e News and Resources from Pivotal Product Management                    November 2008

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NewsBeyond the PMO: IT Turns to Product Lifecycle Management

Corporate IT groups have been talking for years about ROI and strategic alignment with business. But according to our conversations with a variety of IT organizations this year, something is still missing. Many IT groups are looking at Product Management as the discipline that puts portfolio management on the right level.

Events Product Management Intensive: Dec 3-4
Learn from award-winning, practicing PMs and immediately apply the seven best practices for greater product success now.


AIPMM Certification Review and Exam: Dec 5  Become a CPM and show your leadership in your company or the marketplace.

Tools
Article: IT Product Management: Art or Science?

Article: Process Improvement via Organizational Change

Article: CIO or Chief IT Product Manager?

Special OfferRate Your Internal IT Team on Alignment With Business Needs.

Rate how well your internal IT team (the team that builds IT solutions that support your business, not for commercial resale) understands and executes against business strategy and needs.


Our October Hot Button survey asked, "How Will Your Product Budget Change in 2009?"
See the results

Contact us to suggest a future Hot Button topic!

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                      - Dave Sampson

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