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Agile and People: The Transformation Will Happen Naturally

The Product Coalition

In my first article in this series, I posited that the only problem Agile has is that it’s too concise. Since it’s not a prescriptive methodology, but a collection of values and principles, people feel lost when it comes to “becoming agile”. That’s when we could claim to be Agile. We all know the driving license analogy.

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How to Become a Director of Product

The Product HQ

Excellent leadership skills, a fundamental understanding of product management, and a strong portfolio of success are the recipe for success. Therefore, relying on experience and certifications alone isn’t the answer. That said, it’s still a good idea to get as many certifications as possible.

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How to Become a B2B Product Manager

The Product HQ

Product managers also have essential soft skills such as communication, leadership, empathy, collaboration, understanding customers, and strategic thinking. A product manager certification assists you in mastering those skills and allows you to feel confident when overseeing the process.

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Adopting Agile? Check Your Teams’ Cognitive Load

Modus Create

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. Situations like this are not uncommon.

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Essential Technical Program Manager Skills

The Product HQ

As a technical program manager, you communicate with product managers, leadership teams, and external vendors. Technical program managers demonstrate leadership and team building with key stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery. Strong leadership is the ability to motivate and solve problems in an innovative way.

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How to Make Sure Your Product Leadership Team Will Boost You Up - Not Drag You Down

Bain Public

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team.

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71 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions (2)

The Product Coalition

You can sign up here for our weekly ‘Food of Agile Thought newsletter’ and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Join us on February 3, 2021: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020?—?Reloaded. These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into candidates’ understanding of Scrum and their agile mindset. probably more valuable?—?product