{"id":222,"date":"2016-03-09T09:26:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T07:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whiteducksoftware.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:03:00","slug":"on-presenting-0-x-versions-and-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whiteduck.de\/en\/on-presenting-0-x-versions-and-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"On Presenting 0.X Versions and previews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>On Presenting 0.X Versions and previews<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Designing and implementing software from scratch is not&nbsp;easy. Yes, you have the freedom to design at will, but you have to take many important decisions that you will not able to (easily) change afterwards. The responsibility is huge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the one hand, stakeholders no matter if they have a business or technical background, wish to see\/touch\/feel the developing product as soon as possible, in order to review\/evaluate\/provide feedback or just because it suits their personal\/political agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, the development team has a natural temptation to show the progress of the software and make sure that every new feature gets visibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Demo\/preview meetings are absolutely necessary and can provide extremely valuable feedback. Nevertheless, you need to be extremely cautious with when, how often and whom you organize them.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Too early<\/i> may not fulfill the expectations (no matter if you had clearly formulated them in advance), since many MVP features might be missing<\/li>\n<li><i>Too late <\/i>may waste the chance for right-timed feedback<\/li>\n<li><i>Too often<\/i> may cause fatigue since the delta between the versions does not justify it<\/li>\n<li><i>Too many<\/i> or <i>not the right<\/i> people almost always results in wasted time or effort<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Never forget that there are always a lot of politics around a new product in development. As a CTO\/Product Manager\/Product Owner to make sure that your development team can receive much needed feedback, but stay focused, without any counter-productive external noise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Presenting 0.X Versions and previews Designing and implementing software from scratch is not&nbsp;easy. Yes, you have the freedom to design at will, but you have to take many important decisions that you will not able to (easily) change afterwards. The responsibility is huge. 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