Big Bang is OUT!
Continuous improvement (CI) is about developing and
delivering incremental software functionality in a constant flow
rather than in the traditional manner of "Big Bang" releases
or versions.
CI allows the company to better control costs, and reduces
risk in both product management (constantly giving users the
opportunity to provide feedback - before we commit ourselves in a
"big bang" way) and development (because we are releasing only
small parts of new code in each update).
The key benefit to the software company is however that
with CI it can much better position itself as a services
rather than a product company. And being known as the "We solve
problems"-guys is a lot more profitable than being the "We sell
licenses"-company.
Today's business environment is such that it is next to
impossible to secure external financing for initial software
development. The business
model:
-
get idea
-
get
financing
-
develop
software
-
attract
clients
-
success!
does not exist any longer. Now it is more
like:
At least, that is what I have heard from every
venture capitalist, I have talked to within the last 6 months. What
they are also saying is that VCs have all stopped
consider investing in traditional software business
models.
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