2001-02 While working with the organization I was working then, We faced a very critical issue. We wanted to work on a stronger road map for the product then and were always back pulled by issues around the smooth execution of the production systems, customer issues and rants etc etc. Every time we started working on the development windows we were pulled back either by down times or customer requirements...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Monday, 26 July 2010
Minimum Viable Product, Need for today, Necessity for tomorrow
Posted by Sameer Shaikh
Every one wants to launch it big, hugely big. A hype, A marketing base, plans and communications , blah blah blah.... in an attempt to make this big.. there is always a lot of bigger effort spent.. the bigger the effort the bigger the issues. Thus bigger your first version, bigger the problem. A while ago working with my current organization, I saw that the Team decided to build something new.. a...
Monday, 19 July 2010
Why Feature needs a owner?
Posted by Sameer Shaikh
We usually think that the Product Owner owns everything associated with the Product... though in a broader terms this is OK... in reality this is a big headache.. specially when your product is getting bombarded with new Features....In past I have realised that some features get built without thoughtful thinking and in attempts to tailor make the usage those features become a headache.. I once read...
Monday, 12 July 2010
My Love for IE6 - The reverse Truth
Posted by Sameer Shaikh
Oh well... we crib and shit on IE6 so often. We blame and blame IE6 so often.. the issues we face as web developers working with IE6 are sometimes nasty... We change for 6 and then it fails for IEY and for Chrome and for FireFox A.. woof... so much of pressure in these browser wars.. so while our friends at Chrome and FireFox and Opera are making our experience better.. we still have IE6's to add...
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Innovation and confusion models
Posted by Sameer Shaikh
While All my blogs are driven today Innovation and I get queries about confusions around Innovations.. I thought let me explain the different models different companies use to drive there Innovations... Well these are my definitions of it.. but I am sure you would understand that a lot of companies follow there Innovation models in these 3 categories at a higher level...The Revenue Model :The model...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Make your Product a Platform, But wait first invest!!!
Posted by Sameer Shaikh
Why are apps so popular on iPhone and not on BlackBerry? Why does iPhone have such a huge developer community and why do you have to struggle to find a BlackBerry app developer? well leave BlackBerry out of this why do no other product has such a huge community of developers as compared to Apple...Answer is simple... Apple is led by a Innovation method that leads to a revenue model. In clarity the...
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Innovation Teams and Internal credibility
Posted by Sameer Shaikh
Working with various organizations I have realized that there are 2 types of organizations with reference to Innovations.... 1. Organizations that value Innovation and support the objective2. Organizations that think Innovation is a superstitious concept.I worked for both type of organizations, eventually there were people in organizations that believed in Innovations, but people within who dont realize...
