The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

TL; DR: The Cargo Cult Agile Checklist for Download You want to know the state of agility in your organization? If the average number of checkboxes marked is higher than nine, then you are probably practicing cargo cult agile in one form or another. like all other agile frameworks?—?isn’t In my experience, Scrum?—?like

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever. Thus, custom software development and engineers face the same challenges faced by the market demand. Read the article to know what it is? What is continuous improvement ?

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Mind the Product

JULY 8, 2019

Fast forward a few weeks to Mind the Product Singapore’s conference, and Jeff Gothelf’s brilliant keynote speech titled Lean, Agile, & Design Thinking: Principles over Process. Like me with my fake mirror checks when I couldn’t have told you the color the car behind me, many product managers “perform” agile. I passed, by the way.).

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

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280 Group

MAY 12, 2021

His vision launched the evolution of what we refer to as Product Management today. Defining success : Product Managers must create a business case that sets goals and provides business justification to get buy-in from upper management, and a roadmap that outlines the development schedule.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Simplicity is essential.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. This is not agile.

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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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Ask Benny

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Simplicity is essential.

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Agile Velocity

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Role of Throughput in Agile In Agile frameworks, throughput typically refers to the quantity of work items (like features, user stories, or tasks) completed within a specific timeframe. The post Harnessing Monte Carlo Simulations for More Accurate Sprint Planning appeared first on Agile Velocity.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. This team consists of a product owner , a Scrum Master , and several developers, which are also known as development team. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. Listen to this article: [link]. Why the Scrum Team is Not Enough.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. There is plenty to choose from, whether it be Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, or Kanban. Let's get started with Agile vs. Waterfall. So what are the differences?

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

It’s the spark that gives rise to innovative, ground-breaking product development. . Using a phased approach ensures that critical decisions are made at the appropriate times throughout the product process (also refer red to as the product life cycle ( PLC ) , and that requirements for features, quality, cost and schedules are met.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2024

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the organization doesn’t create any traction for change. You might not like these ideas.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 10, 2023

Mixing in less critical items is good for developing less experienced members of your team, and giving even experienced developers some variety. Created using teamgantt.com I chose to simplify the above chart by just referring to items’ criticality and assuming duration as a proxy for scope. Packing a Prius with Ikea Stuff (3).jpg

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Agile Velocity

MAY 20, 2020

The recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “ The Agile C-Suite ” 1 and Forbes article “Agile Isn’t New: What’s New Is The C-Suite Embracing It” have prompted some good discussion around the Agile Velocity virtual water cooler. . However, the case being made in this article is that “Agile is primarily for innovation”.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 8, 2019

TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics?—?An An Eye-Opening Exercise Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Cooking the Agile Books?—?A Faking agile metrics can become significantly more subtle.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I discussed the origins of the agile approaches in Part 5. In this post, I'll discuss how you can create an agile approach that fits your context. Why should you create your own agile approach? You deserve an agile approach that helps you achieve the business outcomes you need. What do you need? Start with the Team.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 28, 2019

I want to share the most common and most significant issues with Agile implementation that I have seen in practice. What Agile is, has been initially described in the Agile Manifesto and further under 12 Agile Principles. Agile is called Agile because it is supposed to allow the team to react to change with agility.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2020

Remote Agile (Part 5): Retrospectives with Distributed Teams TL; DR: A Remote Retrospective with a Distributed Team We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by exploring virtual Liberating Structures, how to master Zoom as well as common remote agile anti-patterns.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Managers and product managers are often frustrated by the apparent lack of care the development team is showing for the needs of the business. It’s tempting to think that the developers?—?engineers, Departmental goals and incentives further push developers towards building robust, scalable, elegant software. Development ?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 5, 2022

I hope you find this helpful: Digital product development presents incredible opportunities for us to help our customers and our colleagues. 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?” To all a product development people who are reading this?—?if

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

TL; DR: The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview with Dave West of Scrum.org Welcome to the Agile Movers & Shakers interview series. He led the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and then worked with Ivar Jacobson running the North American business for IJI. What brought you to ‘agile?’ “So

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. All of them are accountable for a squad (about five developers and one user experience professional). The results showed that they wanted better (and more frequent) feedback on how to further develop their product management skills.

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CardBoard

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is crucial to agile planning. The prioritization phase refers to when team members vote and organize which stories. Solutions are developed for problems that do not exist. Agile goal setting relies on tapping into your business goals above that of just stakeholders, customers, and team. Who are you competitors?

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

An inspiring vision creates a meaningful purpose for everyone involved in making the product a success including the stakeholders and development team members. A vision is shared when the stakeholders and development team members support the goal and are happy to work towards it. Listen to this article: [link].

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Organizations that refuse to adopt an Agile mindset can jeopardize their entire business. With that in mind, let’s focus on the fourth Agile value in the Agile Manifesto : Responding to change over planning. Adopting a change mentality means adopting an Agile mindset. . What is the Agile mindset?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Here are four product development “schools of thought” and the best books to read on each of them. The Waterfall Method Waterfall describes the traditional, linear product development method: idea, prototype, testing, launch. Product Design and Development ? —?Karl It’s product development 101. Roberto Cooper.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 24, 2020

However, there are other times Southwest refers to as “existential moments” where the outcomes were not obvious and the company was forever changed because of it. Focused initiatives and dedicated Teams are created to deliver on key projects… Agile-like. Fireside style chat hosted by Business Agility 2020 Emerging from Crisis.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Meanwhile, other trends impacting Product Teams are gaining momentum, such as Product-Led Growth, data-driven Agile development, data privacy and security, and more. . The Product Manager must make sure that product development is aligned with customer interest and demands, and with the overarching trends impacting the marketplace.

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BrainStation Product Management

OCTOBER 5, 2018

As one Forbes contributor puts it , Agile is “the world’s most popular innovation engine.” Arguably more of an umbrella term, it refers to a variety of frameworks that prioritize individuals and interactions over processes and tools, collaboration over negotiation, and being responsive to change over following a set plan. Authenticity.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

The majority of such apps have undergone iterative and incremental development to enhance and improve their features. Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management. It is a methodology that is followed by a majority of software development companies today. But it is not the only game in town.

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Agile Velocity

JUNE 4, 2020

My previous post focused on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “The Agile C-Suite” 1. . The title sets up the obvious–Agile isn’t new, but having C-suite level executives embrace it is. This myopic view of Agile has been an impediment to organizational and business adoption. . Denning’s Laws of Agile.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Overview: For decades, product developers have created unique processes and tools to serve as a guide in brainstorming, documenting, and developing new entries into the market. With the increasing popularity of web software applications came a more flexible development lifecycle and new guiding process frameworks like Agile.

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280 Group

JUNE 14, 2021

In a recent whitepaper , 280 Group examined trends that are impacting the insurance industry, and how product management and IT teams at insurers can capitalize on those trends by adopting modern PM practices, optimizing skill sets, and aligning product and development processes. 6: The Race to Personalization.

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Agile Velocity

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Recently, Dave Gipp partnered with Adam Mattis of Scaled Agile to discuss strategic planning. Titled, “Mastering the Art of Integration: Strategic Planning with SAFe ® for Agile Organizations”, the webinar explored the challenges many companies face when bridging the gap between strategy and execution.

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