Thursday, July 22, 2010

Fascinating Digression for Product Nerds


So the new job is a fascinating case study on Project Management Methods.
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Because they combined 2 large companies, AND they recognized there were areas the acquirer was deficient in, they have kept the best of both project management systems. So they have a Program Office AND a Project Office. It is interesting to see the difference.
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They use the iterative software development methodology - which is pretty normal, but they are willing to try other things.
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For example,- if you are a real nerd - they are testing the Agile system on a high priority project. FYI - I am not a fan of the Agile development method which I think is better suited to Web Products that users expect to have multiple quick updates and put up with bugs. You are a lot more inclined to put up with bugs from free, regularly updated web aps (like free GMail) than big bundled purchased applications... But you never know, maybe they will work out all the issues before they go live.
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Like I said, it is fun to watch these things unfold.
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If you're a nerd like me.