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	Product Management : Overview
		Product management is a pivotal role for both new startups and mature companies.
		Product management not only manages the internal release process for a product, but also interfaces with external customers and the market to gather, evaluate and prioritize feedback.
		As the company grows and scales, product management needs to be in place to insure a solid product direction and vision guides what the engineering team is working on and that all products fit with the company strategy and position.
	www.pongracz.net /management.html (199 words)

	Product management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Product management is a function within a company dealing with the planning or marketing of a product or family of products at all stages of the product lifecycle.
		Product Management is a collective term used to describe the broad sum of diverse activities performed in the interest of delivering a particular product to market.
		From a practical perspective, product management is a domain that holds two disciplines: product planning and product marketing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Product_management (230 words)

	Product Management Primer -
		Job postings for product managers are peppered with phrases like "customer-centric," "consensus-builder" and "fluid environment" -- requirements that don't easily translate into the concrete abilities and experiences needed to succeed in the product manager role.
		Product management is neither R&D nor sales, but the intersection of making it and selling it, says Sam Knox, a former product manager at AT&T Interchange and other high tech firms.
		Managing these day-to-day interactions and understanding how they may affect others is central to a product manager's -- and the product's -- success.
	featuredreports.monster.com /productmanager/primer (668 words)

	Definition of PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
		Product management is responsible for critical day-in-day-out product decisions that dictate the very success of your business strategy.
		Without effective product management, product development is prone to guesswork; with world-class product management, product and service companies proceed with product development in the knowledge that markets and customers are intimately understood.
		This insight into the ingredients of successful products is not without its challenges: Understanding customer needs is only one dimension of product management, which has to be considered in the context of many other internal and market factors.
	www.acceptsoftware.com /products/accept_360/product_management.html (258 words)

	PPM Seminar > PPM Seminar Agenda - Strategic Role of Product Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Product managers learn about the breadth of their job and how to balance strategic with tactical activities.
		Since product management has such a strong technology orientation, we offer a tool to help assess technology in the competitive landscape, providing pros and cons for four types of technology products.
		Once product managers have collected and analyzed most of the available market data, information can be articulated in three key forms: positioning, sales process, and market requirements.
	www.productmarketing.com /Seminars/PPM/agenda.asp (935 words)

	Product Lifecycle Management
		Product lifecycle management, sometimes "product life cycle management", represents an all-encompassing vision for managing all data relating to the design, production, support and ultimate disposal of manufactured goods.
		PLM can be thought of as both (a) a repository for all information that affects a product, and (b) a communication process between product stakeholders: principally marketing, engineering, manufacturing and field service.
		The PLM system is the first place where all product information from marketing and design comes together, and where it leaves in a form suitable for production and support.
	www.product-lifecycle-management.com (299 words)

	Product Management Roles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In technology companies, product management often plays a support role: supporting the channel with demos and product information, supporting developers with user requirements and project scheduling, and supporting marketing communications with screen shots and technical copywriting.
		Product management is a well-understood role in virtually every industry except technology.
		Hiring managers should be clear about the job responsibilities before hiring a product manager.
	www.productmarketing.com /productmarketing/topics/roles.asp (451 words)

	Product Management Software
		Product managers in high-tech companies are overwhelmed by features, ideas and product requirements from inside and outside their company.
		In enterprises where product managers are considered business-critical, these managers face tremendous pressure to develop increasingly more complex products out faster and better targeted to market needs.
		Due to the historical lack of product management software tools to help Product Managers manage their data, many have resorted to storing requirements information in spreadsheets, among other product management tools that were designed for different purposes.
	www.featureplan.com /product-management-software.htm (676 words)

	Software product management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Product management is in limbo, according to Johnson.
		Product managers' rule #3: In "Crossing the Chasm, " Geoff Moore says that product management is a senior, business-oriented role and typically fails because we staff it with junior, technically-oriented people.
		Product managers' rule #10: It seems counterintuitive, but product managers who spend a lot of time supporting salespeople find that they are not valued by their companies.
	www.productmarketing.com /productmarketing/magazine/2/4/0407bw.asp (3058 words)

	PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
		Product data management (PDM) tools are needed to support and integrated approach to managing product data.
		Since the relationship of a product's parts is a logical one maintained by the information system rather than a fixed physical relationship as represented on a drawing, it is possible to readily maintain more than one relationship.
		While, the current process is defined in a company's configuration management or engineering change procedures and in its new product development process, often changes have to be made to take advantage of the communication and coordination capabilities of the PDM system.
	www.npd-solutions.com /pdm.html (1323 words)

	Product Management : Glovia : FUJITSU
		Continuing to support more products and more configurations than ever before, while the average lifespan of those products shrinks dramatically, can be a recipe for disaster.
		Glovia Product Management, the core of Glovia, provides you with the control you need over product costs, estimates, and configurations so you can better deliver products on time and within budget.
		Glovia Product Management provides manufacturers with a centralized repository for all product-related data to help speed new product development, compress time-to-market, reduce development costs and manage large product portfolios.
	www.glovia.com /html/products/modules/productmanagement.aspx (258 words)

	Marketing Consultant, Product Management & Product Marketing Contractors, Silicon Valley Companies, 280 Group, Brian ...
		Product Marketing and Product Management Consultants can help you define or clarify your company and product strategies, develop your overall marketing plans, or put a Product Management process in place.
		If you need a product marketing or product management consultant or contractor contact the 280 Group for a quote and proposal.
		For assistance with product launches, writing market requirements documents, customer research, developing sales tools, competitive analysis, positioning, pricing or other Marketing or Product Management tasks contact the 280 Group for a free quote and proposal.
	www.280group.com (375 words)

	280 Group Product Management Consultants & Contractors
		Product Management Consultants can do short or long-term projects such as customer and market research, product strategy, competitive analysis, market analysis, and writing MRDs (Market requirements documents).
		Product Management Contractors can come in and act as an interim employee, taking the place of staff that are on vacation, sabbaticals or maternity leave, or filling in if you don't have full-time headcount to hire a permanent employee.
		For assistance with product launches, MRDs (marketing requirements documents), shipping products, market sizing and analysis, customer research, sales tools, competitive analysis or other Product Management tasks contact the 280 Group.
	www.280group.com /productmanagement.htm (352 words)

	TechniCon - Product Content Management (glossary)
		Product content management systems are used to manage the content and appearance of online catalogs, offering comprehensive functions to add, delete and edit product, classification and attribute data.
		Product content management systems are also used to create catalog content, providing tools to acquire, transform and aggregate product data from multiple sources into content suitable for e-commerce use.
		Product content management is the key to the success of any online catalog solution.
	www.technicon.com /glossary_ProductContentManagement.html (152 words)

	Product Management
		We can measure the benefits of the new product or information system in terms of financial performance, such as improved earnings per share or increased revenues, items that are directly caused by a new information solution.
		This simple application enables sales and account managers to document who their contacts are and how they are staying in touch with them in order to maintain a memory of the account for new or repeat sales and services.
		When globalizing your website or software products, it is important to plan and budget for the resources required to maintain the system in multiple languages.
	www.softwaresolutionsdesign.com /ENG_product.aspx (967 words)

	Product Management: A Path to the Top -
		Product manager jobs are among the most sought-after positions posted on Monster.
		This six-part series on product management highlights the combination of training, skills, experience and street smarts required for these demanding positions -- often a career stepping-stone to senior management.
		These articles explain the key concepts for successful product management: "the ripple effect," managing without authority, understanding the customer and why product managers so often end up in the top jobs, and show the concepts in action with advice from successful product managers.
	featuredreports.monster.com /productmanager/intro (245 words)

	Michael on Product Management & Marketing - High-Tech, Software, Web
		Product management and product marketing is no different - especially when it comes to requirements documents.
		Product Specifications Document (PSD) is a less popular acronym, but in organizations that have such a document, it is by and large the same as the Functional Specifications Document (FSD) described above.
		In that event, Michael Sippey, the VP of Products at Six Apart (a blogging software company whose product 'Movable Type' powers my blog) gave an excellent speech on product management.
	michael.hightechproductmanagement.com (4692 words)

