When I develop products, I like them foundational. In other words, simple. Every release of our products is simple. They are almost never a week away from release. That affords a few good luxuries.
First, the products are (almost) alway stable. There are never any huge releases that introduce a dozen bugs into the system. Every release has at least a few small bug fixes and polish. We keep up on that, along with adding new functionality.
Second, we’re nimble. If a customer asks for a new feature, it’s less than a week from delivery. Customers love that, I can assure you.
Lastly, project management is simpler. There are no huge project plans to deal with. Just small to-do lists we can check off rapidly. Does it always work? Yes. Well, maybe not always… Okay, about half the time. But that’s better than deep-dives and unstable products. Wouldn’t you say?
–newshirt