I was going to say something related to car manufacturing as well.
The truth is it really doesn’t matter how many features you deliver, or how many cars you produce.
The real impact is from managerial decisions on customers and products. A car company that does not produce as fast as it could, but produces high-quality, is still going to sell everything that they can make. Same in software. I would argue this is Microsoft and Apple’s model.
If people want it, they can even raise the prices and it won’t make any difference if they make more of them.
The same truth exists in software, but everyone wants to talk about productivity because management wants to feel like they’re getting a good deal for the money.
But they’re focused on the wrong aspect of their business. It’s the same as the car business. In software, we say that sometimes you have to slow down to go faster.
That’s kind of what Toyota did. Focused on quality, and now they’re making more money than anyone else.
The truth is it really doesn’t matter how many features you deliver, or how many cars you produce.
The real impact is from managerial decisions on customers and products. A car company that does not produce as fast as it could, but produces high-quality, is still going to sell everything that they can make. Same in software. I would argue this is Microsoft and Apple’s model.
If people want it, they can even raise the prices and it won’t make any difference if they make more of them. The same truth exists in software, but everyone wants to talk about productivity because management wants to feel like they’re getting a good deal for the money.
But they’re focused on the wrong aspect of their business. It’s the same as the car business. In software, we say that sometimes you have to slow down to go faster. That’s kind of what Toyota did. Focused on quality, and now they’re making more money than anyone else.