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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

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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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Bain Public

I am ready to provide business leaders and product managers the information, access, and expert guidance that they wish they had earlier in their product journey. FITC Toronto 2008, Canada FITC Toronto 2007, Canada Flash Belt 2007, Minneapolis, U.S. Flash Forward 2007, Boston, U.S. Reach out to me.

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What is a Digital Product?

Roman Pichler

The ancestor of Windows 10, Windows NT, was launched in 1993, and iOS was introduced with the first iPhone in 2007, for example. A product manager’s (or owner’s) job is therefore different from a project manager’s: product people are in it for the long run—assuming that the product prospers and grows.

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How to Build Products That Transform People?s Lives by Chris Hay

Mind the Product

He speaks about his experiences of engineering innovative Kenyan payment systems such as M-Pesa and M-Shwari, and of reinventing how we manage asthma conditions using simple computing tools. Mobile-phone based payment system M-Pesa first launched in Kenya in 2007. Be Faithful to Agile Principles. Be Passionate.

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A Better Problem Statement Template

Tyner Blain

In 2003, Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach by Leffingwell and Widrig (p.101) Scaled Agile shares a narrative, free-form approach (figure 4) for problem statement writing. Dean references his work from 2007 & 2011 in support of this page. 101) introduced a slightly different syntax. In practice, it does not.”

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Smart Glass Product Review – Jio Glass, Apple Glass, Google Glass, Etc.

The Basics of Product Management

This pivot is also a great example of implementing agile methodology at such a grand scale. In fact, even the video promotes this smart glass as an essential tool for effective team management. The Apple iPhone was a game changer in 2007. It is the responsibility of a product manager to efficiently manage the product life cycle.

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When I built products the stupid way

Street Smart Product Manager

In 2007, ProductRepair (name changed), a market leader in its industry, was facing some serious threats: A rapidly maturing business. The post When I built products the stupid way appeared first on Street Smart Product Manager. New “digitally native” entrants with greatly enhanced data collection abilities.