Features do not a Product Roadmap Make

Last month, Mike Smart of Egress Solutions and I gave a webinar for Pragmatic Marketing on product roadmapping when working…

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Why Not What – An Example

Forbes quoted Steve Jobs as saying “I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we…

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Good Enough

We hear a lot about building products which are “good enough” or “just barely good enough.” How do we know…

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Opposite Views of a Product Roadmap

Your product roadmap a view of what you are building right now, in the near future, and in the more distant…

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Agile Through a Matrix Lens

“Agile” is something most teams do wrong*, without realizing they’re doing it wrong.  A good 2×2 matrix acts as a…

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Why Write Requirements

There is a lot of advice out there for how to write requirements. There is not as much discussion about…

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Is Agile Really Cheaper?

There are several ways to answer the question “is agile cheaper than waterfall?” Here are two of my favorites: “It…

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Use Cases for Iterative Development

Almost everything I’ve read about use cases focuses on describing what needs to be added to your product. Agile development…

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Provocateurs Gather the Best Requirements

Ask someone what they want, and they’ll tell you they want a faster horse. Provoke them, and they’ll tell you…

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