	New Product Portfolio Management - IT Project Portfolio Management and IT Governance with CA Clarity, formerly Niku ...
		CA Clarity’s deep product portfolio management capabilities– including multiple what-if scenarios and efficient frontier analysis – provide you with multiple ways to identify the most innovative and promising product portfolio.
		Portfolios can also be rolled up from multiple business units into a centrally managed product portfolio, ensuring that your overall product portfolio is aligned with your corporate strategy.
		Product portfolios need to be achievable as well as innovative, so CA Clarity easily balances the demands on your people across all product development programs and quickly identifies any bottlenecks or over-commitments.
	www.niku.com /ww/product-portfolio-management-225.html (411 words)

	CMstat :: Product Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The CMstat CM System efficiently organizes the maze of disparate product data and documentation in a central repository we call the Database of Authority® providing extensive search capability to ensure product information is accessible to all internal departments and supply chain partners from a single Infomration Point.
		Pre-programmed inter-relationships and strict enforcement of CM rules and practices assure You, your Suppliers and, most importantly, your Customers, that your products are delivered on time, on budget and to their contractual standards and requirements.
		Product Metadata and associated Drawings and Documents are secure from costly unauthorized changes, loss or oversight.
	www.cmstat.com /products/product_management.cfm (681 words)

	Amazon.com: Product Management: Books: Donald R. Lehmann,Russell S Winer,Donald Lehmann,Russell Winer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Product Management is a lean, defining text that covers three major tasks facing today’s product mangers: analyzing the market, developing objectives and strategies for the product or service in question, and making decisions about price, advertising, promotion, channels of distribution and service.
		Product Management utilizes the familiar Marketing Plan as the unifying framework for its lessons, and takes a “hands-on” approach toward preparing graduates to assume the position of product manager.
		Lehmann proved that product and pricing are the two sides of a coin called Management.
	www.amazon.com /Product-Management-Donald-R-Lehmann/dp/0070275491 (938 words)

	Product lifecycle management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.
		Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is more to do with managing descriptions and properties of a product through its development and useful life, mainly from a business/engineering point of view; whereas Product life cycle management (PLC) is to do with the life of a product in the market with respect to business/commercial costs and sales measures.
		The core of PLM is in the central management of all product data and the technology used to access this information and knowledge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Product_Lifecycle_Management (2615 words)

	IBM Software - Product Lifecycle Management - Family Overview
		Product Lifecycle Management designs, analyzes, and manages your company's products from conception to retirement.
		Provides best-in-class product lifecycle collaboration solutions for product teams throughout the extended enterprise and across the supply chain.
		Provides product information and training in one easy-to-use learning and support system that helps maximize the productivity of the user community.
	www-306.ibm.com /software/applications/plm (200 words)

	Information Product Management
		The NTIS information management and delivery process has three major components: the input area, or information collection; the NTIS database and customized versions (digital); and output, such as order fulfillment, involving an array of delivery formats and distribution channels for your products.
		Maintain the products' permanent availability by including the master copy in the NTIS repository and one microfiche copy as a backup.
		The utmost care is taken to determine the professional characteristics of the targeted audience for each piece, and to tailor all copy with those characteristics and the medium in mind.
	www.ntis.gov /products/types/audiovisual/infomanagement.asp?loc=4-4-1 (820 words)

	Amazon.com: Product Lifecycle Management: 21st century Paradigm for Product Realisation: Books: John Stark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), a new paradigm for product manufacturing, enables a company to manage its products all the way across their lifecycles in the most effective way.
		Product Lifecycle Management: 21st century Paradigm for Product Realisation explains the importance of PLM, from both the business and technical viewpoints, supported by examples showing how world-class engineering and manufacturing companies are implementing PLM successfully.
		With Product Lifecycle Management you organize your processes, people, data, folks and systems so you can manage the product across the lifecycle from cradle to grave and be in control.
	www.amazon.com /Product-Lifecycle-Management-Paradigm-Realisation/dp/1852338105 (1740 words)

	Product lifecycle management, parts management capabilities and deliver product information throughout the selling ...
		Product lifecycle management, parts management capabilities and deliver product information throughout the selling process.
		Comergent Product Management solution provides centralized product lifecycle management, full parts search, selection, ordering and returning capabilities, and delivers compelling product information throughout the selling process.
		C3 Advanced Product Manager's intelligent workflow can automatically extract new information from internal item masters or data bases and notify authors that product information needs review or editing.
	www.comergent.com /products/product-management.php (348 words)

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