As people, our natural tendency is to put off painful tasks or delay making that annoying or painful call such as: Turning down a person's idea Encouraging an employee to improve their performance Resolving conflict between two or more employees Sharing criticism Terminating a position Telling investors your business is losing money Asking vendors for new rates or invoice payment terms Our tendency to "procrastinate" doubles when the call involves dealing with person-to-perso

A hard truth of product life cycles...life happens. Software solutions/products are sunset, discontinued, retired, put into End of Service (EOS), End of Availability (EOA) or in End-Of-Life (EOL) state for a variety of reasons, including: The natural progression of the product life cycle leading to new versions being released Revision of strategic positioning/product direction Revenue generation not to expected levels Profitability not to expected or required levels Growth no

Both Product Management and Project Management act as a form of communication glue between the various departments in a company, including executive, engineering, sales, marketing, user experience, operations, back-office etc. As companies grow, CEOs and company owners delegate strategic & communication functions towards Product Managers to deal with the various aspects of planning, communication, scope, budget, risks, issues, quality, research etc. Product Managers come from