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…4 min read·Mar 30, 2024----
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…6 min read·Feb 19, 2024----
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…6 min read·Feb 18, 2024----
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…8 min read·Jan 4, 2024----
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…8 min read·Nov 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…6 min read·Apr 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…1 min read·Feb 14, 2022----
Vivek RajasekaranBringing things together so they stickInteractions are hard to create. And harder to control.5 min read·Nov 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…5 min read·Nov 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…6 min read·Oct 9, 2021----