Product vs. Platform: Who Decides?
Key Takeaways:
- There is an inherent tension between product and platform needs for product lines based upon reusable knowledge.
- Product- and platform-dominated architectures each have their strengths and weaknesses.
- We can transcend the trade-offs by recognizing that reusable knowledge exists along a continuum between the value of standardization vs. the value of customization.
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LPDRC
Created:
May 27th, 2010
Updated:
May 27th, 2010
Technology Roadmaps: Strategic Plans for Identifying and Capturing Reusable Technical Knowledge
Key Takeaways:
- Technology roadmaps are models to show how long term strategic objectives lead to specific technology development needs.
- The most effective technology roadmaps make the strategic intent behind technology decisions visible on a time scale that clarifies current levels of investment.
- Organizations usually need multiple technology roadmaps to support different areas of technology or specific strategic objectives.
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LPDRC
Created:
March 3rd, 2011
Updated:
March 3rd, 2011
Trusted Sources: The Importance of Authorship in Capturing Reusable Knowledge
Key Takeaways:
- Credibility is the first thing that determines whether or not knowledge is reusable.
- The dimensions of credibility include recommendations from others, consistency, accuracy, openness to feedback, availability for questions and interesting or new insights.
- Knowledge Supermarkets support the development of trusted sources by making authorship and contact information easy to see, and by adding features that support commenting and recommendations.
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LPDRC
Created:
March 17th, 2011
Updated:
March 17th, 2011