Just read an article on GISUser.com (also at GISCafe) about ESRI bringing on Dirk Gorter (formerly with Symantec) as new Director of Product Management. Here’s a quick quote:
Gorter’s focus is on implementing a product management process that is similar to the agile product development process commonly used by software development teams.
This is great news! Hopefully ESRI will be talking up agile as they go through their own changes. This level of exposure is sure to help raise awareness of the benefits of agile development within the broader geospatial industry – maybe we’ll see some ESRI people at the Agile Development Practices conference next week!
