The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 12, 2020

TL; DR: Why Agile Turns into Micromanagement Agile turns into micromanagement as a result of the middle management’s resistance to change. Update 2020–10–11: I added new content, updated the ‘State of Agile Checklist,’ and fixed some content debt. Do you want to get articles like this one on agile micromanagement in your inbox?

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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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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 3, 2022

How product managers can use the Modified Agile for Hardware Development Framework. Many teams have tried adopting Scrum for developing hardware products, not always successfully. Dorian has a deep background in product development, starting in engineering and then moving to business leadership roles.?

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 30, 2017

I’ve noticed a frequent executive-level misalignment of expectations across a range of software/tech companies, particularly in B2B/Enterprise companies and where Sales/Marketing is geographically far away from Engineering/Product Management. Let’s call it the software development deli counter problem.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But being an Agile Coach requires you to have a multitude of other… Continue reading on Product Coalition ». Powerful questions are at the heart of traditional business coaching.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

I worked 9+ years in software development, leading sizeable cross-functional engineering teams across time zones. I worked with the product leadership to plan out a product strategy. From that success, I was then officially asked to move into the product role by the product leadership, and I have not looked back since then.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the other hand, the Scrum Master theses also cover, for example, the relationship with the Product Owner, they deal with agile metrics, and how to kick-off an agile transition, thus moving beyond the original framework of the Scrum Guide. The role of a Scrum Master is primarily one of servant leadership?—?or and coaching.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. She also spent three years as VP Product at HotelTonight and has held product leadership roles at Prezi, Snagajob, and Eclipsys. Product Leadership.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Prescriptive Agile frameworks make it hard for designers to add valuable contributions to the team. I designed every detail in Photoshop before handing the mockups to the developers. Desperate to find an alternative to our ineffective process, I stumbled upon Agile and it blew my mind. Our design process was waterfall.

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, embracing agility – the ability to turn on a dime for a dime – has become a key to ongoing success for many organizations. However, when companies launch Agile Transformations in hybrid environments, it can introduce a new set of challenges. All fit our definition of hybrid.

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Product Takeoff

MARCH 19, 2019

The big picture for Product Management is based on these principles of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile. But such a response not only eliminates unnecessary damages to the company but also ensures that by solving such problems it saves a lot of money to the company. Product Takeoff by Navjot Singh, Kamal Manglani.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 23, 2017

We here at insightsoftware.com, creators of Hubble , have recently moved from a Scrum to a Kanban software development approach. The driver behind the move was to improve the speed of business delivery and quality of the delivered product. Starting Point.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 28, 2019

Shipbuilding in 1628 was not unlike the way many agile software development teams operate. Part of the lesson here might be seen as the need to test earlier and test often, as advocated in agile coding practices. Of course such things are common on any failure to launch a product as well. So what did go wrong?

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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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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The pace of product management has accelerated exponentially in recent years because of agile development and the relentless focus on metrics. Agile is a great software development methodology but it has consumed product managers to the point where they have almost no capacity to do product management.

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 31, 2017

In accounting this is a shift from capital expense to operational expense, and it is crucial for agility and disruption. Agile development and Lean Startup. One of the damning aspects of traditional business is the pace of development. But agile development on its own is only half the story.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Here is what you should do: Set up time with your leadership teams to prioritise the goals for the next few months Share the goals and initiatives that are required to be prioritised before the meeting. This depends on what delivery framework you use, Agile or Waterfall or Mixed.) Software development is highly unpredictable?—?provide

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 8, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Anti-Patterns?—?Pitfalls Pitfalls Successful Distributed Teams Avoid We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by delving into virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. This fourth article now addresses basic remote agile anti-patterns?—?the

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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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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

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. My responsibility was to build a design team in that new agile way of working. Staying agile as you grow. The evolution of a career. ” I hear that a lot.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Be aware that collaboration requires leadership. Aim to build consensus with the development team, but don’t shy away from difficult conversations. But recognise that software development can be challenging and that human beings make mistakes. Don’t be mad with the team if the sprint goal is missed once. Learn More.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 29, 2021

Do we have to catch ‘em all? Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Agile Boards It’s common for teams to use agile boards with columns like TO DO, IN PROGRESS, TESTING, READY FOR TESTING, DESIGN, DONE, DEPLOYED, etc. It’s about understanding the unique dynamics of cross-functional teams and adapting leadership styles accordingly, rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all management strategy.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. While some agile teams can manage their own deliverables, that's not the only role for a project or program manager. I've been talking about servant leadership.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 16, 2020

This is usually a transitional role: as the company grows or our teams get more experienced, this role should transition into a leadership-only job. And mentoring software developers on technical architecture demands real engineering experience.

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Product Talk

MARCH 2, 2016

The adoption of Agile has helped us deliver iterative chunks of code rather than waiting for the big reveal at the end of a long project. Agile rituals like daily stand-ups help us remove obstacles in the development path, increasing our velocity, and reducing our time to ship. Obviously, both are required to ship a product.

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Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While software development teams have been moving toward agile methods for years, many product managers are only now becoming aware of it. An agile approach applies collaborative and continuous improvement concepts to software development. There is no single, definitive “agile method.”

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

He says the idea of unlearning is beginning to take hold in the region and Asian business leaders are starting to understand that they may have to adapt their leadership: “There’s strong interest in how they can start to do that.”. Although he’s now based in San Francisco, Barry has worked in Asia and has current clients in Japan and China.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. The arrival of cloud computing, IaaS, PaaS etc.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 27, 2023

Introduction In today's fast-paced and dynamic business environment, organizations are increasingly turning to agile methodologies to enhance their software development and project management processes. What are Agile Methodologies?

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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. The task had been set, and we were expected to become an Agile organization in no time.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

A story of love, hate, oppression and triumph I’ll admit, I’ve started to fall out of love with agile over the past year or so?—?don’t I wholeheartedly believe that you need to be adaptable to survive today but the further I travel on my own journey the more I wonder if we as an industry are moving past agile. Enter agile.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Join more than 145 peers from May 27–29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. Remember, “Agile” is a mindset, not a methodology.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview with Viktor Cessan Welcome to the Agile Movers & Shakers interview series. In the 14 years since he started working with Agile methodologies, he has helped companies such as Spotify, H&M, King, Avanza Bank, Telenor, and Sony Ericsson work more effectively.

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The Product HQ

JULY 1, 2024

The rise in cross-functional product teams has resulted in product managers , developers, strategists, and product owners attaining a lot of skills. The product owner, in particular the agile product owner, is involved in multiple aspects of the product lifecycle. Considering that, they are often well compensated.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Keywords: Client Services, Product Management, Software Development. Keywords: Agile, Product Development, Product Management, Scrum. Keywords: Leadership, UI Designer, UI/UX, UX Designer. Keywords: css, Frontend development, html, Javascript, Web Application. Product Manager @ Postlight (New York, NY).

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

TL; DR: The Scrum Guide 2020 The Scrum Guide 2020 is available now: Change is coming to make Scrum more accessible and inclusive beyond software development. How Scrum Changes with the Scrum Guide 2020 Scrum has witnessed many applications beyond its origins of software development over recent years. Conclusion?—?The

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