“It is my belief that it is not possible to invent truly original ideas if you absorb too much of that that you wish to differentiate yourself from.
As I said, don’t overly study the competition.
Study instead the behaviours, needs and frustrations belonging to your customers. Build a culture and environment that nurtures creativity and problem solving.”
Simon Devonshire.
Over time, over budget, under delivered. These are common mantras coming from OSS customers.
That’s not really all that surprising because there are so many moving parts to an OSS, which includes people, process and tools. It adds up to being the most complex chess board one could imagine.
Rather than being caught up in an arms race of functionality, I wonder whether the next truly original OSS idea is to follow Simon’s suggestion and build the simplest OSS based on the following criteria:
Have you ever had an OSS or BSS project that’s impacted by poor data quality? The problem of data integrity gets raised on almost every
“One of my favorite things about designing software is designing the defaults. The defaults define the experience for everyone out of the box. And, therefore,
Have you ever been tasked with mapping out the processes for the telco you work for? Either as a way of documenting current state, or
In the last week alone, I’ve had two potent reminders that the world of OSS is simply (pun intended) too complex. This manifests in many
Here at Passionate About OSS, we are exactly that – Passionate About OSS (Operational Support Systems). We’re also passionate about BSS, NMS, or any other names you call the tools that help to operationalise your network.
