Vivek RajasekaranEvery Team Every Step Doing Their ThingOne definition of a successful business is “an organization following repeatable processes leading to reliably positive outcomes”. In tech…Mar 30Mar 30
Vivek RajasekaranHow to Build a Software Feature Faster? A Guide for Product ManagersIn ambitious tech companies, there is always a demand to build and ship products and features faster. For most features, I would argue that…Feb 19Feb 19
Vivek RajasekaranWho owns the timeline — Product or Engineering?For any important tech-driven initiative, there are three key aspects that are reviewed by org leaders — impact of the initiative, cost…Feb 18Feb 18
Vivek RajasekaranBuilding the Blocks — Approaching Behind-the-Scenes Product ManagementIn larger tech organizations, a big chunk of the work done by the product and engineering teams are not directly visible to end customers…Jan 4Jan 4
Vivek RajasekaranNavigating Software Projects across the Bermuda Triangle — Lessons from How Big Things Get DoneImagine this: You’re deep into a massive project, your original timelines are a distant memory, your budget got bloated but still managed…Nov 2, 2023Nov 2, 2023
Vivek RajasekaranThe missing Hand in creating a truly robot-powered economyA surprising effect of the exponential increase in computing power and advances in software technology is that the automation of…Apr 9, 2022Apr 9, 2022
Vivek RajasekaranFalling togetherOne of those “wait, that can’t be true” things that we learn in school physics is when we are taught that both heavier and lighter objects…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Vivek RajasekaranBringing things together so they stickInteractions are hard to create. And harder to control.Nov 13, 2021Nov 13, 2021
Vivek RajasekaranLessons from spreadsheets for product designOne of the remarkable things that I have noticed in my career so far is the persistence of spreadsheets to manage business processes. You…Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021
Vivek RajasekaranWhat a product manager should do to create the right system architectureI recently finished reading Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann. I had been looking for a summary on the ideas behind…Oct 9, 2021Oct 9, 2021