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FINAL CHAPTER (part 6): World’s Most Generic Product Management Interview

December 21, 2010

Quantum Whisper was kind enough to supply the Cranky PM with expensive lattes this month.  They are a wicked awesome company that links customer feedback to your backlog.  Crank-tastic! ———– At LONG LAST, the World’s Most Generic Product Management Interview wraps up. The Cranky Product Manager will just say that creating these videos is a lot [...]

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Part 5: World’s Most Generic Product Management Interview

December 20, 2010

This hideously cranky post is sponsored by Quantum Whisper, a wicked awesome company that links customer feedback to your backlog.  Can you say OMFG! ———– Ack, almost done.  At long last, our glum product management applicant gets to ask a question of his cranky interviewer. (And if you received this post via email or your RSS [...]

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Part 4: The World’s Most Generic Product Management Interview

December 17, 2010

This crankylicious post is sponsored by Quantum Whisper, a wicked awesome company that supports agile product management. Check’em out! ———– Oy, the Cranky Product Manager is out of steam on this video thing.   Just a few more parts of The World’s Most Generic Product Management Interview video.  Here you go.  (And if you received this [...]

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CrankyPM Mugs Make the Best Christmas Gifts

December 6, 2010

It’s that time of year.  Time to give your colleagues some kind of present. To say thanks and stuff like that. Now, IF, and ONLY IF your co-workers have intact senses of humor, you might want to consider gifting them an awesomely cranky mug.   Large & small mugs available.  Plus for “I’m Busy” and “I [...]

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CRANKY CARTOONS: THE GENERIC PRODUCT MANAGEMENT INTERVIEW (PART 3)

December 2, 2010

 NOW…. the LONG awaited Part 3 of the World’s Most Generic Product Management Interview.  In Video!  In Cartoons!  With monotone voices! WITNESS as the Cranky VP of Product Management asks Clueless PM Job Candidate some lazy-ass interview questions.  Questions she read on some boring product management blog (maybe this one) two minutes before the interview [...]

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Cranky Cartoons: The Generic Product Management Interview (parts 1 & 2)

November 15, 2010

Watch (and groan at) the world’s most generic product management interview.  Observe as the Cranky VP of Product Management interviews an exceedingly typical product manager for a thoroughly generic product management position. Today, you get parts 1 & 2.  The Cranky Product Manager expects that there will be six parts by the time she finishes, [...]

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From the Archives: That “All the Responsibility, None of the Authority” Saying

November 5, 2010

One benefit from posting nearly 200 articles over the years is that republishing an old post gives the Cranky Product Manager the opportunity to laze about in her PJs and eat bon bons while watching the latest episode of Hoarders.   Here’s an oldie (but hopefully a goodie), from November 2006.  (Interesting to see how the writing [...]

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How to Be a Jackass Product Manager in Nine Easy Steps

October 27, 2010

1. Don’t visit customers. If customers want to talk to you, ask that instead they put their list of enhancement requests in an email or a spreadsheet. Take said list and cut/paste it into Bugzilla. Don’t bother to find out WHY the customer wants any of this stuff.  If the Execs pressure you to do [...]

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Sexism in the Software Industry, as Encountered by the Cranky Product Manager

October 18, 2010

Following up on the previous post about the deepening dearth of women in the software industry, here are some incidents of outright sexism that the Cranky Product Manager has encountered in this industry. Admittedly, most of these are pretty mild.  After all, she doesn’t feel she was every denied a promotion or made less salary [...]

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Biz of Software 2010, Women In Software & Frat House “Culture”

October 13, 2010

The Cranky Product Manager had the pleasure of attending Business of Software 2010 last week.  Yes, she was there, but incognito.  It was a fascinating conference, chock full of interesting speakers and lots of learning.  Seth Godin was there.  He’s wicked awesome! The attendees were mostly technical founders of small software companies.  Many were pre-venture [...]

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