The Rapid Response Team

Posted by marty cagan on June 17, 2010

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Have you noticed how fast a team goes when they’re just getting started, but that once the product is live and there are customers and users, that the velocity of the team can slow down to a crawl?  It’s an all too common problem, and it causes frustration all the way around.  Once you have real customers and/or an active sales team, there are always bugs to be fixed and changes urgently needed.  So the development team no longer has a clear focus because they’re now being pressured to fix and change the prior versions at the same time they’re being pushed to create significant new things.

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New Voices in Product

Posted by marty cagan on June 1, 2010

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I’m often asked about the blogs I read and the people I look to for inspiration as to thought leadership when it comes to product.  Sadly, for several years I couldn’t give a very good answer to that, however, today there are some exceptional people that have published their experiences, and I thought I would highlight my favorites here.  If you like the topics that I write about, I’m confident you’ll also like what these people have to say.

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