1. Background I’ve written many contracts, mainly due to a lack of other volunteers and because we needed a contract to progress our work. Though maybe not fully qualified to do this, Product Management often understood what was required from other parties and could judge any delivery. I would start by writing…

1. Background Consumers Personal Data lies scattered throughout their services, Apps, memberships, and many places they would never guess. Imagine a service that they configure to bring all this data together in one place, and then make money from it. The service imports their personal data from companies, then structures and protects…

Finding a common understanding and an unbiased representation of Location Technologies and Location Data has never been easy. And when the subject hits the mainstream media, as location data is currently doing in relation to Covid-19, it can easily be misrepresented and cause confusion. Therefore, I wrote this article to…

1. Introduction Location-Based Services, and Applications using Location Data, have a bit of a history. And from a business perspective, not a particularly glorious one at that. For some time, experts have been boldly predicting that the next year would be the Year of Location, or Year of Location-Based Services. This has…

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Key skills needed in Product Management 3. Typical Responsibilities & Tasks 4. Why have Product Management (and common misconceptions)? 5. Interworking with other Organisations 6. Product Management and Agile/Product Owners 7. Summary for successful Product Management Introduction I’ve had Product Management roles in 10 companies, across…

The 2019 IAA Frankfurt Auto show — Renewing an old acquaintance Having left the Automotive industry 8 years ago, after just a couple of years working in the ADAS and Infotainment area, I visited the IAA again this year to see what has changed, and what the latest and greatest…