Articles

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 […]
26 de February, 2008

How do product managers prioritize requirements?

From Jeff Lash‘s Ask A Good Product Manager: I’ve known people who have tried scorecards, ranking systems, voting (see Product Development is not a democracy), but […]
26 de February, 2008

Just-in-time quality

2024 update: This was my second post showing some of the concerns we had in 2008 at Locaweb and how we searched and tested possible solutions […]
25 de February, 2008

English or Portuguese

2024 update: This is the first article I wrote in February 2008. At the time, the decision was to write in English. Then I changed and […]