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4 months ago

in Day 2 of PodCamp Toronto 2009 #pcto09 on RCC Graphic Designs
It was nice to meet you too.
Take care,
Stewart

7 months ago

in First Time Pricing on Write That Down
I like where Mike is going with this... using cost to justify the development and using value to justify the price. However, have you not already determined the price to justify the cost of the development (ROI).

7 months ago

in First Time Pricing on Write That Down
I agree with your message here. The challenge in pricing, which I think is part of your x-factor, is understanding the potential market (i.e. how many click/licenses/seats/etc. you can sell). So I would see something like this... price = (cost + margin) / x-factor where x-factor is really your potential market. Of course, delivery models (perpetual vs. monthly vs. etc.) will affect how you slice the price from there. I completely agree with your start high and reduce until the right spot is found. Very Agile. Get it in the market, test, review, update, repeat.

Pricing can be a fun day buried in Excel. Yes, fun day.

Stewart

9 months ago

in What Are Good Requirements? on Write That Down
I agree that Agile user stories, scenarios, requirements are equivalent to waterfall requirements. Fortunately FeaturePlan is aligned with that. ;-) However, I am not sure I agree that Agile features are 1:1 with Agile requirements but I would recommend that is a goal. Too often people starting writing requirements and it is either one line that breaks all requirement writing rules or becomes one big paragraph that breaks rules in the other direction. This is why I am such a big fan of Mike Cohn's user story template. Short, specific and well written. http://blog.mountaingoatsoftware.com/?p=24
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Adam Bullied I love that user story template - it's the one I use frequently. Sorry if
the the post was un-clear, but I always think about a feature as a
collection of requirements; not necessarily 1:1. With agile, you can get in
to much trouble that way for the exact reasons you mention.

9 months ago

in Statistics on Write That Down
Statistics can be great... but can also be biased. You always have to question the source behind the provider.
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Adam Bullied Yep, for sure. I am starting to lean more and more to running simple,
quick listening labs and meshing that with actual analytics or numbers
to see how things line up.

Problem is, you want the product to mature a bit before diving in to
those activities. Not years, but a couple of months and a solid user
base.

12 months ago

in Is Voicemail the New Spam? on Duct Tape Marketing
I would say now that 90% of my voicemails are spam. People trying to call me and sell me something. Sucks.

1 year ago

in The Product Management Manifesto on Write That Down
More comments...
"If you can’t define the problem concisely, you are already dead before you even start. If your problem is too broad / cloudy, you’re done for." ---- Ouch. That rules out 90% of Product Managers.

"4. Develop a Clear Picture of the Future.....but you need to write it down." ---- Ahhh... writing it down. Writing our worst enemy. Perhaps a vision document - a 1-pager. Supported by MRD and Roadmap.

"5. Execute in Concert" ---- Without being a ProJECT Manager.

1 year ago

in The Product Management Manifesto on Write That Down
Maybe we need a wiki to build this out

1 year ago

in SW Development Lifecycle Tools Review on Ontic Oren
What did you mean by Phase 1 and Phase 2?

As for FeaturePlan, so much has changed in the past year. New pricing model makes it so much more affordable, On-Demand (all web-based) version available - integration to Rally and more vendors to come. By far the leading Product Management solution out there.

1 year ago

in Product Management - Advice needed on Eric D. Brown - Technology, Strategy, People & Projects
Hi Eric,

Check out the Product Management View - wide variety of topics but most valuable are the archived (and upcoming) webinars. Check it out.

http://community.featureplan.com/community/

Stewart

3 years ago

in Entertaining RSS on Scobleizer
Try this new Product Management feed: http://www.featureplan.com/community/atom.xml
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