This is not a fully baked collection of thoughts that I spent a ton of time crafting. It is just a simple list of why I, as a software product professional, dislike the current state of AI (Artifical Intelligence) in the tech industry: 1) It…
Software is pervasive in the modern world, which means those of us who create it have a large impact on our world. But that is easy to forget when your day-to-day life consists of small technical tasks. Many of us do not see the big…
"OMG, there are so many statuses in this Jira workflow! Dave, what the heck??" There is a method to my madness: I feel that many product managers get too focused on the Scrum/Kanban boards when working in Jira. I can see why - it is…
Software is complex, and while more people are learning to create it and the tools to create it are becoming more powerful, many software creators see the end result of their work as being about the tech. I disagree - it is about communication. Before…
As I work in more software shops, I see more and more perspectives on how to lead the product side of software development efforts. And the more I see, the more I think that none of us has it right. We're caught up in processes…