My "100 day" plan

So I'm starting my new job tomorrow and have been hearing a lot lately about Barack Obama's first 100 days and how he has fared. So I thought to myself, I should consider where I want to be after 100 days on the job and what key milestones do I want to have accomplished. So here we go:

1. I want to be considered as SME regarding my aspects of the product
2. I want to be considered as quite knowledgeable about the entire product set
3. I want to reduce the workload on my manager
4. I want to feel comfortable with the product development process
5. I want to start to build trust with my team

I know that there aren't really specific or measurable, but they are areas where I will be tracking my progress.

Some interesting reading

So the other day I sat down with my friends "Businessweek" and "Fortune" and got two interesting tidbits of information that really resonated with me, so I thought I'd share:

1. From Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo! - "Yahoo was amateur hour in the past when it comes to product management..groups haphazardly released things without a clear sense of whether customers wanted them. From now on she has promised, products will arrive on schedule so that customers can offer feedback".
2. From Massimo d'Amore, Pepsi Americas CEO - "Aiming for perfection is the enemy of good progress". This one really struck me...A lot of times I've seen grandiose visions and beautiful powerpoint presentations, but the reality on the ground was that there was no real progress being made. While striving for perfection is important, I'd rather focus on good progress!