Articles

28 de March, 2008

Agile Principles

Directly from Agile Manifesto website, these are the principles that support Agile Software Development: Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous […]
26 de March, 2008

Explaining Agile

If you need to explain very briefly what is Agile Software Development and its benefits, use the Agile Elevator Speech: … agile is basically three things: […]
22 de March, 2008

When a product is ready for launch? Part II

At the same time that we need to spend on non-recurring development cost in order to avoid the recurring operational cost, we need to be aware […]
16 de March, 2008

Product launched. Now what?

The launch of a product is a big step, but it is not the end of the product manager’s work related to that product. When you […]
13 de March, 2008

When a product is ready for launch?

Release an internet product early but with a few known bugs? Or wait until the product is perfect? When is the right time in the development […]
8 de March, 2008

The rewrite syndrome

It’s not unusual to hear the phrase “stop, we need to rewrite this” at some point in a project. There are even entire projects dedicated to […]
5 de March, 2008

Learning from competitors

Despite of LocaWeb’s Blog service, I decided to use Blogger so I could test someone else’s blog service. Knowing the competitors is essential for any product […]
1 de March, 2008

We’ll never get our product right the first time!

And we’ll never get our product right the next time either. When we start the development of a product, we have an idea of its features […]
26 de February, 2008

Agile and large teams

Team size is a concern in agile methodologies. Many articles about this topic recommend a team no greater than 9 people. Amazon uses an interesting concept […]