Comments on: Problems Are Everywhere http://tynerblain.com/blog/2008/05/21/problems-are-everywhere/ 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/2008/05/21/problems-are-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-380685 Scott Sehlhorst Sat, 31 May 2008 15:08:24 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/?p=682#comment-380685 Thanks Vinodh, and welcome to Tyner Blain! I'll add that while of immediately obvious value to product companies, this may be more distinctly valuable as the "secret sauce" of an IT department. Ideally, a company's IT department will be focused on enabling business capabilities - as opposed to self-defining as a cost-center that does what is needed. When you infuse the product-centric perspective of defining problems, you enable your IT department to drive innovation, and your company to develop distinctive competencies that can make it more competitive. Thanks Vinodh, and welcome to Tyner Blain!

I’ll add that while of immediately obvious value to product companies, this may be more distinctly valuable as the “secret sauce” of an IT department. Ideally, a company’s IT department will be focused on enabling business capabilities – as opposed to self-defining as a cost-center that does what is needed.

When you infuse the product-centric perspective of defining problems, you enable your IT department to drive innovation, and your company to develop distinctive competencies that can make it more competitive.

]]> By: Vinodh Nandakumar http://tynerblain.com/blog/2008/05/21/problems-are-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-377649 Vinodh Nandakumar Mon, 26 May 2008 10:35:53 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/?p=682#comment-377649 Makes a lot of sense and great business value, especially if you are a product company trying to build something on your own. I really like 37signals approach to this, Getting real is a great read for any product manager! Makes a lot of sense and great business value, especially if you are a product company trying to build something on your own.
I really like 37signals approach to this, Getting real is a great read for any product manager!

]]> By: Product Managers: The One Number You Should Know While Prioritizing Requirements : Product Management Insights http://tynerblain.com/blog/2008/05/21/problems-are-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-375230 Product Managers: The One Number You Should Know While Prioritizing Requirements : Product Management Insights Thu, 22 May 2008 07:50:15 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/?p=682#comment-375230 [...] couple of excellent posts in the blogosphere this week emphasized that you should consider customer problems solved and value added to customers while deciding which requirements/features to implement in your next [...] [...] couple of excellent posts in the blogosphere this week emphasized that you should consider customer problems solved and value added to customers while deciding which requirements/features to implement in your next [...]

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