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The Incredible Fine Balance between a Project and a Product

Harish Pillay
November 05, 2016

The Incredible Fine Balance between a Project and a Product

Talk at FUDCon APAC 2016 in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia

Harish Pillay

November 05, 2016
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  1. The Incredibly Fine Balance
    between
    a Project and a Product
    Harish Pillay
    @harishpillay
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    FUDCon APAC
    November 5, 2016
    Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
    https://speakerdeck.com/harishpillay/the-incredible-fine-balance-between-a-project-and-a-product

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  2. What is a Project?

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  3. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

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  4. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

    No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?

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  5. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

    No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?

    No pain, no gain

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  6. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

    No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?

    No pain, no gain

    Ask forgiveness, not permission

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  7. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

    No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?

    No pain, no gain

    Ask forgiveness, not permission

    Permissionless innovation

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  8. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

    No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?

    No pain, no gain

    Ask forgiveness, not permission

    Permissionless innovation

    Risk taking – no Product Requirements Document

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  9. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

    No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?

    No pain, no gain

    Ask forgiveness, not permission

    Permissionless innovation

    Risk taking – no Product Requirements Document

    Fail fast, fail early – learn, grow and evolve

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  10. Characteristics of Projects

    Idealism to solve a problem

    No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?

    No pain, no gain

    Ask forgiveness, not permission

    Permissionless innovation

    Risk taking – no Product Requirements Document

    Fail fast, fail early – learn, grow and evolve

    What else do you think a project has?

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  11. What is a Product?

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  12. Characteristics of Products

    Reduce risk – both yours and your customers

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  13. Characteristics of Products

    Reduce risk – both yours and your customers

    Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer
    requirements

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  14. Characteristics of Products

    Reduce risk – both yours and your customers

    Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer
    requirements

    UX/UI finesse

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  15. Characteristics of Products

    Reduce risk – both yours and your customers

    Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer
    requirements

    UX/UI finesse

    Scalability is important: how would you help the
    evolution of the product?

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  16. Characteristics of Products

    Reduce risk – both yours and your customers

    Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer
    requirements

    UX/UI finesse

    Scalability is important: how would you help the
    evolution of the product?

    Branding: project name <> product name

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  17. Characteristics of Products

    Reduce risk – both yours and your customers

    Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer
    requirements

    UX/UI finesse

    Scalability is important: how would you help the
    evolution of the product?

    Branding: project name <> product name

    What else do you think a product has?

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  18. https://www.linux.com/BLOG/WHAT-ARE-OPEN-SOURCE-PRODUCTS

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  19. What about People

    Project people have a different motivation
    compared with Product people

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  20. What about People

    Project people have a different motivation
    compared with Product people

    The motivations of being in a project team is
    significantly different than being a product
    team.

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  21. What about People

    Project people have a different motivation
    compared with Product people

    The motivations of being in a project team is
    significantly different than being a product
    team.

    There may be overlaps, but it is few and far
    between

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  22. What about Risk?
    https://www.linux.com/blog/why-your-open-source-project-not-product

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  23. Source Code
    License
    Community
    Free and Open
    Source Software

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  24. Comments?

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  25. Thank you.
    @harishpillay
    Harish Pillay
    [email protected]
    [email protected]

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