Weekend Reading – Roadmaps are not Plans

Weekend Reading – Roadmaps are not Plans

“The issue is that anytime you put a list of ideas on a document entitled ‘roadmap,’ no matter how many disclaimers you put on it, people across the company will interpret the items as a commitment.”  — Marty Cagan   Dear all In the few decades that I have worked...
Weekend Reading – Fight Application Bloat

Weekend Reading – Fight Application Bloat

“There is no such thing as scope creep, only scope gallop.” – Cornelius Fichtner, Project Management Trainer & Author   Dear all Last week we kicked off yet another project to re-base an IT application where maintenance and development costs keep increasing,...
Weekend Reading – Products & Pizzas

Weekend Reading – Products & Pizzas

“Roadmaps are evidence of strategy. Not a list of features.” –  Steve Johnson, Product Management Thought Leader   Dear all When I first came to the US as a student, I was confused by how you ordered your pizza. Choose the size and sauce, and add some toppings of...