Introduction / 1: |
Software Product: Terms and Characteristics / 2: |
External and Internal Views on a (Software) Product / 2.1: |
The Software Product as Type and the Customer-Specific Installation as Instance / 2.2: |
Product Platform, Family, and Line / 2.3: |
Product Name, Version Numbers and Compatibility / 2.4: |
Attributes of Software Products / 2.5: |
Software as a Business / 3: |
IT Don't Matter? / 3.1: |
Specific Business Aspects of Software / 3.2: |
The Financial Life-Cycle of a Software Product / 3.3: |
The Software Ecosystem / 3.4: |
Law of Increasing Returns / 3.5: |
Business Models for Software Vendors / 3.6: |
The Business Considerations for Corporate IT Organizations / 3.7: |
The Changing Relationship between Software Product Management and Software Pricing / 3.8: |
The Elements of Software Product Management / 4: |
Objectives / 4.1: |
The Role of the Software Product Manager / 4.2: |
Framework / 4.3: |
Market Analysis / 4.4: |
Product Analysis / 4.5: |
Product Strategy / 4.6: |
Corporate Vision, Strategy, and Portfolio Management / 4.6.1: |
Some Fundamental Decisions / 4.6.2: |
Positioning and Value Definition / 4.6.3: |
The Business View / 4.6.4: |
The Ecosystem / 4.6.5: |
The Legal Terms / 4.6.6: |
Protection of Intellectual Property / 4.6.7: |
Product Planning / 4.7: |
Roadmap / 4.7.1: |
Release Planning / 4.7.2: |
Requirements of Intellectual Property / 4.7.3: |
Development / 4.8: |
Marketing / 4.9: |
Sales and Distribution / 4.10: |
Support and Services / 4.11: |
Tool Support / 4.12: |
Software Product Management Summary / 4.13: |
The Elements of Software Pricing / 5: |
The Role of the Software Pricing Manager / 5.1: |
The Software Pricing Framework / 5.3: |
Pricing Strategy / 5.4: |
Price Structure, Policy and Level / 5.5: |
Price Structure / 5.5.1: |
Charging Alternatives / 5.5.2: |
Price Policy / 5.5.3: |
Price Level / 5.5.4: |
Price Level and Market Tiers / 5.5.5: |
Price Level and Competition / 5.5.6: |
Price Level over Product Life / 5.5.7: |
Price Level û Special Situations / 5.5.8: |
Pricing in Distribution Channels / 5.6: |
Web Distribution / 5.6.1: |
Business Partner Distribution / 5.6.2: |
Channel Conflicts / 5.6.3: |
Pricing for Large Customer Accounts / 5.7: |
Enterprise û Vendor Relationship / 5.7.1: |
The Value Proposition / 5.7.2: |
Internal Decision Makers and Influencers / 5.7.3: |
Price Structures and Discount Structures / 5.7.4: |
Special Bids / 5.7.5: |
Enterprise Offerings / 5.7.6: |
After-Sales and Pre-Sales / 5.7.7: |
Global Customers / 5.7.8: |
Sales Training on Pricing / 5.7.9: |
Customers with Full Vendor Portfolios / 5.7.10: |
Negotiation / 5.8: |
Negotiation Styles and Gambits / 5.8.1: |
Negotiations at the End of Quarter / 5.8.2: |
Pricing in the Global Market / 5.9: |
Price Uplift / 5.9.1: |
One Time Charge Products / 5.9.2: |
Recurring Charge Products / 5.9.3: |
Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Software / 5.10: |
Software as a Service / 5.11: |
Pricing for Corporate IT Organizations / 5.12: |
Classic Allocation of IT Costs / 5.12.1: |
Allocation of Usage-Based Charges / 5.12.2: |
Characteristics of a Good Chargeout Scheme / 5.12.3: |
Corporate IT Conclusion / 5.12.4: |
Pricing Summary / 5.13: |
Software Product Management and Pricing in the Corporate Structure / 6: |
Software Product Management in the Internal Environment / 6.1: |
Software Pricing in the Internal Environment / 6.2: |
Organizational Alternatives / 6.3: |
Scenarios / 6.4: |
Summary and Outlook / 7: |
Job Description of Software Product Manager / A: |
Job Description of Software Pricing Manager / B: |
Software Product Management and Pricing in the Literature / C: |
Glossary / D: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
Software Product: Terms and Characteristics / 2: |
External and Internal Views on a (Software) Product / 2.1: |
The Software Product as Type and the Customer-Specific Installation as Instance / 2.2: |
Product Platform, Family, and Line / 2.3: |
Product Name, Version Numbers and Compatibility / 2.4: |