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Feedback Loops Help When to Centralize or Decentralize Product-Based Decisions

Johanna Rothman

When I think about agile approaches to work, I think about how fast we can change and the cost of those changes. That's why an agile approach with deliverables every day or week doesn't fit with some kinds of projects, such as events. Consider the Continuum of Feedback Loops and Decisions. Let's start with the team.

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Product Roles, Part 6: Shorten Feedback Loops

Johanna Rothman

I started this series discussing the issue of the various product-based roles in an agile organization. I suggested a product value team because one person becomes a bottleneck. One person is unlikely to shepherd the strategy and the tactics for a product. Can Your Customer Be Your Product Owner? Think small.).

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Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Summary

Johanna Rothman

If the managers want estimates, make the estimate and explain your assumptions to management. See Create Your Successful Agile Project for how to use cycle time to reduce the time you spend on estimation.). Product Feedback Loops are Different than Project Feedback Loops.

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Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Part 1: High Innovation Products

Johanna Rothman

Many of my clients are trying to use short feedback loops in agile approaches. That desire bumps up against their management's desires for longer commitments. High Need for Product Innovation and Change. The more need for product innovation and change, the shorter the feedback loops need to be.

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Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Part 3: Low Innovation Products

Johanna Rothman

In that case, you have a low need for product innovation. Your planning feedback loops can be longer. We need short feedback loops in the project/program to see where we are and make small adjustments. You don't need a lot of feedback to change the requirements. We know what we have to do.

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Can Lean Product Management Help Startups Build Strong Products?

The Product Coalition

Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management. In fact, the biggest advantage that you can leverage from a startup perspective is Lean product management (‘Lean’ or ‘LPM’). This is why it is important to follow a set of principles that can help you manage your product’s lifecycle better.

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Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Part 2: Moderate Innovation Products

Johanna Rothman

Management needs to see feature progress for each feature set. Then, the people who manage the product strategy, the product manager/product value team change what the team does next. For seeing feature progress, I recommend the product backlog burnup chart and feature charts.