The Risks of Replatforming
(Or How Major Platform Migrations Really Happen)
Many companies have replatforming efforts underway. Architectures get old, new
kinds of partners…
Software
23 posts
How Weak Analogies About Software Can Lead Us Astray
I often have conversations with CEOs of software companies or software-powered
(ecommerce) companies who aren’t steeped in how software…
Hiring a Head of Product
Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 180 consulting
clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18…
The Slippery Slope of Sales-Led Development
Most product companies have a few things in their roadmaps that are specifically
for single customers – I call these sales…
Productivity vs. Responsiveness
Over the past year, I’ve done a half-dozen evaluations of product management
teams at enterprise software firms. These include…
The DIY Illusion
I’ve recently talked with several companies that are spending $1M/year or more
to build generic software that is…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 3)
Our two previous posts noted that your development team will never, ever be big
enough to catch up with your…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 2)
Post #1 noted that your development team will never, ever, ever be big enough to catch up with your dreams.…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 1)
Newton taught us that gravity’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
I’ve spent a lot…
A Strategic Tool Chain
Scott Sehlhorst [http://tynerblain.com/blog/about-the-author/], an incisive
product thinker and occasional collaborator, made this strategic map of
disciplines…
Your Next Developer Costs $1M/Year in Revenue
As tech product managers, we’re often pitching the need for larger development
teams. There’s an implied revenue obligation,…
5 Market-Facing Skills for (Some) Agile Product Owners
This completes a long three-post series (1
[http://www.mironov.com/pm-skills4po/],2 [https://www.mironov.com/pmskills2/])
proposing a…