What does it take to make a good product

Somehow I doubt that I am qualified enough to nag about this subject, but I am trying anyway. There are so many things which could make you go busted, probably as much as the number of microbes on your mattress... Sorry, too much Bill Bryson recently. So, is it really that difficult to get a good product out? 

So, what does it take to make a good product then? On top of my head, a visionary leader who not afraid of getting hands dirty, a supportive and united team with minimum bullshit, no message passengers (hell no! I have no reservation in expressing my anger against message passengers in a developing organisation), efficient infra-structure, coherent strategy and mission. These are what I call big tick boxes - at the company level. Other than this, quality of people would be the utmost one I would vote for. A team who has departed on a journey to produce a good product to satisfy its target market would require people have qualities like tenacity, persistency, sense of humor, bit of luck, after all.

Often a product development starts from either an improvement suggestion, a damn good idea to make life easier, or a brand-new innovative concept. However, it only gets harder, while better. To execute a development plan, to turn an idea into real, profitable product, that's where I believe most of great people with brilliant minds failed. Being a smart ass really won't do anyone any good in this process since the stone will be washed out of the gold one way or another. So, the key word I believe here is execution, knowing how to make things happen or in a popular term, get things done, is an arts. Technical elements will also be approved to be less important. Bite me!

Firstly, you need to get good people onboard, secondly you need to help good people shine, thirdly, do your gardening work - weeding.