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]]> By: Steve Murch http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Steve Murch Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:30:42 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-109 Interesting -- in a remote situation like this, it's vital that at least someone in the "local office" have build capabilities to build and test locally. There's just no substitute for looking at a live product, being able to tweak it a bit, and see how it evolves (daily). <br><br>I'd say that if the CEO is trying to run a tech-related company of any kind and cannot actually walk to a desk to see that product taking shape, they are going to fail. Interesting — in a remote situation like this, it's vital that at least someone in the “local office” have build capabilities to build and test locally. There's just no substitute for looking at a live product, being able to tweak it a bit, and see how it evolves (daily).

I'd say that if the CEO is trying to run a tech-related company of any kind and cannot actually walk to a desk to see that product taking shape, they are going to fail.

]]> By: joe heitzeberg http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-108 joe heitzeberg Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:52:35 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-108 Well said. Always seems to be hardest to cut features the fresher they are. Psychology plays into cutting Well said. Always seems to be hardest to cut features the fresher they are. Psychology plays into cutting

]]> By: joe heitzeberg http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-103 joe heitzeberg Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:44:14 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-103 Worse, I've seen the "work harder" thing lead to pressuring the devs into making poor architecture tradeoffs that en up biting later...in the form of production instabilities and ultimately slower pace of new feature development down the road. I love that quote from the 37 signals book, "Build half a product, not a half-ass product." Thanks for reminding me of your blog post. I remember reading that when you first posted it. Great stuff! Worse, I've seen the “work harder” thing lead to pressuring the devs into making poor architecture tradeoffs that en up biting later…in the form of production instabilities and ultimately slower pace of new feature development down the road. I love that quote from the 37 signals book, “Build half a product, not a half-ass product.” Thanks for reminding me of your blog post. I remember reading that when you first posted it. Great stuff!

]]> By: joe heitzeberg http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-104 joe heitzeberg Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:41:04 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-104 They are an idea person, great product thinking and excellent hustler / sales / deals person, which is very important in the business they are in. But weak in project management and technical depth to manage the dev process. They are an idea person, great product thinking and excellent hustler / sales / deals person, which is very important in the business they are in. But weak in project management and technical depth to manage the dev process.

]]> By: joe heitzeberg http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-105 joe heitzeberg Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:39:51 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-105 Thanks, good point. I'll relay that to them. The problem is that this CEO is non-technical and doesn't have someone to lean on. I'm wondering in that case what to tell them. Perhaps at least getting direct access to the check-in logs and making sure commit comments tie back to the ticketing system, I suppose. Any ideas? Thanks, good point. I'll relay that to them. The problem is that this CEO is non-technical and doesn't have someone to lean on. I'm wondering in that case what to tell them. Perhaps at least getting direct access to the check-in logs and making sure commit comments tie back to the ticketing system, I suppose. Any ideas?

]]> By: joe heitzeberg http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-106 joe heitzeberg Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:38:08 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-106 Good point. I think (as you imply conversely) that for new products it's more important to nail the value prop than how pretty things look. The term "User Experience" includes a lot of things, and each of those things are more or less important depending on the goals. By the way, have you seen this interview with Marissa Meyer of Google? I think you might like this: <a href="http://www.goodexperience.com/2002/10/interview-marissa-mayer-produc.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.goodexperience.com/2002/10/interview...</a> -- nice quote: "At Google, we make a *useful* tool, and then we put a *usable* interface on top of that" Good point. I think (as you imply conversely) that for new products it's more important to nail the value prop than how pretty things look. The term “User Experience” includes a lot of things, and each of those things are more or less important depending on the goals. By the way, have you seen this interview with Marissa Meyer of Google? I think you might like this: http://www.goodexperience.com/2002/10/interview... — nice quote: “At Google, we make a *useful* tool, and then we put a *usable* interface on top of that”

]]> By: joe heitzeberg http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-107 joe heitzeberg Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:34:25 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-107 Yeah, even if its a quick daily phone call. Simple discipline and best practice. Yeah, even if its a quick daily phone call. Simple discipline and best practice.

]]> By: Scott Porad http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Scott Porad Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:22:28 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-102 Joe--<br><br>Nice post...your thoughts remind me of something I've learned from Agile/Scrum.<br><br>Manage what you can control...you can't control how long some work will take, but you can control how much work there is to do. <br><br>Often, we get frustrated and try to manage how long something will take by establishing deadlines and telling our teams to "work harder". Occasionally that works, but more often than not it just leads to missed deadlines and unhappy teams.<br><br>Scott Joe–

Nice post…your thoughts remind me of something I've learned from Agile/Scrum.

Manage what you can control…you can't control how long some work will take, but you can control how much work there is to do.

Often, we get frustrated and try to manage how long something will take by establishing deadlines and telling our teams to “work harder”. Occasionally that works, but more often than not it just leads to missed deadlines and unhappy teams.

Scott

]]> By: Galen Ward http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/04/17/if-you-want-to-ship-cut-cut-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Galen Ward Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:57:28 +0000 http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/?p=138#comment-101 Sounds like your CEO is an idea guy. They should be a maker or a manager - which would include detailed meetings about the project at which they should know which questions to ask. Sounds like your CEO is an idea guy. They should be a maker or a manager – which would include detailed meetings about the project at which they should know which questions to ask.

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