Dear friends and colleagues, I'm writing to request your assistance in reviewing the draft version of a new book I'm writing on customer driven innovation. The...
Hello Luke, My name is Andrew Willis and I am a product manager for an enterprise software company in Virginia. The premise of your book is definitely ...
Dylan, Thanks. There are some good points in this article. I think the key paragaphs are near the bottom: "For developers," Schumacher says, "the process...
Reg, I have to admit, I found it funny. I believe it was first published in The Onion correct? As a product manager myself, I have to say, this is what happens...
Hi, Good solid article. Reiterates a lot of common themes discussed here before. http://www.strategy-business.com/press/sbkw2/sbkwarticle/sbkw050112?pg=all ...
An interesting article on disruptive innovation. Discuss two forms of disruption: bottom-up and top-down. http://www.strategy-business.com/article/05203?pg=all...
http://ricksegal.typepad.com/pmv/2005/05/evernote_option.html Note that the VC assumes it's Engineering who screwed things up, while one of the commenters...
Hi Folks - hope this finds you well. I'd be interested to hear peoples' views on migrating customers to new versions of products, particularly when we release...
Are you referring to a desire to end of life previous versions and get them on the latest version? Depending on the type of product you have, you might find it...
... Excellent timing coming on the heels of Apple's announcement! Although your question seems closer to the question of how Apple migrates developers than it...
Alan - I discuss this pretty extensively in my book Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions. One area in which I respectfully ...
I'm with Luke on this one. If you can establish a reasonable policy for the EOL timeframe of so customers can plan, you have a much easier time delivering the...
Luke, I'm not suggesting no strategy. I'm suggesting that where possible have people migrate because they want to and not because you force them to. I have...
We went through a significant platform transition for one of our biggest products (about 3,000 enterprise customers) and it required extensive planning across...
Mark - Sounds like we're in agreement. I recommend that your strategy include understanding the complexity of managing integrations. There are ways to engage...
Hi, There is also an innovation angle to this whole discussion of product EOL policy and customer migrations. Software companies work very hard and invest $$$...
This is an interesting article discussing some of the challenges Europeans face in developing innovative technology companies. Anyone on this list from Europe...
A while back there was a humourous posting about adding 5 blades to a Gillette razor. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/productinnovation/message/226 I...
When I was in University, an Economics prof put forward one theory for the lower level of innovation (actually entrepreneurship, which is similar in his...
A book review of Darknet: Hollywood's War Against The Digital Generation. Some interesting points about how things like the Digital Millenium Copyright Act...
Hello, I know it's summer (for those of us in the Northern hemisphere) and most of us are probably thinking about holidays and weekends, or like me are busy...
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