Blackblot^® Product Management Expertise™

Question: "You wrote that the Generalization and the Technology approaches are unsupported and lack methodological foundation, and thus they can be invalidated. I would like you to say a bit more about what makes them invalid."

Question: "If all the approaches other than the Methodology approach are invalid (or broken to some extent) how do we incorporate the notion of success?"

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This review provides an analysis of the background, challenges, and options for a career transition path from a Scrum product owner to a PMTK product manager.

Question: "Are there any legitimate product management certifications out there similar to the PMP certification?"

This review explains the forces that shape contemporary product management training programs.

Question: "What do product managers needs to have in their résumé?"

Question: "What am I expected to know if I want to be a product manager?"

Question: "I am attending product management training, learning Blackblot's methodology and realized that I need to rethink my true job title which may not be Product Manager. How can I determine what my real job title should be?"

Question: "Is 'Product Manager' a job title or a role?"

Question: "I am a software developer with several years of experience and wish to get into product management. I wish to know how I can break into the product management profession. Please advise."

Question: "The place where the PMTK methodology provides a major insight is the revelation that there IS a problem space that requires attention and this is usually the weakest role in the product management domain. Is this correct?"

Question: "Are product managers really the CEOs of their products?"

Question: "What are the common effects of being technology-driven?"

Question: "How should one make a move from core engineering/development or R&D to product management?"

Question: "I am a product manager in my organization. How does one evaluate a product manager? During my appraisals, against what parameters should I be measured? What are the qualitative and quantitative measures?"

Question: "Is there a particular approach to take when preparing a résumé for a product manager? Can you provide some examples of properly written product manager résumés?"

Question: "We would like to compare Blackblot's product management certification program to other programs. Please advise."

Question: "We would like to compare Blackblot's product management training program to other programs. Please advise."

Question: "We would like to compare Blackblot's product management methodology to other methodologies. Please advise."

Question: "I am doing my MBA right now and it is a two year program that requires a summer internship between the two years. I am curious, how hard is it for someone to get involved in product management as an intern? It seems to me that product management is such a critical role and often a full-time, long-term one that it seems unlikely you could find one as an intern. Perhaps most people work as some kind of assistant/junior product manager to another product manager to start out? What have you seen happen?"

Question: "What is the difference between a Director of Product Management and a Senior Product Manager? I am having this conversation with my boss (who is not a product manager) and others at my company and want to be clear about expectations of each role."

Question: "Based on Blackblot's global interaction with product managers, what is the main challenge product managers worldwide are faced with?"

Question: "I am pondering this philosophical question. What in its entire doings and interfaces can resonate a sense of a higher purpose in a Product Manager?"

The Product Management Festival 2013 which took place in Zurich, Switzerland, during September 2013, was the first major product management conference to take place in Europe. It was a two-day event with nearly three hundred participants from many western and eastern European countries, Russia, USA, Israel and even Australia.