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To Ensure Project Success, Follow your Intuition and Ask for Clarity

The Product Coalition

About 12 years ago, I was an executive advisor on a project at a large telecommunications company. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. Part of his vision was “being agile”. However, I had a nagging question in the back of my mind: “What does he mean by agile?”

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The Number One Thing Product Managers Want This Year

ProductPlan

Executives that are not strategic enough utilize the ‘we’re agile’ buzzword to make up an excuse for the absence of a Vision, Mission, and Strategy.”. Many product managers are still “lone wolves” reporting to the CTO or VP of marketing rather than belonging to a dedicated product team. Is Agile to Blame?