You probably have a vision statement don't you? Do you? A strong vision statement is required before you'll be able to drive towards any goals. So how do you write a vision statement? What content do you need that makes it useful? How do you write one that IS useful? I always found this article from Joel on Software to be helpful. Particularly this part:
This product vision model helps team members pass the elevator test -- the ability to explain the project to someone within two minutes. It comes from Geoffrey Moore's book Crossing the Chasm. It follows the form:
- For (target customer)
- Who (statement of the need or opportunity)
- The (product name) is a (product category)
- That (key benefit, compelling reason to buy)
- Unlike (primary competitive alternative)
- Our product (statement of primary differentiation)
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