Technology Management

I am trying to answer your question : “Should Product Manager know the technology?” Introduction In today’s dynamic business landscape, two fields have emerged as game-changers — Technology Management and Product Development. The intersection of these domains is creating a powerful synergy that is revolutionizing the way organizations create and manage…

The term legacy gets banded around a lot. So why do some systems start out life as offensive weapons but end up as corporate millstones? The obvious reason is that the underlying technology becomes obsolete. There is not much that can be done about that but it’s really only a…

Leadership lessons learned on my journey from a startup to a large tech organization — I recently joined Microsoft leading engineering efforts for the Virtual Events space. Before that, I cofounded LegUp, a startup in the early childcare space which we sold early last year. And before that, I was part of Expedia, serving as the CTO of the CarRentals.com brand. …

In order to survive companies have no other choice but to stay at the forefront of technological progress in the current dynamic and extremely turbulent business environment. Adoption of a new technology, however, requires significant upfront investments, can be cumbersome and time consuming with devastating consequences caused by a wrong…

A Tree Diagram to Get Technology Readiness Level (TRL) in Three Steps. The NASA Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale is a de facto standard in aerospace and beyond for the determination of the technological maturity of a system. But I have always found the ‘thermometer model’ typically used to represent…

After high-profile layoffs last year, news of more companies reducing their tech headcount has already arrived in 2023. …

A quick viewpoint on what you should prioritise to succeed as a technical leader working in Data/Tech/ML/AI. Spoiler Alert: It’s not the Code! I read François Chollet’s latest newsletter the other day https://fchollet.substack.com/p/the-machine-that-makes-the-thing …

I’ve been thinking recently of the age-old question: what makes a person a candidate for a good manager? How do recognize people who have potential? You might be unsure if you’d make a great manager yourself — so you’ve never even considered that as a viable career path. You’d be…

This article is an excerpt from the MAPEGY Whitepaper: “A Guide to Data-Driven Innovation and Technology Intelligence”. Successful innovation and making money from emerging technology is a complex and difficult feat. This is exemplified by the fact that only about 7–10% of all technology startups succeed [1]. 88% of the…