Hans-Bernd Kittlaus, Samuel A. Fricker

Software Product Management (eBook, PDF)

The ISPMA-Compliant Study Guide and Handbook

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book gives a comprehensive overview on Software Product Management (SPM) for beginners as well as best practices, methodology and in-depth discussions for experienced product managers. This includes product strategy, product planning, participation in strategic management activities and orchestration of the functional units of the company. The book is based on the results of the International Software Product Management Association (ISPMA) which is led by a group of SPM experts from industry and research with the goal to foster software product management excellence across industries. This book can be used as textbook for ISPMA-based education and as guide for anybody interested in SPM as one of the most exciting and challenging disciplines in the business of software.

Hans-Bernd Kittlaus is the Chairman of ISPMA and owner and managing director of InnoTivum Consulting, Germany. Samuel Fricker is Board Member of ISPMA and Professor at FHNW, Switzerland.

What first readers say:

"Software-intensive products are at the heart of many businesses, so product management is a paramount business activity. But how can businesses be perfect at it? This book is the answer. It is your vademecum for all product management topics and aspects." Dr. Karl Michael Popp, Chief Product Expert and Director Corporate Development, SAP SE, Walldorf, Germany

"A book that goes beyond platitudes and offers concrete methods and frameworks to product managers working with software intensive product development. The authors have a sound footing in both practice, but also state-of-the-art research, and manage to combine the two." Prof. Dr. Tony Gorschek, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden "By reading and applying the lessons from this book, you will gain strategic advice, practical techniques, and great insights into how to accelerate SPM (software product management) success. These practices and methods will be useful to executives and practitioners in this demanding area." Michael Eckhardt, Managing Director, CHASM Institute, Palo Alto, California, USA

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642551406
• Artikelnr.: 53034422

Autorenporträt

Hans-Bernd Kittlaus is the owner and CEO of InnoTivum Consulting, which he founded in 2001. Before he was Director of SIZ GmbH (Computing Center of the German Savings Banks Organization) and Head of Software Product Management and Development units of IBM. His main focus area is software product management. Hans-Bernd has been working as a trainer, coach and consultant for both corporate IT organizations and companies in the IT industry. He has published numerous books and articles, his latest being "Software Product Management and Pricing" (Springer). He is Diplom-Informatiker (corresponds to M.S. in Computer Science) and certified as ISPMA Certified Software Product Manager, Scrum Product Owner, and PRINCE2 Practitioner. He is a member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, USA), GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik, Germany) and board member of ISPMA (International Software Product Management Association).

Dr. Samuel A. Fricker is Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL Sweden) at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH). He has more than ten years experience as senior consultant, global process responsible, lecturer, and senior researcher with companies at any scale, from startups to Fortune500. Dr. Fricker is chairperson of the ISPMA. His research interests focus on planning and measuring the success of software products. He was industry chair of the 19th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference RE'11, is program chair of the European Requirements Engineering Conference RefsQ 2015, and is a board member of the Product Management Festival.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Management of Software as a Business.- Software Product Management Framework.- Product Strategy.- Product Planning.- Strategic Management.- Orchestration of the Organization's Functional Areas.- SPM Today and Tomorrow.