The New Year brings with it renewed focus and, for the majority of us 'normal' product managers, a few simple things we should be doing:

1. Spotting new business opportunities and threats.
2. Iterating and innovating on the core product. Creating new solutions to old problems.
3. 'Steadying the ship' and spreading the love. Keeping customers and stakeholders happy (in that order.)

Nothing much changes regards the essence of product management and development. At it's heart product management is a cyclical process, the key tenets being those listed above. The cycle may well widen, but essentially, what we focus on remains the same.

So, if you feel like a hamster on a wheel in 2010, it's because you are!

Happy New Year fellow hamsters!

Carl