The Eastern PM

Breaking ice... Let's focus in relation with software products & applications Gamification is, applying the game design principles to non-game applications for enhancing user engagement, productivity, quick learning & user gathering, socializing. Leaderboard is a scoreboard to show the status of players or competitors playing the game (not just the game in our context). Helps recognition of leaders (in multiple sections & areas). The axioms mentioned below are based on my multiple experiences with quite a lot of big, medium & small products (software & digital) into B2B & B2C space. When starting up with a new product, gamification & leaderboards could become the most important factor for content generation (most important axiom), since it terrifically enhances user engagement, digital gathering & socializing. Decide on achievement levels or thresholds (game levels, badges) wisely by keeping the users, extend & importance of the use ...

Acronym TRIZ means  theory of inventive problem solving .. Wondering how it becomes TRIZ & not TIPS (English Acronym).. TRIZ stands for  teoriya resheniya izobretatelskikh zadach  (as in Uzbek) is a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. Why in Uzbek? because it was developed by the Soviet inventor and science-fiction author Genrich Altshuller, born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. Following Altshuller's insight, the theory developed on a foundation of extensive research covering hundreds of thousands of inventions across many different fields to produce a theory which defines generalisable patterns in the nature of inventive solutions and the distinguishing characteristics of the problems that these inventions have overcome. Since, I am working over some solutions for some problems & may be some of them could be patented; as I came across TRIZ.. I foun...

Today fintech & banking industry is more disruptive then any other, let's see what are the most alluring & a bit beguiling trends that the industry is going to follow/following: Blockchain Technically could be compared to singly linked list with rear node pointers. Blockchain could be referred to as a database tech or concept inheriting from distributed computing or distributed database, it was first devised for Bitcoin. Blockchain could be used to support infinitely growing list of records, each record called as block. Somewhat like a node in a linked list, each block contains timestamp data & address to previous block. Blockchain could have applications into areas like global supply chains, financial transactions, asset ledgers, decentralized social networking & healthcare & medical records. It would be a highly hectic process (not possible in quite some cases) to change the data of a recorded block. A geeky application of blockchain into human life co...

Let's start with who a Product Manager is... If I was to describe it in few words, it would be the person who will be accountable for creating a product that could earn desired profits. A product manager would not just orchestrate the product life cycle to create a compelling product but would also take  any  extra mile needed to make the product a success... Yeah! Coming to the point... What kind of traits would you look in to for a person to be product manger of a product/your product? Well! there could be many & many things you may seek in a person to manage the product. Rather, let's specifically talk about what you should  not emphasize on  while hiring a product manager: Domain : A good product manager will always be able to excel the domain your product is serving... in a short span of time. Also if the person is interested to take the job, he/she is certain to take over the domain. New to role : That's not a problem! Its equally important for...