Sophomoric Software: Going from Prototype to Production

Share

When: Thu June 21, 2012 6:30 pm

Organization: Boston Product Management Association

Location: Waltham, MA

Speaker(s): Moderator: Alyssa Dver, Panelists: Larry Kim, Scott Simpson, Igor Tsinman, Bill McQuaide

Website: http://www.bostonproducts.org/events/event_details.asp

Sophomoric Software: Going from Prototype to Production

Moderator: Alyssa Dver, CEO Mint Green Marketing, Author of SW Product Management Essentials

Panelists: 
Larry Kim - Founder, CTO at WordStream 
Scott Simpson - CTO, Partner at Cambria Consulting
Igor Tsinman - Chief Technical Liaison, Partner at Sitrus LLC
Bill McQuaide - Executive Vice President, Products and Strategy at Black Duck Software

You’ve received seed funding and signed with a customer or two. Now you need to grow your base to bring in some real revenue and build a production-quality product. It’s very exciting times but you may not realize that the light at the end of the tunnel may be the train. Attend this session to learn more from an experienced group of executives how product managers can roll with changes in customer and resource requirements when scaling from beta to production.

 

Key insights include:

  • Issues to expect during this new revenue-generating product development phase
  • Ways to prioritize ambiguous, hard-to-quantify product requirements
  • Types of development staff needed
  • Keys to keeping management, investors and development staff in good spirits

 

Location:

Constant Contact
1601 Trapelo Road
Reservoir Place, Main Bldg, 3rd floor
Waltham, Massachusetts  02451

 

Timeline for the evening:

6:15 pm: Registration opens 
6:30 - 7:15 pm: Informal & structured networking (light refreshments are served) 
7:20 - 7:30 pm: Announcements 
7:30 - 8:40 pm: Panel discussion with open Q&A
8:40 - 9:00 pm: Wrap up, networking follow up and depart