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Join me for my #pcampatl tradition!

Jason — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:09:39 +0000

For the last 4 ProductCamps, it has become my tradition to host a brief invocation at the beginning of the day. I’ve always struggled with the best way to approach this, since ProductCamp Atlanta is not a “faith-based” organization and it is not backed by or supported by any church or religious institution. However, I [...]

Product Thug Life(cycle)?

Jason — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:19:59 +0000

Some ideas are better left alone, but this isn’t one of them. Thanks to J.R. Francis for the photoshop job. Product Thug Life by Jason Brett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

ProductCamp Austin Resources

Jason — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:48:27 +0000

I’m at ProductCamp Austin today which both of the readers of my blog already know. If you’d like to follow along and join us virtually, there are a few ways you can do that… I’ll be streaming some content live at http://www.qik.com/jasonbrett Twitter hashtag #pca10 Occasional comments at http://life.jasonbrett.me Sessions and schedule for the day [...]

Book Review: Mike Cohn’s “User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development”

Jason — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:07:34 +0000

This post originally appeared on Strategic Product Manager on November 2, 2009 As a <type of user> I want <some goal> so that <some reason>. Whether you are new to story-driven software development or have been managing products or development with user stories for a decade, “User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development” (Mike Cohn) [...]

Quick Thoughts on Business Cases

Jason — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:58:59 +0000

Earlier today, Stewart Rogers asked on Twitter, “Why do a business case?” My immediate answer was that a business case helps to answer the question, “why are we doing this?” and to define value. But maybe “define” isn’t the right word. A better answer is that a business case helps to communicate value, be it [...]

5 Reasons Product Managers should be at Startup Weekend

Jason — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared at the TAG Community blog on October 24, 2009 I can think of more than a dozen reasons why every serious product manager should go to Startup Weekend on November 13, 14 and 15. For starters, Startup Weekend is a chance to get out and do something that’s, well, different. Startup [...]

Thoughts On ProductCamp Atlanta

Jason — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:33:39 +0000

I’d definitely call ProductCamp Atlanta a success. Colleagues, friends and sponsors have been asking for a post-mortem or a wrap-up post, and now that I’ve had about a week to let it all gel, here it is. I’ve also got some survey results that I’ll post in a few more days. (If you registered for [...]

The 5 Most Important Product Management Personalities on Twitter (Plus One)

Jason — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:51:30 +0000

I’ve seen a few great lists of product managers on Twitter. I think Cindy Alvarez “started it” with this post on her website. It’s certainly the first comprehensive list of “products” people I came across, and it introduced me to a larger world of active professional product management thinkers. Thanks Cindy. There are a few [...]

@Twitter Revenue Model Proposals Abound #metoo

Jason — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:39:51 +0000

I just finished reading Saeed’s post on Ideas for Twitter’s Revenue Model, and it was, of course, a good read. I’ve been meaning to write up my ideas as well, and it’s just never taken priority. By the time I finished typing up my comments at On Product Management, I realized I had a full [...]

Coming Soon: ProductCamp Atlanta

Jason — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:17:39 +0000

Atlanta area product marketers and managers take note. ProductCamp Atlanta is coming! If you don’t know what a ProductCamp is, take a look at the official ProductCamp wiki for details, but in short, ProductCamp is an “unconference.” It’s a gathering of product managers and related professionals (or students) for the purpose of collaborating on topics [...]