The 7 Deadly Sins of Product Development

If one woman can make a baby in 9 months, then 9 women can make a baby in 30 days. Now you may laugh, but this is the most common problem in developing a new product. Throwing more resources at the problem and praying it goes away does not solve anything.

These are not only the 7 Deadly Sins of Product Development. If you have something to do with IT-Projects they will sound familiar to you too.

  1. The Pregnant Woman Theory
  2. Stepping Over A Stack Of $100 Bills To Pick Up A Penny
  3. Champagne On A Beer Budget
  4. The Scalpel Is Only As Good As The Surgeon Who Uses It, Not All Tools Are Created Equally
  5. You Never Run Out Of Things That Go Wrong
  6. A Plan Is Just A List Of Stuff That Didn’t Happen & Everything Takes Longer, And Costs More Than You Planned
  7. Good, Fast, Cheap… Pick Any Two

Read the full Article from Travis M. Jacobs here on Linkedin.