Dublin’s Software Pioneers
[http://www.dit.ie/]I had a chance to spend a week with some of Dublin’s
software thought leaders,…
Software
23 posts
“What If Dev Doesn’t Think Product Mgmt Represents Customers?”
Recently, I put up a small assessment tool for product management teams. This tool is intended to generate discussion and…
Site Licenses and Other Real-World Intrusions
We recently finished a major pricing exercise with a start-up in the enterprise software space: tuning up their prices, improving…
EOL from the Customer’s POV
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6 Lessons for Non-Development Executives at Agile Software Companies
In many conversations over the last few months, I’ve see executive teams grappling with the positive effects of agile…
Profitably Pairing Software and Professional Services
Wearing our software product management hats, it’s easy to think that all problems should be solved with software. (To…
Understanding the Opportunities of Buy-Side Economics
As CEOs of our products, we product managers have a lot to do. Traditionally, this has included “build-versus-buy” decisions. The…
Crowding Out Tech Support
This week, there’s been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere and popular press about “crowdsourcing” — empowering crowds of…
Open Source: Tree Museums
2005 was a great year for open source developers and solutions, with a dramatic boost in credibility, tools and respect.…
The "Null Service"
As customers get more interested in hosted services and ASPs, a lot of product
teams are re-conceiving their packaged software…
Avoiding a Ticking B-O-M
In our enthusiasm to get started on software projects, we often jump right into the coding and UI design that…