With this blog I would like to share the experience of designing and producing a mini-product line within 60 days. You might think that this is not a big deal for an organization consisting of good product managers and disciplined engineers; the difference here is that a single person (the “cowboy”) executed the entire project …
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Christine Nolan has been doing an excellent job organizing the Software Cluster of MassTLC. Today’s meeting took place in the VMware facilities in Cambridge and moderated by Brad Meiseles, Director of R&D at VMware. Brad made a couple of excellent references and quotes such as: “Begin with the end in mind” – From Steve Covey’s …
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On Thursday, Sep 29th, the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) organized a meeting in Cambridge about Google’s Agile Development Processes and Strategies; the room included 50-70 people, primarily software developer managers and some developers. Two speakers Steve Vinter and Mat Andrews presented the material encouraging audience questions and interactions. Here is a brief summary. Steve …