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product management, project management, technology - Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:01 - 0 Comments
Product Tools: Have a plan, and be brave.
There’s no shortage of tools out there for collaboration, planning, issues management and the like, but how do you decide which tools are right for your project? Are the tools project dependent or do you always rely on the same tools? Are there any that you used in 2009 that you will not be using in 2010?
Throughout 2009, I struggled to find the right tool set for the product development and roadmap planning. I was mostly working with external resources, with limited budgets and I also made the switch from PC to Mac, so there were a lot of adjustments.
I moved from Visio to OmniGraffle and from MS Project to Omni-Plan, but what I found for the most part, was that there are a lot of tools out there that achieve similar results, so it’s not the ‘technology’ that’s important, it’s how you use it.
My advice? Have a plan in place, not only for ‘project management’, but for yourself personally, as a Product Manager. Know that for internal concept work, you are only going to use quick and dirty tools like Skitch, and you’ll only consider wireframing tools once you know the concept is solid. Have a plan, and be brave.
Here’s some of my favourites from 2009 which I plan to continue using in 2010…
Planning tools
OmniPlan for roadmaps and Green-hopper/Jira for issues management and sprint planning
Wireframing tools Continue…
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