(Editor's note: this is the first post from Vator.tv contributor David Howard, a former product marketer at Cisco Systems and Alcatel who is now a San Francisco-based marketing consultant to tech companies. We met him at the kick-off mixer for the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business student business plan competition, which Vator is co-sponsoring. In this story, Howard sheds some light on the growing trend toward Agile software development, which emphasizes speed rather than documentation, and why it's important for companies not to confuse the process with product management. His next post will be about why you should never choose a company or product name that scores less than eight points on a Scrabble board.) Agile software development promises ... [Read more]