Month: February 2019

When do you hide vs disable a control? In a large stateful application, on every screen the user can be doing work and encounter functionality they do not have access to. There are two categories of functionality that is not available: The state of the data and controls on the screen is not ready The… Continue reading Binary opposition: Hide vs Disable

Innovate or die, right? You run your business line better than anyone else ever has. But you see it all the time. These little startups come from nowhere and eat your lunch. Innovation is great in concept but you know that you cannot risk a big change and negatively impact your current business line. What… Continue reading Innovation: manage the risk

Don’t just do product innovation. Anyone can do that. You can do ten types of innovation. The Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs – by Larry Keeley is a fabulous book. It helps you and your organization reframe the scope of your effort to something that will provide the most impact. Here… Continue reading Outperform your competitors by 2X with 5+types of innovation

Sprinkling a little innovation here and a little there is not going to do much unless you are lucky. Creating innovation theater makes a lot of people feel good during the show but you are left only with memories when the show is done. Creating a way to embed innovation into your organization with the… Continue reading Innovation fairy dust and innovation theater are not needed

… Not the other way around. No matter whether the solution was done on the back of napkin in a bar or by an excellent optimized process, requirements come from a solution. So what should you do? Know your market. Observe your customers and prospects. Understand the problem. Clearly state the problem. Open the solution… Continue reading Requirements are generated from the solution