Monday, May 18, 2015

Yes - Project management is hard, even for the big guys

Project management 'failure' behind absence of Apple Maps updates at WWDC - report



So I noticed this article just now, referencing the 2014 iOS 8 release, and it's lack of map features. I would gather from this that either the maps team at that time, or possibly Apple overall had a weak PM culture that contributed to this. We all know Apple has a great product management culture, where good practitioners will focus on the strategic nature. Good Project management on the other-hand requires mastery of the tactical, which I suspect might be difficult in a culture like Apple's, especially with the laborious back-end discipline that is part and parcel to geo data.