Lean, metric-driven product development is the next frontier for all SaaS

I put this useful post on the Assembla.com site — Many SaaS development teams have enough data about usage to see that “a very large percentage of our ideas are bad.” The challenge is actually using the data to drive a move away from vague product strategies, to directly seeing what customers care about. They have “Lean Startup” on their minds. They hunger to deliver work that has significance and meaning. I had at least a dozen conversations about this topic in the last month. It’s the next frontier for all product development. — See more at: http://blog.assembla.com/lean-metric-driven-product-development-is-the-next-frontier-for-all-saas?success=true#sthash.YtjT5glq.dpuf