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Strategic Role of Product Management

Steve JohnsonPragmatic [email protected]

www.PragmaticMarketing.com – about our seminarswww.ProductMarketing.com – resource sitewww.ProductMarketing.com/eb – today’s downloads

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About Pragmatic Marketing, Inc.

We are recognized experts in technology product management and product marketingWe specialize in training and consultingSince 1993, we have trained over 25,000 people at thousands of companiesPragmatic Marketing certification program available

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Pricing

Buy, Build or Partner

Operational Metrics

BusinessCase

SalesProcess

Thought Leaders

Market Requirements

MarketSizing

MarketingPlan

Product Roadmap

Awareness Plan

Market Research

Market Problems

Distinctive Competence

Product Performance

Customer Acquisition

Positioning

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LaunchPlan

Product Contract

Innovation

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Competitive Write-Up

EventSupport

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WhitePapers

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Pragmatic Marketing® Framework

A market-driven model for managing

and marketing technology products

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What we hear from executives

We are missing our targetsDevelopment can’t ship on scheduleSales can’t sell profitablyMarketing can’t communicate our value

There is too much fighting among the groupsWhat value does Product Management deliver?

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What we hear from product managers

Give me access to customersTell us the strategy so that we can focus on what is importantA clear understanding of the role of Product Management is sorely needed

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Responsibilities

What are the lines between Product Management and…

Development & ServicesMarketing CommunicationsSales Channel

Dev Sales

Marcom

ProductMgmt

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Problem Product Managementfinds and quantifies the problem

Development & Servicessolve the problem

Marketing Communicationscommunicates the solution

Sales Channelsells it profitably

The new P’s

Product

Promotion

Placement

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If product managers don’t do their jobs, the

other departments will fill the void.

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An outside-in approach increases

the likelihood of product success.

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TacticalStrategic

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LaunchPlan

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EventSupport

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Pricing

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Pricing

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Kristen Lippincott, Curator, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England

There's a difference between being busy and being productive.

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Pricing

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Product ManagementInbound

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How important is the activity to our

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How well are we doing it?

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A market-driven model for managing

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Market Requirements

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