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Category Archives Product Management

In Search of Useful Prototypes

Dangerbird Prototype Screenshot from http://clients.athleticsnyc.com/dangerbird/prototype4/

Dangerbird Prototype Screenshot

Normally a post describing a site launch doesn’t grab my attention, as they cover the same ground (base level descriptions of the design process, technologies used, how great the client is etc.). But the write-up the launch of…

The Task Analysis Grid

The Task Analysis Grid is an interesting alternative to the standard requirements doc. I think I may give it a whirl at my next opportunity. As noted on the site, it’s a “single document allows anyone looking at it to see…

Software Development’s Evolution towards Product Design

From Lost Garden comes Software Development’s Evolution towards Product Design a great explanation of how software development should flow, with an excellent, tongue-in-cheek illustration of the entire process.

With a great flourish, I whip out my gold nibbed pen and draw a little…

Write That Down

Write That Down is a great blog, documenting Adam’s move from the role of developer of Web-based applications into product management. His posts are very informative and reassure me that my choice to shift towards product management will prove fruitful and…