Comments on: Technology vs. Product Management http://blog.kitetail.com/2007/10/08/technology-vs-product-management/ practical ideas on innovation and technology management Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: binnur http://blog.kitetail.com/2007/10/08/technology-vs-product-management/#comment-6069 binnur Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:47:11 +0000 http://blog.kitetail.com/2007/10/08/technology-vs-product-management/#comment-6069 John, Thank you. Your comment is right on. This reminds me of the Buddhist proverb "Our weaknesses are our strengths and our strengths are our weaknesses". Both the technologist and the product manager need to find the balance between focusing on technology too much or just becoming a 'me too' product. --B John,

Thank you. Your comment is right on. This reminds me of the Buddhist proverb “Our weaknesses are our strengths and our strengths are our weaknesses”. Both the technologist and the product manager need to find the balance between focusing on technology too much or just becoming a ‘me too’ product.

–B

]]> By: John Hannafin http://blog.kitetail.com/2007/10/08/technology-vs-product-management/#comment-6019 John Hannafin Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:54:25 +0000 http://blog.kitetail.com/2007/10/08/technology-vs-product-management/#comment-6019 Enjoyed the post. One observation I would make, from experience, is that technology managers often start out life as technologists (software developers, hardware engineers, etc). This is a good thing as technologists have many of the skillsets required by the technology manager however it is not a natural progression and in particular, technologists often lack the required customer focus (they enjoy building things they believe the customer would like). Enjoyed the post. One observation I would make, from experience, is that technology managers often start out life as technologists (software developers, hardware engineers, etc). This is a good thing as technologists have many of the skillsets required by the technology manager however it is not a natural progression and in particular, technologists often lack the required customer focus (they enjoy building things they believe the customer would like).

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