E&feature=player_profilepage Dr. Jim Anderson reveals how product managers at Coke are keeping track of their over 450 different brands of products. Dr. Anderson talks about how Coke...

4 Ways To Lock-Down Your Product’s Pricing
You would think that simply by setting the price of your product and then telling the world about it would wrap up that part of being a ...
4 Ways To Lock-Down Your Product's Pricing theaccidentalpm.com
Pricing That Isn't Locked-Down Allows Products To Be Stolen

Dr. Jim Anderson shows which skill a product manager must have in order to be successful.
Dr. Anderson reveals how this one skills ...
Video: #1 Skill That A Product Manager Needs To Have theaccidentalpm.com
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TPl4ySeb8Y Dr. Jim Anderson shows which skill a product manager must have in order to be successful. Dr. Anderson reveals how this one skills controls everything that a product manager does....

Is it possible that you are managing too many products? It turns out that not only is this thinking wrong, it might actually be bad for ...
Product Managers Need To Find A Way To Slim Down – Their Products! theaccidentalpm.com
Too Many Products That Look Alike Is A Real Problem
