Thursday, February 1, 2018

Essentials Of Strategic Product Management

By Karen Reed


Managing products is the process that thing must go through to meet the standards required to overcome the market competition. The product management process comprises of different stages that include planning, forecasting, producing and marketing. This is a continuous process to ensure that the article or substance remains innovative and competitive throughout its lifespan.

A manager simply manages the development and sustainability of products. He does most of this through carrying out various products and market researches. By being a good researcher, a manager can identify the different competitive and market conditions peculiar to the products as well as how to exploit the inherent opportunities presented. With this, he can draw up a roadmap for the article or substance (from vision to completion). This will help the products to meet its customers' expectations.

An article or substance manager is basically involved in all aspects of developing products. These aspects may include rollout plans, value management, value chains and definitions. Not restricted to only that, managers also have the responsibility of coming up with market strategies, product forecasting etc. To be effective, any system should have a seamless interdependency between the different relevant departments or units within a company.

The input of the customer is critical towards understanding the customer's business challenges. This will be helpful in enhancing the quality and value of an article or substance, either by enhancing an already existing article or scrapping it altogether. Additionally, this affords managers an opportunity to critically investigate market opportunities in order to develop attractive, strong and competitive products that solve the problems of the customer. This can be done using tools for information collection on enhancement ideas and letting stakeholders have their say for consideration by the manager.

The onus is on the strategic manager to be enterprising and innovative in solving challenges that face an article or substance. It is recommended that they explore widely for solutions, even in collaboration or comparison with competing products and interests. An effective and creative manager will not compartmentalize a solution.

Forecasting is equally an important process in management of an article or substance. This is intended to protect an article or substance against unforeseen contingencies of all kinds. This is an indicator of how well a manager can cope with changes as a result of external or internal happenings. It is at this point that re-invention and innovation play a major role.

Knowing the set goals for an article or substance is important to the manager, who in his approach, must be focused on achieving these goals. He must carry out researches and analyze performance markers for the article. Together with proper planning, a manager can now allocate resources towards actualizing a product's vision and end goal.

A good system results in good products. A good system is reliant on the effective working together of different departments with different functions and level of expertise. This ensures that an article or substance goes from its planning stage to its successful execution.




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