Comments on: Success factors for program managers http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/success-factors-for-program-managers/ Management and Creative Thinking Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:45:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mathew http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/success-factors-for-program-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-494519 Mathew Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:24:04 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1244#comment-494519 Your reference to the crop of PM types you learned from reminded me of the foundational Joelonsoftware story of Jabe Blumenthal inventing the Program Manager role - and yes - those days are long gone. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000034.html Mathew http://www.blist.com Your reference to the crop of PM types you learned from reminded me of the foundational Joelonsoftware story of Jabe Blumenthal inventing the Program Manager role – and yes – those days are long gone.
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000034.html

Mathew
http://www.blist.com

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/success-factors-for-program-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-489506 Pawel Brodzinski Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:39:26 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1244#comment-489506 The rule "Maniacally focus on building a product your customers will love" hits the nail. Yet I'm always a bit confused when I know the interest of the customer is different from the interest of the user (which is quite common in b2b business). How do you choose in this kind of situations? Or maybe you were lucky enough you always worked on end-user apps and the customer always equaled the user. The rule “Maniacally focus on building a product your customers will love” hits the nail. Yet I’m always a bit confused when I know the interest of the customer is different from the interest of the user (which is quite common in b2b business).

How do you choose in this kind of situations? Or maybe you were lucky enough you always worked on end-user apps and the customer always equaled the user.

]]> By: Greg http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/success-factors-for-program-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-489397 Greg Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:59:36 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1244#comment-489397 I would say that Joe is quite unique at Microsoft. (Apart from miniJoeB, inside Joke) Many PM's at Microsoft have learned to say "How do we know if it's good enough" rather then "how do we know its good." The culture can get skewed toward shipping products. People get 'Ship-it' awards and "Patent Awards" not "Quality awards" or "Customer Delight" awards. Great post and great tips. Thanks. I would say that Joe is quite unique at Microsoft.
(Apart from miniJoeB, inside Joke)

Many PM’s at Microsoft have learned to say “How do we know if it’s good enough” rather then “how do we know its good.” The culture can get skewed toward shipping products. People get ‘Ship-it’ awards and “Patent Awards” not “Quality awards” or “Customer Delight” awards.

Great post and great tips. Thanks.

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