Comments on: The Impact of Change and Use Cases http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/ Software product success. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-54499 Scott Sehlhorst Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:07:40 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/#comment-54499 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Deepak http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-54497 Deepak Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:16:33 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/#comment-54497 I think you hit the nail on the head. What I was listing is important for the intial release, but for subsequent incremental releases, it is very important to manage customer expectations, and deliver usability value in a somewhat predictable timeframe (without getting tied down by the constraints of date driven releases) I think you hit the nail on the head. What I was listing is important for the intial release, but for subsequent incremental releases, it is very important to manage customer expectations, and deliver usability value in a somewhat predictable timeframe (without getting tied down by the constraints of date driven releases)

]]> By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-54494 Scott Sehlhorst Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:01:25 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/#comment-54494 Deepak, thanks for the comment! I agree that the business cares about delivery in "valuable chunks", usually at the market requirement level. Incremental delivery processes tend to take this one step smaller, and deliver at the smallest "consumable" chunk size. While <i>interim</i> chunks might not provide incremental business value, they will create an environment for feedback from the users. And some incremental releases will generate business value. As you point out, it is important to manage expectations when communicating with the customer about this type of delivery. Some releases generate value (in use) and all incremental releases generate value (in feedback). Deepak, thanks for the comment!

I agree that the business cares about delivery in “valuable chunks”, usually at the market requirement level. Incremental delivery processes tend to take this one step smaller, and deliver at the smallest “consumable” chunk size. While interim chunks might not provide incremental business value, they will create an environment for feedback from the users. And some incremental releases will generate business value.

As you point out, it is important to manage expectations when communicating with the customer about this type of delivery. Some releases generate value (in use) and all incremental releases generate value (in feedback).

]]> By: Deepak http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-54493 Deepak Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:55:14 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/24/the-impact-of-change-and-use-cases/#comment-54493 There is definitely one danger to the iterative process (or perhaps a flag that needs to be removed early in the process). Product managers should be careful what is the minimal set of functionality that will make their customers see value in the product. Providing a roadmap that shows where the functionality is going helps, but if a certain threshold of user needs is not met, in my experience, customers get very annoyed. There is definitely one danger to the iterative process (or perhaps a flag that needs to be removed early in the process). Product managers should be careful what is the minimal set of functionality that will make their customers see value in the product. Providing a roadmap that shows where the functionality is going helps, but if a certain threshold of user needs is not met, in my experience, customers get very annoyed.

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