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Lists / Product Management
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Ten New Product Manager Tips
Welcome to product management! Over the the better part of three months, Adrienne Tan at brainmates, product management people, put together a series of posts with ten tips for new product managers. Check out our article for a quick summary, and links to all the articles at brainmates.
Flashback
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Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-11-10]
A look back at the best from a year ago.
Business Analysis / Product Management / Requirements / Requirements gathering
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Avoid the Abilene Paradox
An excellent article by Jonathan Babcock raises a thought provoking idea. When gathering requirements, we can end up with requirements that no one actually wants, because everyone thought someone else wanted it. This is apparently known as the Abilene Paradox, a term coined by Jerry Harvey. We can apply our […]
Business Analysis / Communication / Consulting / Requirements / Writing
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Requirements Writing Style and Synonyms
A rose by any other name… When we’re learning how to write in high school and college, we’re taught that synonyms make our writing more exciting. In fact, not using synonyms can make our prose clumsy and awkward. When it comes to requirements, the last thing you want to do […]
Flashback
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Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-11-03]
A look back at the best from a year ago.
Consulting / Project Management / Software development
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Outsourcing Debate – Two Guys Talk it Out
Bill Miller, who writes You Want it When?, a blog focused on improving the way you manage software development and I had a debate over email about outsourcing. We looked at pro’s and con’s, and our discussion centered around the best outsourcing model, and what the ramifications of outsourcing really […]
Business Analysis / Business Rules / Data management / Requirements / Requirements Models
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Glossary of Terms
Some books on how to write and manage requirements mention using a glossary. Most books on requirements don’t go into enough detail about either the importance of a glossary of terms, or the precise use of the glossary of terms. Or if they do, they under-emphasize the benefits of a […]
Flashback
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Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-10-27]
A look back at the best from a year ago.