Good discussion of doing product management instead of project management. Also, discussion of user metrics to track design and usability: “Defining success metrics helps you focus on what’s important in your product and how well it solves the problems you’ve identified. Defining key steps the user must take is also important in order to shine a spotlight on where in the process users are failing. With this data, you can conduct further in-person research to understand why they are failing and devise an even better solution.

Good discussion of doing product management instead of project management. Also, discussion of user metrics to track design and usability: “Defining success metrics helps you focus on what’s important in your product and how well it solves the problems you’ve identified. Defining key steps the user must take is also important in order to shine a spotlight on where in the process users are failing. With this data, you can conduct further in-person research to understand why they are failing and devise an even better solution.

“For too long we have focused only on cost, schedule and performance,” Murray said Friday in his remarks. “We must now also focus on value. Value to the young men and women that will be operating the equipment we build, and utilizing the concepts we develop.” Original source: Army’s newest command looks to the future from downtown Austin

“For too long we have focused only on cost, schedule and performance,” Murray said Friday in his remarks. “We must now also focus on value. Value to the young men and women that will be operating the equipment we build, and utilizing the concepts we develop.” Original source: Army’s newest command looks to the future from downtown Austin

Suggested metrics for DoD software projects to track, and what they mean Original source: Defense Innovation Board Metrics for Software Development Version 0.9, last modified 9 Jul 2018

Suggested metrics for DoD software projects to track, and what they mean Original source: Defense Innovation Board Metrics for Software Development Version 0.9, last modified 9 Jul 2018

“The metrics can be broken down into four broad categories — deployment rate metrics, response rate metrics, code quality metrics, and program management, assessment, and estimation metrics. The DIB also provides general timeframes for what a “good” score looks like for each metric." Original source: Defense Innovation Board proposes new metrics for assessing DOD software development

“The metrics can be broken down into four broad categories — deployment rate metrics, response rate metrics, code quality metrics, and program management, assessment, and estimation metrics. The DIB also provides general timeframes for what a “good” score looks like for each metric." Original source: Defense Innovation Board proposes new metrics for assessing DOD software development

“It seems to me that in our meetings so far we’ve seen many many helper-types — supporters, planners, document writers, and so forth,” he went on. “But it’s a very rare event when we have a meeting with what I would consider to be programmers. One of my most fun questions is to sit in a room with 20 executives, shall we say, and say how many programmers and it turns out there’ll be two — of which one is being transferred for some stupid reason to some other base.

“It seems to me that in our meetings so far we’ve seen many many helper-types — supporters, planners, document writers, and so forth,” he went on. “But it’s a very rare event when we have a meeting with what I would consider to be programmers. One of my most fun questions is to sit in a room with 20 executives, shall we say, and say how many programmers and it turns out there’ll be two — of which one is being transferred for some stupid reason to some other base.