Following Your Passion

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

Follow your heart, follow your passion.Check out the inspirational TEDx talk by Larry Jacobson:

Chindogu

Sometimes you create a new product by combining two existing items to create something new. This week as part of the Crash Course in Creativity course we worked on the Chindogu assignment. Chindogu is the Japanese art of designing "unuseless" invention by combining two items.  Here are some Chindogu ideas I came up with...

Going Beyond Requirements And Understanding Real Customer Needs In A Business Scenario

In my last post I wrote about the Why->What->How product development continuum. In an enterprise/business context perspective the continuum changes slightly...

The business representatives (e.g. business analyst or product owner) identify the product requirements from a business perspective to address the business goal/need (e.g. reduce material ordering time). The technical representatives (e.g. architect, functional analyst) synthesize that information and derive additional requirements, if necessary, before handing the complete requirements set  to the implementation/development team. So it becomes very important for the technical team to understand the business context (Why & What) so that when the product is developed, delivered and put into use, it addresses the original business need/goal effectively. 

What are your stories/experiences relating to requirements in a business context?