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Product Management

In Search of Useful Prototypes

July 29, 2008

Normally a post describing a site launch doesn’t grab my attention, as they cover the same ground (base level descriptions of the design process, technologies used, how great the client is etc.). But the write-up the launch of Dangerbird Records by Athletics, a design firm out of Brooklyn includes a discussion of their home-grown prototyping [...]

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The Task Analysis Grid

December 15, 2006

The Task Analysis Grid is an interesting alternative to the standard requirements doc. I think I may give it a whirl at my next opportunity. As noted on the site, it’s a “single document allows anyone looking at it to see the entire scope of a project, figure out what’s in this release (1) as [...]

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Software Development’s Evolution towards Product Design

September 27, 2006

From Lost Garden comes Software Development’s Evolution towards Product Design a great explanation of how software development should flow, with an excellent, tongue-in-cheek illustration of the entire process.
With a great flourish, I whip out my gold nibbed pen and draw a little diagram on a napkin that explains concisely how modern software development works. In [...]

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Write That Down

September 24, 2006

Write That Down is a great blog, documenting Adam’s move from the role of developer of Web-based applications into product management. His posts are very informative and reassure me that my choice to shift towards product management will prove fruitful and challenging.

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