Tag: product
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Thoughts on the Liability of the Product Surface
Reading Time: 11 minutesIs your product surface area sustainable? Lately, I’ve been reflecting on how software product teams operate and what they are incentivized to focus on. It’s not uncommon for many teams to face increasing friction when working on the software product they manage: – bugs surface in unexpected, seemingly untouched areas – new…
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How to miss a delivery date
Reading Time: 2 minutesEstimating a delivery date is hard. Missing it, on the other hand, is quite easy. When it happens try not to focus on pleasing stakeholders by committing to a new date that is very close to the original one.
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Embracing genuine deadlines as software engineers
Reading Time: 11 minutesGenuine deadlines are there to help the organization seize an opportunity. Let’s explore how they impact engineering organization and how not to antagonize them.
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Technical debt kills your company
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe early days of a startup are often a chaotic mix of excitement, rush and fear. Software-enabled startups are learning about their product as they iterate with their first customers. This leads to frequent and unplanned changes that will help rapidly evolve their product to fit the market they’re trying to disrupt.…