You Call That A Security Requirement?

All too often, organizations lack any appropriate definition of their security requirements. And, the alleged requirements documents that do exist are most likely design specifications, not requirements specifications.

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What Good Feedback Really Looks Like

According to a recent Harvard Business Review cover story, itÕs rarely useful to give feedback to colleagues. The authors argue that constructive criticism wonÕt help people excel and that, when you highlight someoneÕs shortcomings, you actually hinder their learning. They…

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Moving To Blue Ocean Strategy: A Five-Step Process To Make The Shift

In 2005, Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, a book by Professors W. Chan Kim and RŽnee Mauborgne, launched a revolution in business strategy. After all, which firm would not…

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Growth: Why You Need A Minimum Viable Business Before Adding New Offerings

Whether startup or established business, the most common growth strategy for entrepreneurs is to create new offerings. Most attempt to create minimum viable products (MVPs). However, no business can grow merely by creating new products or services. Even if the…

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10 Netflix documentaries every entrepreneur should see

Whether youÕre officially quarantined or simply self-isolating, there is plenty of free time which can be put to a good use. Luckily, thereÕs an abundance of documentaries to stream on Netflix. As an entrepreneur, no matter how much you think…

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Product Pricing (1/4): The Team

Product pricing is a critical component of product positioning and critical to business performance. The pricing should be designed with intention and be linked with the overall business strategy.

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The Ultimate Product Manager Resume Guide

An outstanding resume is absolutely critical for any product manager. After all, product managers are products Ð for us to successfully sell ourselves as products, we must signal our value, and resumes are one of the most effective ways to…

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WhatsApp: Product Analysis

With more than 2 Billion monthly users in over 180 countries, WhatsApp is a product that continues to excite me as a user as well as an aspiring consumer-tech Product Manager interested in building and scaling products.

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Value-based Product Development

Firstly, for those that havenÕt heard about it, RADIUS is a social innovation hub based out of the Beedie School of Business, SFU, and located in the heart of Vancouver at the Charles Chang Innovation Centre.

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Combining Forces as Product Managers & UX Designers

According to Captain Kirk, ÒIntuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative.Ó Would Spock call that illogical? Maybe. But that is part of what made Kirk and Spock such a great duo throughout the Star Trek series and movies

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