Product Management Tidbits

ProductCamp Toronto Sponsorship

Is anyone attending ProductCamp Toronto? If you are, please take a moment to introduce yourself.

Incidentally, Quantum Whisper is pleased to announce sponsorship for ProductCamp Toronto. The event, scheduled October 4, 2009, will be held at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University.

ProductCamp is a great opportunity for participants to learn from, teach to, and network with professionals involved in Product Management, Marketing, and Development.

Interested in attending --- register at http://www.productcamp.org/toronto/register/

Looking forward to a great day and great event.

See you there!

 

 

Product Management Survey - Analysis and Report

Earlier this summer, the 280 Group and Quantum Whisper teamed-up to complete an extensive product management survey. First and foremost, we were delighted with the community response and the approximately 800 participants --- THANK YOU! As for next year, we hope to build on this year's edition by integrating your feedback.

The product management survey results are available in two formats:

1. On-line: Featuring the entire survey, the online version is immediately available for viewing and includes a comment area (ideally suited for questions and community discussion).
   
2. PDF: A downloadable PDF is available for those that prefer a local copy.

Below are just some of the highlights:

• 78% of product managers work weekends (average 6 hours)
• The average product manager is responsible for 3.3 products
• 33% of respondents indicated they will not offer software-as-a-service (SaaS)
• 38% practice agile development (e.g., SCRUM)
• 4.5 is the number of average product releases per year
• Only 22% of those that use product management software "love it".
• Only 6% of respondents rate the quality of their "market evidence" as "excellent".

Product Management Survey Link

Please, don't forget to share your feedback!

Enjoy!