Publications
Advanced Decisions publishes a monthly e-column for a select group of Development professionals who have opted in.   We also publish articles on a variety of subjects relating to execution and improvement in product development. In addition, each of our two principals maintain blogs, which you can access here.

Our main interests are in exploring the following three areas that affect product development organizations.   We believe these three areas will undergo major improvements in the next decade: Communications; Process; and Development Approaches.

Communications
With many product development organizations adopting international models of development, clear communication is becoming increasingly critical to the success of any particular project. The difficulty of crossing langauge barriers, cultural barriers and different approaches to development, are issues that many companies are only beginning to explore.   New methods of simplifying communication and structuring development organizations so that communications are more direct are areas that we believe are ripe for sharing knowledge and best practices. 

Process
Over the past several years, process has become one of the hottest buzzwords in the Development Industry.  At Advanced Decisions, we are especially interested in the "human" elements of process.   These involve procedures and methods for obtaining feedback from different stakeholder groups, building improvement into the development effort and ensuring that decision-making is occuring at the right levels.  It is becoming increasingly clear to us that specific processes and process metrics are just the beginning of a range of improvements in how we develop products.

Development Approaches
The software development process that companies use is only a starting point for the broader development of a product, and the manner in which it is brought to market (which we call the companies' approach to development).  We believe that as companies continue to refine their processes and impose production standards, the Development Industry as a whole will evolve or discover new approaches to development, as it has continually over the past several decades.