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What is Product Management?
July 3rd, 2011 by Joca

DDD (Domain Driven Design) has a very powerful concept, so powerful that it is the first concept presented to anyone who is initiated in DDD, Ubiquitous Language:

A language structured around the domain model and used by all team members to connect all the activities of the team with the software.

source: http://domaindrivendesign.org/node/132

It’s a way to guarantee a shared understanding of the main terms used in a domain.

I’ll start to write more about Product Management here, so I felt the need to define Product Management prior to writing more about it.

Product

Prior to defining Product Management, let me define product in the software development industry:

Product is any customer facing software system.

A customer facing software system is not necessarily a system which drives revenue through subscription or on-demand use. A system like a newspaper portal can be considered a product. The revenue from such a system probably will come from ads. An internet banking is another example of a customer facing system who would benefit from product management. It doesn’t drive direct revenue but it helps decreasing cost of physical bank offices.

Product Management

And here goes the Product Management definition:

Product Management is accountable and responsible for everything from high-level objectives to the details of the user experience of a customer facing system. It’s the connection between the business strategy and the customer through a software system.

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The difference between a product and a project | Joca on stuff writes:
August 15th, 2011 at 12:23 AM

[...] director at Locaweb. I love open water swimming and studying. If you need advice on any kind of product management issue including process, technology, marketing and people aspects, please feel free to contact me. [...]

Agile Product Discovery | Joca on stuff writes:
August 21st, 2011 at 11:43 PM

[...] The word startup in lean startup may be misleading because startup gives the idea of a new company creation. However, the concept on lean startup fits very well within established companies, no matter its size. I believe that instead of using the startup word, I’d rather name it as Agile Product Discovery, an iterative process of discovery of a problem and its best solution that can be turned into a product. [...]

Lean startup validation experiment, phase 2 | Joca on stuff writes:
August 24th, 2011 at 11:40 PM

[...] is an experiment I’m running to see if it is possible to launch a successful product, i.e., a customer facing software system without spending too much money and in a short period of time. Actually the name startup is a bit [...]

Leant startup validation experiment phase 3 | Joca on stuff writes:
October 30th, 2011 at 9:53 PM

[...] is an experiment I’m running to see if it is possible to launch a successful product (product = customer facing software system) without spending too much money and in a short period of [...]

Lean startup validation experiment phase 4 | Joca on stuff writes:
March 6th, 2012 at 10:39 PM

[...] is an experiment I’m running to see if it is possible to launch a successful product (product = customer facing software system) without spending too much money and in a short period of [...]

Lean startup validation experiment, phase 2 | Joca on stuff writes:
March 6th, 2012 at 10:44 PM

[...] an experiment I’m running to see if it is possible to launch a successful product (product = customer facing software system) without spending too much money and in a short period of [...]

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