The Incredible Fine Balance between a Project and a Product

Talk at FUDCon APAC 2016 in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia

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1. The Incredibly Fine Balance between a Project and a Product Harish Pillay @harishpillay hpillay@redhat.com harishpillay@fedoraproject.org FUDCon APAC November 5, 2016 Phnom Pehn, Cambodia https://speakerdeck.com/harishpillay/the-incredible-fine-balance-between-a-project-and-a-product
2. What is a Project?
3. Characteristics of Projects • Idealism to solve a problem
4. Characteristics of Projects • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap?
5. Characteristics of Projects • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? • No pain, no gain
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
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
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
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
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?
11. What is a Product?
12. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers
13. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers • Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer requirements
14. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers • Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer requirements • UX/UI finesse
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?
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
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?
18. https://www.linux.com/BLOG/WHAT-ARE-OPEN-SOURCE-PRODUCTS
19. What about People • Project people have a different motivation compared with Product people
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.
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
22. What about Risk? https://www.linux.com/blog/why-your-open-source-project-not-product
23. Source Code License Community Free and Open Source Software
24. Comments?
25. Thank you. @harishpillay Harish Pillay hpillay@redhat.com harishpillay@fedoraproject.org