The Product Coalition

AUGUST 25, 2023

Agile antipatterns or scrum antipatterns are (poor) practices that are utilized to enhance a process. Nonetheless, they impede your efforts and slow your progress towards attaining Agile objectives, thereby achieving the opposite effect. List of destructive agile antipatterns and how to avoid them 1.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

One of my clients wants to use shared services “teams” as they start their agile transformation. The organization wonders why no one can “meet” a deadline. Agile approaches break the idea of a “shared service” model of people. ” Don't use an agile approach.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows. Consequently, a product manager and a Scrum product owner are leaders, too. See Peter G. See Peter G.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

” It's too hard to find time to meet. We can't find a place to meet. If we're back in the office, we have no meeting rooms. Or, we have some remote people, so we need several “places” to meet and the technology to support all those places. about meetings. We all have them. Most of us hate them.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? Agile Transformation. Agile transformations and DevOps initiatives are complementary.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Are you trying to make an agile framework or approach work? Maybe you've received a mandate to “go agile.” Or, maybe you're trying to fit an agile framework into your current processes—and you've got a mess. I've seen plenty of problems when people try to adopt “agile” wholesale.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2019

I spoke at Agile 2019 last week. The great time was meeting and reconnecting with people. Here are my thoughts and where I think the “agile” industry is headed. “Agile” is a silver bullet and will fix everything—as long as the teams do it. Do You Need an Agile Approach?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) That's why I then asked people to review their product-oriented domain expertise and agile-focused domain expertise in Part 3. Especially, Agile is Not a Silver Bullet.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 29, 2021

The teams want to use an agile approach so they can incorporate learning. The managers might even think this is roadmap reflects an agile approach. There's nothing about this roadmap that's agile. You can decide if you need an agile approach. See What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? What can you do?

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

My career started at Hewitt Associates which was a human capital and management consulting firm that operated 500 offices in 120 countries. We provided consulting, insurance brokerage, information technology and business process outsourcing services. The pressure of meeting my deadlines while maintaining my daily tasks became daunting.

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Product Management University

JUNE 20, 2017

In the world of agile software development, the product manager vs product owner confusion is hardly new. Traditional or agile, it’s necessary regardless of who does it, their title or how it gets done. In an agile environment they’re called Product Owners. It merely has a new name.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Agile Movers & Shakers: Diana Larsen’s Questionnaire Please describe what you do in 280 characters : “On my best days, I contribute to the growing and strengthening the practices of agile coaches and teams through as many channels as possible.” What brought you to ‘agile?’ “In Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 28, 2017

Here are some of the essentials that I ensure I have before even meeting a stakeholder: Know who Your Stakeholders are. At a minimum, a good vision needs to identify three things: the problem you are trying to solve, who you are trying to solve it for and what outcomes you want to meet (evidenced by a solid, meaningful KPI).

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Product Management Unpacked

MARCH 5, 2019

Product management consultant Daniel Zacarias has assembled 20 prioritization techniques into the collection and grouped them into two areas: external/internal and quantitative/qualitative techniques. It’s an agile estimating and planning technique that is consensus based. Choosing one or more of these tools is important.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

UX studio is one of the global innovation design consulting firms focusing on UX design, research, and strategic consulting. We researched the top design consulting firms’ competency level, experience, and portfolio to define the most reliable design thinking companies you can trust and partner with in 2021. UX studio .

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The reply: Spend five hours a month in meetings (roughly an hour each week). I said this in the Successful Indepentent Consulting book : People die of exposure—both hot and cold. Yet, I suspect some new consultants will take them up on their offer. This is one of an intermittent series of consulting tips.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Nothing beats meeting real users. Do regular research, attend trade shows and conferences, and consult journals, magazines, and user forums, for example. Ask your ScrumMaster or agile coach to help you with this. As a rule of thumb, make sure you get out of the building at least once every three months. But that’s not all.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 3, 2017

Ellen is an Agile Product Coach and President of EBG Consulting focused on achieving product agility through the convergence of product management, agile/lean principles, and organizational learning. Product can assist in ushering these meetings as collaborative, productive sessions.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 17, 2020

A meeting tool anyone can start. In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark and I discussed the two competing theories of communication. Five, you need a meeting tool anyone can start. If only one person can start the meeting tool and that person gets sick, no one can meet. A sense of humor.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 19, 2024

This guide will introduce you to the best resources available for UX consultants, providing you with a curated selection of valuable materials to enhance your skills and knowledge. A UX consultant assesses and refines digital products to ensure they are user-friendly and meet business objectives. What does a UX consultant do?

