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Dilbert for Product Managers

by The Cranky Product Manager on March 6, 2009

in The PM Profession

The Cranky PM loves Dilbert. Shocking, isn’t it?

As a gift to the Internets (and to anyone making a speech about product management), help the Cranky Product Manager create a list of links to Dilbert cartoons* that are funny to product management types. 

Untack those comics from your cubicle wall, look at the dates, and find them in this multi-year archive of the black & white Dilberts. (Alas, the CPM can’t find an archive of the Sunday color Dilberts. Anyone know where they are?) Then, post the link in the comments. Please?

Here’s the CPM’s partial list. Please help her complete it.

Requirements & Development

  • March 21, 2003 – “I’ll design the system as soon as you give me the requirements.”
  • March 22, 2003 – “I can’t start the project because the user won’t give me his requirements.”
  • November 26, 2007 – “We’re going to try something called Agile Programming.”
  • September 9, 2007 – “Is our new service Web 1.0 or Web 2.0?” (alas, no link since it’s a Sunday comic) 
  • November 28, 2006 - Impossible engineering problem
  • Aprril 20, 2007 – Dilbert develops the iPod “killer”

Sales

Marketing

  • September 13, 2007 – Dilbert on Marketing. “We can’t compete on price, quality, features or services. That leaves fraud, which I’d like you to call marketing.”

* The CPM will not be posting the actual comics, since that’s a copyright violation, you ingrates with no respect for the work of artistes.

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Caption Contest! (7 Types of Engineers)

by The Cranky Product Manager on October 29, 2008

in Development, The 7 Types of Engineers

Remember that “6 Types of Software Engineers” post from way back, authored by “Another PM”? Well, a most excellent reader named HW drew some WICKED AWESOME cartoons of each.  PLUS, another wicked awesome reader, Eric, added a 7th type of Engineer – The Clockwork Mouse.

So, now we’re going to have some fun — help the Cranky Product Manager come up CAPTIONS for each of the cartoons.

How to Vote

To facilitate voting, the Cranky Product Manager has created a new post for each Software Engineer Sub-Type with the new cartoon.  Please submit funny captions in the appropriate post’s comments.

The Deadline

Submit your captions by midnight (PST) on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7.

The Prize

The Cranky Product Manager will send one lucky reader/caption-submitter a mug featuring the winning caption and its companion cartoon.  If you leave a real email address, that is.  (remember, your email is not published to the blog. Only the Cranky PM can see it.)

Why is the Cranky Product Manager doing this?

Reason 1: Because the Cranky Product Manager wants a funny coffee mug to haul around the office and leave around the war room.  When an engineer says something “typical” she shall hold up the mug and point to the appropriate Engineer caricature.  It will go over REAL NICE, she’s sure, and do wonders for Product Management and Developer relations.  But frankly, she doesn’t give a s&*#.  She wants her mug, damnit!

Reason 2: Duh…. To drive blog traffic.  Because nothing feeds the Cranky Product Manager’s ego like a bunch of page loads.

Reason 3: What a great way to get out of writing an original post this week!  Have the readers do the work!

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