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By: saeed

saeed — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:54:38 +0000

Cindy,

Thanks for the comment. I agree with the need for focus on “uncool” parts of the product. Take a look at my post entitled “A 5th Element for the Agile Manifesto”

http://onproductmanagement.net/2008/11/09/5th-element-to-agile/

Saeed

By: Cindy Alvarez

Cindy Alvarez — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:38:16 +0000

Couldn’t agree more that the velocity of feature development doesn’t always match the market. For many companies, the scheduled upgrade/install schedule is every six or even every TWELVE months.

Knowing where you are every day, and how closely you’re adhering to plan is critical. But I wish more attention in the Agile evangelism camp would go towards the “uncool” parts of product development – the “lame install process” (i.e. hard to deploy) is one of the biggest reasons that projects get deferred or cancelled. Lack of documentation, lack of sample code, lack of best practices guides – these are projects that Agile could certainly tackle – and to HUGE success – but so often don’t.

I like Agile. But I think it needs more Product Management voices defining the REST of what it should be.