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Combining the two platforms enables app providers to move with the speed and agility to meet the needs of their customers, while still maintaining the security and control required for regulatory concerns. Mobile marketers and product managers can immediately take action on events in Apptentive by simply flipping a switch.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

Starting a career as a UX consultant requires understanding the key steps, skills, and experiences needed for success. In this article, we will outline the typical journey for UX consultants, covering educational requirements, entry-level positions, potential advancements, and long-term opportunities. What does a UX consultant do?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 20, 2018

Instead, processes must be agile. In software consulting, the problems are predictability and accountability for your customers. But if processes don’t solve real problems and are not being constantly improved to meet the success criteria, they make people stop innovating and harm your culture. They are innovative.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

TL;DR: Creating an Agile Community of Practice Creating an agile community of practice helps winning hearts and minds within the organization as it provides authenticity to the agile transition?—?signaling Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Mostly I have been on the consulting side, meaning I have always had to hand over what I have built to someone else. Design, UX, Agile Have Already Done the Hard Work. The design, user experience, and agile communities have all evolved from a role and a skillset to something bigger. And product coaching is how we get there.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Ron Jeffries, Matt Barcomb, and several other people wrote an interesting thread about prescriptive and non-prescriptive approaches to team-based agile. If you don’t want to read the entire thread, here is a summary: People often need help with their agile approach. That’s why we have the agile values and principles.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

Author Jeff Gothelf sees this all the time in his work as a consultant for medium- and large-sized companies, and it inevitably leads to a culture clash where designers feel unvalued. Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you came to be an expert on everything from agility processes to product design and general digital transformation.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 23, 2019

How Product Managers can Leverage All-Hands Meetings to Foster Alignment. How Product Managers can Leverage All-Hands Meetings to Foster Alignment. To provide a consistent communications platform for every employee, most companies hold some form of staff meeting on a semi-regular basis. Integrations. Roadmaps. / Sierra Newell.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Some of my clients have struggled with their project governance as they move to agile approaches. This kind of measurement is antithetical to agile principles. We can see it in an agile approach, because the more time we spend estimating up front, the longer it takes us to deliver that first increment of value. Not planned work.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 25, 2017

Why do we focus so much time and effort on digital transformation, agile transformation, and innovation? To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past. Simply put it’s because large organisations need to grow – and can’t.

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Modus Create

APRIL 4, 2019

Welcome back to our series about how to facilitate meetings with people who have challenging personalities. I learned that good facilitation goes beyond what happens in meetings; it starts with involving the right people at the right time. For example, when Cindy was able to attend our meetings, she was thoughtful and attentive.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Make time to collaborate with the team in order to work on user stories, answer questions, and participate in meetings. In the worst case, people get fed up with trying to get hold of you or waiting for an answer and stop consulting you. Fully Participate in the Meetings (or Don’t Show up). But don’t facilitate the sessions.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. (I I didn't like what I saw at the Agile 2019 conference.) This part is about what “Agile” or “agile” means. I understand that people want what they perceive as the value “Agile” will bring them. Why a Manifesto?

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bpma ProductHub

DECEMBER 12, 2016

As a city where thousands of companies are constantly innovating, Boston offers countless opportunities to learn about new technologies and business models, keep up with industry trends, and meet the people leading today’s disruptive innovations. You can grow your skills and explore new aspects of product management (agile, anyone?)

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Userpilot

AUGUST 28, 2024

Embarking on a career as a UX consultant involves a combination of education, skills development, and practical experience. This guide will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the path to becoming a successful UX consultant. UX consultants utilize a variety of tools to enhance their work. Let’s dive in!

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Modus Create

JANUARY 26, 2021

Adopting Agile sounds as simple as taking the SCRUM master certification tests and pushing them down the framework to a team of developers. Usually, we find that the challenge of becoming agile is way larger than most companies like to admit. It was more a requirement to use the fancy word agile , than a real transformation program.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 17, 2020

Every single person in a leadership position struggles with (agile) team transparency. When we ask for more meetings, we interrupt people just as they might have an hour or two to work. Standups are not for serial status meetings. That kind of control is incongruent with agile leadership. I think they're correct.)

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