A picture is worth a thousand words. Â A prototype is worth a thousand lines of code. Â Two key elements of product management – and of agile development are elicitation and feedback. Â Low fidelity artifacts can significantly improve both. Â Polished, codified prototypes can create problems that prevent you from getting the benefits of communication.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Posted in Agile, Business Analysis, Business Rules, Interaction design, Interface Design, Product Management, Requirements, Requirements gathering, Software development, UX, Uncategorized
Tagged agile interaction, Communication, process prototyping, prototypes, prototyping, uml as prototype
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Cadence Versus Risk
I’ve been thinking about the software development process. Â Big, upfront, design and requirements. Â User research and analysis. Â Market insights, gained on exploration or over time. Â Release cadence – how quickly you get, and incorporate, feedback from your customers about your product. Â How quickly you react to your competitors’ reactions to your actions.
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Is Your Market Fragmented or Concentrated?
Market concentration – or fragmentation – is an important big picture view of your market. Â Insights into the nature of competition for your customers will help you make decisions about your product. Â But only if you correctly define your market.
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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. Â Agile development says “get it working first, make it better second.” Â That means changing the way the software enables a user to do something they can already do. Â How do you manage requirements for incremental improvement?
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Posted in Agile, Business Analysis, Interaction design, Prioritization, Product Management, ROI, Requirements, Requirements Models, Software development, UX, Usability, Use Cases
Tagged agile development, agile use cases, incremental development, iterative development, satisficing, use cases
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