When companies first start off-shoring, they usually send the “low level” implementation work overseas first, to work out the process kinks and manage risk. Over time, your valued, domain-aware developers will perceive a lack of career opportunities with this limited role. Naturally, you will want to consider sending design work offshore too. You can make it work. If you do it wrong, you’re toast.

Problems are the reason why we create software. We solve problems. For the business. A “Goal” is an acknowledgment that you are going to try and address the problem. One mistake people commonly make is to describe problem manifestations and not problems. Read on to see the difference.

A look back at the best from this week in the past.

Woopra is a new hot web-analytics product in beta release.

There is a lot of discussion around the differences between product management in startups and product management in enterprise companies. In this article, we take a look at the product management around Woopra, and gain a little insight into how things work at iFusion Labs. I had the great privilege to interview John Pozadzides, CEO of iFusion Labs.

Economic pressures are driving most companies in high-developer-salary markets to explore using offshore development teams as part of their approach to developing software. Developing software with a global team presents new challenges as well as new benefits. If you do it right, you can have a more cost-effective team. If you do it wrong, you can have a disaster.

A look back at the best from this week in the past.

No, not that kind of camp.

Product Camp