Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

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047. Don’t Ship the Org Chart

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047. Don’t Ship the Org Chart

ACG (Applications and Content Group), AICG (Applications and Internet Client Group), Applications and Tools Group (ATG), BPG (Business Productivity Group) — 1996-99 names of the division with Office

Steven Sinofsky
Sep 19, 2021
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047. Don’t Ship the Org Chart

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The Microsoft sales force had a ritual of reorganizing every fiscal year, like clockwork. The Platforms teams always seemed to be in some state of organization change, at least to me. Office, on the other hand, had been relatively stable except for two deliberate changes. As successful as Office 97 would prove to be, the product still reflected the deve…

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