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
Characteristics of Projects ● Idealism to solve a problem ● No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? ● No pain, no gain ● Ask forgiveness, not permission
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
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
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
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?
Characteristics of Products ● Reduce risk – both yours and your customers ● Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer requirements ● UX/UI finesse
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?
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
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?
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.
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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