We Have To Support Every Line of Production Code Forever
In the heat of an enterprise deal moment, it’s easy to think very short-term about the long-term costs of…
Software Development
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What’s Your Strategic App?
If your company is in the software business, then you know which applications
are strategic: the ones you sell to…
Dog Whistles and the Myth of R&D Slack
There’s a dog whistle problem with critical phrases that Engineering VPs (and product managers) repeatedly speak but which often…
Video: Agile Product Mgmt challenges
The second video (of five) in Tolpagorni's [https://www.tolpagorni.com/] product
leadership series: Magnus Billgren and Rich…
Painters, Portraits, Software Architects
I’ve been tuning an analogy about painters for the last few months, which has
become my litmus test for…
A Journey of 1000 Miles is Still 1000 Miles Long
It’s easy to confuse actual progress with intentions to make progress.
Why point out the obvious? I’ve just…
Magical Thinking and the Zero-Sum Roadmap
Recent conversations at several clients highlight an often-repeated set of magical thinking: beliefs by internal clients that development resources are…
Review: “Adapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams”
[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470746637.html]I’ve had
the chance to read an early version of Mario…
Mo’ Beta
At some time in every product cycle, the executive team wants to help product management “improve” its customer beta process.…