Building Products for the Enterprise: Product Management in Enterprise Software - Softcover

Reeves, Blair; Gaines, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492024783 ISBN 13: 9781492024781

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2018

Synopsis

If you're new to software product management or just want to learn more about it, there's plenty of advice available-but most of it is geared toward consumer products. Creating high-quality software for the enterprise involves a much different set of challenges. In this practical book, two expert product managers provide straightforward guidance for people looking to join the thriving enterprise market.

Authors Blair Reeves and Benjamin Gaines explain critical differences between enterprise and consumer products, and deliver strategies for overcoming challenges when building for the enterprise. You'll learn how to cultivate knowledge of your organization, the products you build, and the industry you serve.

Explore why:

• Identifying customer vs user problems is an enterprise project manager's main challenge
• Effective collaboration requires in-depth knowledge of the organization
• Analyzing data is key to understanding why users buy and retain your product
• Having experience in the industry you're building products for is valuable
• Product longevity depends on knowing where the industry is headed

About this title

About the Author

Blair Reeves is a principal product manager at SAS Software, and has previously held senior product and leadership roles at Demandware (now the Salesforce Commerce Cloud) and IBM. He speaks, writes, and consults on product management in enterprise software, remote workforces, and other topics. Blair is an avid hiker, writes and codes creatively, and believes inspired products are built first in the gym. Ben Gaines is a Senior Product Manager for Adobe Analytics. In this role, he works closely with Adobe customers to understand their needs, provides input on product strategy and roadmap, and manages the planning and design of new features. Previously he has been a manager of digital analytics at ESPN, a Community Manager and Technical Writer at Adobe, and a Technical Support Engineer at Omniture prior to its acquisition by Adobe. Ben has an MBA from the University of Utah and a BA from Brigham Young University.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492024783
• ISBN 13: 9781492024781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184