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Yossi Zohar
Senior Director, Amdocs Product Business Group
Speaker Biography
 Name: Yossi Zohar
 Title: Portfolio Marketing Director
 Company: Amdocs Inc.
 Years of experience: 22 in IT/software, 15 in product
 management/marketing
 Relevant Fields of Experience:
   Product Management, Product Line Management,
   Business Line Management, Product Marketing,
   Business Development
Company Profile
Company name          Amdocs
Number of employees   17,000
Global presence       50 countries
Revenue (2008)        3.2 Billion
Positioning           The market leader in customer experience
                      systems innovation
Offering Portfolio    Business and Operational Support systems
                      (BSS and OSS) Software, consulting services,
                      system integration and managed services
Key customers         The largest telecoms in the world
Prologue: The Role of the Product
Manager
       “A product manager researches, selects,
       develops, and places a company's products”
       “A product manager considers numerous
       factors such as target demographic, the
       products offered by the competition, and
       how well the product fits in with the
       company's business model.”
       (Wikipedia)
How many product
management-related
customer interactions
do you initiate every
quarter?
Rule # 1: Never compromise on having
direct customer interaction
 Remember - your role is to understand customer needs and
 translate them into product requirements – no one else will
 do this job for you
 This is also the key to
 accurate requirement
 prioritization that in turn helps
 make scope decisions faster
What is the typical
distribution of
requirements by
priority?
(high/medium/low)
Rule # 2: Thoroughly prioritize your
requirements
As scope is always restricted by time, resources
and/or budget, you will need to make fast
decisions as to the scope
Requirements prioritization is a key
Use sub prioritization if needed to assure
“bell curve”
How many de-scoping
decision points do you
go through in every
release?
Rule # 3: Maintain a “Scope Dashboard”
Throughout The Release Lifecycle
  Feature          Priority   Estimated   Customer      Business
                              Cost        commitments Impact of
                                          /expectations de-scoping




  Total in scope




  Total out of scope
What is your de-scoping
turnaround time upon any
change in release timeline,
budget and/or resources?
Rule # 4: Be Ready to make hard de-scoping
decisions…quickly!
 Time = Money
 You are a bottleneck!
 Any delay in scope decision-
 making immediately translates
 into:
   Further scope reduction
   Delays in the release
   Waste of budget
   Quality compromises
   Release with no business value
 “One bird in the hand is better
 than two birds in a bush”
Are you being
constantly challenged
by your development
manager?
Rule # 5: Do your homework so you can face your
development manager…with confidence!
 The “dominant developer manager” syndrome
    Has own ideas and “pet projects”
    In many companies, focused on maximizing employee utilization and
    development quality but not on maximizing scope and business impact
    Constantly challenges your strategy
    May not share timely information that
    may impact the scope
 What should you do?
    Know your customer and market
    Explain business impacts for any
    scope change
    Demonstrate fast and smart decision
    making – avoid being the bottleneck
    Build credibility and respect by
    giving them respect first – do not
    challenge development expertise
Have you managed a
product foundation
transformation as part
of a release?
Rule # 6: Thoroughly assess business impacts of
foundation/architecture enhancements
Foundation/architectural enhancements
may have significant impacts on your
customers
Always ask yourself:
   How will the change improve our customers’
   lives?
   Are there any upgrade impacts for existing
   customers? What would be the associated
   cost/effort to upgrade?
   Will the change cause regression in
   functionality?
   Will the change impact the Total Cost of
   Ownership of our products?
   Will the change impact performance and/or
   usability?
   If there any doubt based on the above
   questions, is the change really necessary?
Does your company
fund the development of
prototypes before a new
innovative product is
developed?
Rule # 7: Factor Prototyping into your plan
to mitigate “product revolution impacts”
  Prototyping is recommended to help mitigate the risks
  involved in “revolutionary” product enhancements on
  the existing customers
  Prototype early in the process, preferably before the real
  product development starts
  Prototype to assess technical feasibility
  Validate your Prototype with selected customers
  to validate market acceptance
  Don’t be afraid to make hard decisions based on the
  prototype (e.g., no go, re-evaluation of strategy)
  Remember:
  “Prototypes support - not replace –
  requirements”, (Forrester)
Have you had to handle
product requirements that
come in at the eleventh
hour from a key account?
How did it impact your
release plan?
Rule # 8: minimize the impact of the “Unexpected Key
Account Requirement Syndrome” on your roadmap
  Last minute requirements (even if funded by customer) may jeopardize the
  scope, quality and/or timely delivery of a release
  However, as these situations happen in many companies, the following best
  practice is recommended:
 Generally Available (GA)          Planned GA Release    Planned GA release
 release


