Bug & Feature Database

In conjunction with the Beta Program Toolkit we have released a FREE Bug and Feature Database for tracking information collected from your customers.

Download it HERE.

Web 2.0 Quiz

Fun quiz for you to take to see how much you know about Web 2.0.

Courtesy of Will Iverson.

Intuit & Customer Driven Innovation

Janet George, Director of Product Management at Intuit is going to be presenting at the next Silicon Valley Product Management Assocation meeting on the topic of customer driven innovation. Should be a GREAT event - see you there!

The Value of Product Management

Next time you hear your management or someone else question the value of Product Management, consider the following statistic. According to Elke den Ouden in her thesis at the Technical University of Eindhoven in the South of Netherlands, half of all malfunctioning products that are returned to stores by consumers work just fine, and such product complaints and returns are often caused by poor design. In fact, the average consumer in the United States will struggle for 20 minutes to get a device working, before giving up (and likely returning the product.)

Den Ouden found that most of the flaws found their origin in the first phase of the design process: product definition.

Imagine what some Product Management Best Practices could do for these companies in terms of savings on support and return costs.

New Product Management Blog & 280 Group Webinars

The folks over at Ryma (makers of FeaturePlan) have sponsored a new Product Management Blog with some excellent content and free webinars. The 280 Group will be presenting webinars in March on the topics of "How to Run a Successful Beta Program" and "How to Get Phenomenal Product Reviews".

Check it out and subscribe to their feed...