Research update for late September

Currently in the editing and production queue, for publication in the next couple of weeks, are the following documents by Yours Truly:

• The role of product management in Agile development.
• The role of product management in software as a service (SaaS).
• NEW! The questions people have been asking us about Agile, and what they reveal about the state of Agile development practices.

Also in the works is a piece that I'm co-authoring with Thomas Keitt about serious gaming as a tool for requirements collection. Updates on the exact publication date of these documents are coming soon.

Unfortunately, the document about the future of CRM is coming next month. I'll give you a more exact ETA, Dear Reader, as soon as I can.

Working on deadline

We're racing to the end of the quarter, when deadlines for research loom. That's why I haven't been blogging much for the last week or two. I'm currently working on multiple documents:

• Product management's role in Agile development
• Product management's role in SaaS
• What our clients are asking about Agile development, and what these questions mean
• Using "serious gaming" to elicit product requirements (co-authoring with TJ Keitt)

As soon as this workload subsides, I'll be posting on a normal schedule again.

Calling all PMs: Software as a service

We're also looking for PMs who have worked on software as a service (SaaS) products. If you've worked for a company that started with a SaaS product, or one that tried to move an on-premise application to SaaS, we want to talk with you.

Please drop me a line if you're interested. The interview should take about 30 minutes. (Unless you really need to talk.)