           3.0                         3.5                       4.0




                        3.2


             Limited availability release      IMPORTANT: Factor into the budget
                                               the merge into the mainstream
Have you made an
investment in a new
technology “hype” that
ended up being
irrelevant later?
Rule # 9: be cautious of adopting new technology
“hypes”
 Not being an early adopter
 is sometimes better for
 business (even if the
 competition is doing it)
 Don’t forget – you have a
 responsibility for your
 products’ customer base
 Ask yourself: “do they
 really need this now?”
 Ask yourself: “am I going
 to get more business from
 this initiative?”
 Whatever you do –
 remember to prototype!
What leads your product
strategy?
• Key account requirements?
• Strategic release themes?
• New markets / lines of business
  the company is interested to get
  into?
• Customer base wish list?
• All/some of the above?
Rule # 10: Always be prepared to justify your
release scope through conflicting pressures
Build a scope decision
criteria
Assess each alternative scope
proposal based on customer,
market and R&D impacts
When pre-selling to
stakeholders, remind them
that a “win-win” scope
compromise is better than
further delays and de-coping
Make your recommendation
to management based on
this framework to assure
smooth approval process
Are you
hungry for
more wisdom?
Bonus Rule # 1: Be Persistent
 Stick to your strategic goals
 Avoid the “zig zag” syndrome
 De-scoping is not a sin, but
 frequent changes to the entire
 strategy is guaranteed to damage
 your internal and external
 credibility
Bonus Rule # 2: Define ROI-driven Products
 Think about:
   What business metrics would
   your product improve for your
   customers?
   How those metrics translate to
   monetary gains?
   Can the product monitor those
   metrics and produce periodic
   reports?
   Gathering multiple ROI case
   studies to be used by marketing
   to promote sales
Bonus Rule # 3: Hone in on your product’s
business performance
 When pitching to management, prepare a business plan
   Pricing and packaging (for how much we sell it)
   Business model (how we sell it, what’s included, etc.)
   Channel planning (who will sell, how much will be sold)
   Laying out a 3-year forecast and showing when we return the
   R&D investment
 Measure the product’s business performance on an on
 going basis
   Revenue Booking vs. revenue recognition
   Costs vs. revenues (cost of license/maintenance/services/3rd
   party)
   Deal P&L
   Product line P&L
My Contact Information:

Yossi Zohar
Amdocs, Inc.
Tel: (408) 965-7856
Email: yossiz@amdocs.com


Good Luck and
Thank You for
Listening!

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10 Best Practices Of Software Product Management

  • 1. Yossi Zohar Senior Director, Amdocs Product Business Group
  • 2. Speaker Biography Name: Yossi Zohar Title: Portfolio Marketing Director Company: Amdocs Inc. Years of experience: 22 in IT/software, 15 in product management/marketing Relevant Fields of Experience: Product Management, Product Line Management, Business Line Management, Product Marketing, Business Development
  • 3. Company Profile Company name Amdocs Number of employees 17,000 Global presence 50 countries Revenue (2008) 3.2 Billion Positioning The market leader in customer experience systems innovation Offering Portfolio Business and Operational Support systems (BSS and OSS) Software, consulting services, system integration and managed services Key customers The largest telecoms in the world
  • 4. Prologue: The Role of the Product Manager “A product manager researches, selects, develops, and places a company's products” “A product manager considers numerous factors such as target demographic, the products offered by the competition, and how well the product fits in with the company's business model.” (Wikipedia)
  • 5. How many product management-related customer interactions do you initiate every quarter?
  • 6. Rule # 1: Never compromise on having direct customer interaction Remember - your role is to understand customer needs and translate them into product requirements – no one else will do this job for you This is also the key to accurate requirement prioritization that in turn helps make scope decisions faster
  • 7. What is the typical distribution of requirements by priority? (high/medium/low)
  • 8. Rule # 2: Thoroughly prioritize your requirements As scope is always restricted by time, resources and/or budget, you will need to make fast decisions as to the scope Requirements prioritization is a key Use sub prioritization if needed to assure “bell curve”
  • 9. How many de-scoping decision points do you go through in every release?
  • 10. Rule # 3: Maintain a “Scope Dashboard” Throughout The Release Lifecycle Feature Priority Estimated Customer Business Cost commitments Impact of /expectations de-scoping Total in scope Total out of scope
  • 11. What is your de-scoping turnaround time upon any change in release timeline, budget and/or resources?
  • 12. Rule # 4: Be Ready to make hard de-scoping decisions…quickly! Time = Money You are a bottleneck! Any delay in scope decision- making immediately translates into: Further scope reduction Delays in the release Waste of budget Quality compromises Release with no business value “One bird in the hand is better than two birds in a bush”
  • 13. Are you being constantly challenged by your development manager?
  • 14. Rule # 5: Do your homework so you can face your development manager…with confidence! The “dominant developer manager” syndrome Has own ideas and “pet projects” In many companies, focused on maximizing employee utilization and development quality but not on maximizing scope and business impact Constantly challenges your strategy May not share timely information that may impact the scope What should you do? Know your customer and market Explain business impacts for any scope change Demonstrate fast and smart decision making – avoid being the bottleneck Build credibility and respect by giving them respect first – do not challenge development expertise
  • 15. Have you managed a product foundation transformation as part of a release?
  • 16. Rule # 6: Thoroughly assess business impacts of foundation/architecture enhancements Foundation/architectural enhancements may have significant impacts on your customers Always ask yourself: How will the change improve our customers’ lives? Are there any upgrade impacts for existing customers? What would be the associated cost/effort to upgrade? Will the change cause regression in functionality? Will the change impact the Total Cost of Ownership of our products? Will the change impact performance and/or usability? If there any doubt based on the above questions, is the change really necessary?
  • 17. Does your company fund the development of prototypes before a new innovative product is developed?
  • 18. Rule # 7: Factor Prototyping into your plan to mitigate “product revolution impacts” Prototyping is recommended to help mitigate the risks involved in “revolutionary” product enhancements on the existing customers Prototype early in the process, preferably before the real product development starts Prototype to assess technical feasibility Validate your Prototype with selected customers to validate market acceptance Don’t be afraid to make hard decisions based on the prototype (e.g., no go, re-evaluation of strategy) Remember: “Prototypes support - not replace – requirements”, (Forrester)
  • 19. Have you had to handle product requirements that come in at the eleventh hour from a key account? How did it impact your release plan?
  • 20. Rule # 8: minimize the impact of the “Unexpected Key Account Requirement Syndrome” on your roadmap Last minute requirements (even if funded by customer) may jeopardize the scope, quality and/or timely delivery of a release However, as these situations happen in many companies, the following best practice is recommended: Generally Available (GA) Planned GA Release Planned GA release release 3.0 3.5 4.0 3.2 Limited availability release IMPORTANT: Factor into the budget the merge into the mainstream
  • 21. Have you made an investment in a new technology “hype” that ended up being irrelevant later?
  • 22. Rule # 9: be cautious of adopting new technology “hypes” Not being an early adopter is sometimes better for business (even if the competition is doing it) Don’t forget – you have a responsibility for your products’ customer base Ask yourself: “do they really need this now?” Ask yourself: “am I going to get more business from this initiative?” Whatever you do – remember to prototype!
  • 23. What leads your product strategy? • Key account requirements? • Strategic release themes? • New markets / lines of business the company is interested to get into? • Customer base wish list? • All/some of the above?
  • 24. Rule # 10: Always be prepared to justify your release scope through conflicting pressures Build a scope decision criteria Assess each alternative scope proposal based on customer, market and R&D impacts When pre-selling to stakeholders, remind them that a “win-win” scope compromise is better than further delays and de-coping Make your recommendation to management based on this framework to assure smooth approval process
  • 26. Bonus Rule # 1: Be Persistent Stick to your strategic goals Avoid the “zig zag” syndrome De-scoping is not a sin, but frequent changes to the entire strategy is guaranteed to damage your internal and external credibility
  • 27. Bonus Rule # 2: Define ROI-driven Products Think about: What business metrics would your product improve for your customers? How those metrics translate to monetary gains? Can the product monitor those metrics and produce periodic reports? Gathering multiple ROI case studies to be used by marketing to promote sales
  • 28. Bonus Rule # 3: Hone in on your product’s business performance When pitching to management, prepare a business plan Pricing and packaging (for how much we sell it) Business model (how we sell it, what’s included, etc.) Channel planning (who will sell, how much will be sold) Laying out a 3-year forecast and showing when we return the R&D investment Measure the product’s business performance on an on going basis Revenue Booking vs. revenue recognition Costs vs. revenues (cost of license/maintenance/services/3rd party) Deal P&L Product line P&L
  • 29. My Contact Information: Yossi Zohar Amdocs, Inc. Tel: (408) 965-7856 Email: yossiz@amdocs.com Good Luck and Thank You for Listening!