Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2020

In this talk from #MTP Engage Manchester consultant Itamar Gilad takes us through his GIST (goals, ideas, steps, tasks) framework. This in turn feeds project plans and feature roadmaps, and the micro-planning of an agile product team. If we take a macro view of this process we see that nothing about it is agile. Enter GIST.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 22, 2021

I had joined the Infrastructure and Operations ‘tribe’ as an Agile Coach and some of my fondest memories (both personally and professionally) were from working in my Agile Coach ‘chapter’. Read more » The post The PM Competency Framework: Making Product Management growth a team effort appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2022

Break down standardised processes for all and everything Well, there’s nothing wrong about a framework, if you know how to handle and adapt it. Break down standardised processes for all and everything Well, there’s nothing wrong about a framework, if you know how to handle and adapt it. So agile and lean are two major keys.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 30, 2022

When to use Agile and when to consider other options – for product managers. Today we are talking about when to use or not to use Agile for your product projects. Is Agile the answer? He has seen the conditions needed for Agile to work well and when it doesn’t. Agile works well when there’s uncertainty.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 7, 2019

When you have one team learning Agile, another learning Lean, and yet another learning Design Thinking, how are you supposed to get to alignment? There are so many frameworks and tools to choose from, so how do you make them work in the real world? What is Agile Really About? These can then flow into Agile. What is Lean?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In the previous article, I discussed in detail about Agile Product Life Cycle and its different phases and outcomes that allow an organization to function end to end in an agile product life cycle. In image 1 I have listed some practices in sticky notes below each of the phases to drive the Agile product life cycle.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 22, 2025

We use UXDAs Digital Experience Branding Framework to help ambitious financial institutions build strong, future-ready digitalbrands. The most successful brands are agile, continuously refining their identity to meet the evolving needs of their customers. How can financial brands meet these expectations? Below, we will tell youhow.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Product Discovery describes the iterative process of making sure that the right product gets built for the right audience. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 8, 2019

We had no clue about what “Lean” or “Agile” or even “Startup” essentially meant, but we spent most of our time out in the streets talking to our customers. Similar stories have inspired new product and business development frameworks , thousands of articles, and numerous books. Let’s go Agile! The So-Lala Product epidemic.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 22, 2021

I often meet managers who tell me: “Agility? That’s an old hat! We have been doing this for a long time.” ” Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 15, 2021

Agile principles can be a North Star for time-strapped support teams, helping them to keep the customer’s needs at the heart of their decisions so they can provide fast, personal support at scale. Agile teams start small and move fast, collecting and incorporating feedback to iterate their way to bigger and better solutions quickly.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I recently came across the SPICEY framework by YouTube creator and author Nisha Vora. Nisha uses this framework as a way to think about changing your eating habits, but I quickly realized it can apply to continuous discovery habits, too. Think about what it would take to follow the SPICEY framework, even just for the next quarter.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 3, 2023

Scrum is an Agile methodology that can help teams work together more efficiently to develop products. Here’s how it works: Image Credits Scrum.org The Basics of Scrum Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. The framework consists of Scrum teams, roles, events, artifacts, and rules. Crown Business.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. These are my lessons learned on making ‘agile’?—?including including Scrum as a framework?—?work work in a fast-growing startup.

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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.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In this keynote from #mtpcon London, Jonny Schneider, Product Strategy and Design Principal at ThoughtWorks, discusses how using all of design thinking, agile, and lean means we can build better products. Key points: You should try to use design thinking, agile and lean when building your products.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 15, 2025

Want the Frameworks to Apply These Lessons? We developed a series of exclusive frameworks and step-by-step strategies to help you turn these insights into action. Onsites still matter – even in remote-first teams, periodic in-person gatherings can reset relationships, clarify priorities, and recharge alignment.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

In Scrum—the framework that gave birth to the product owner—the role is responsible for maximising the value a product creates for the users and for the business. But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. This has created more confusion and increased the misconceptions of the role.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Strategies for Maintaining Product Vision Without Losing Adaptability Use a structured prioritization framework (e.g., Use decision-making frameworks (e.g., Detailed communication framework included in the Patreon recap! Below is a preview of key insights. Join us on Patreon for full access [link] 1.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. Software outsourcing services company states that there are two major development methodologies regarding waterfall and agile. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. I find that the framework is best suited for products that are affected by a significant amount of uncertainty and change.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Last but not least, the product team should include a coach who might be an experienced Scrum Master , agile coach, or product coach. To help you with this, I’ve created the framework shown in Figure 2. The final goal in the framework in Figure 2 is the sprint goal , which directs the work of the development team members.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 26, 2020

He is also the author of Product Management in Practice and Agile for Everybody. [.]. The post Mindset – Blaming the framework, core team communication, and remote working with Matt LeMay appeared first on Mind the Product. Matt has worked in product for Bit.ly, various music startups, and now runs his own agency Sudden Compass.

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Mind the Product

MAY 2, 2023

Christina Bourne explains why growth product managers shouldn't abandon their more traditional product development frameworks to deliver great monetizable experiences. Read more » The post Using traditional product frameworks in modern growth practices appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recently, a colleague of mine complained, “SAFe is so waterfally” I’ve actually done a few waterfall projects and the Scaled Agile… Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2021

These are user stories at their most basic level, and if you’re going to master agile product development and become a truly great PM, you need to know how to write actionable stories that have maximum impact, why they’re so important, and when to implement them. Learning About Agile? What Are User Stories? Here’s Everything You Need!

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

But you can think of the product owner as an agile product manager, as I explain in the article “ Product Manager vs. Product Owner ”. In the agile scaling framework LeSS, the role is referred to as “ Area Product Owner “ A component owner owns an architecture building block like a user-interface layer or a payment service.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Product Management University

JULY 23, 2020

Agile is a software development methodology. Agile development is a methodology for building software, and it’s a good one! There’s one part of product management that’s been lost with agile development – longer-term value-based plans that map to customer strategies, goals and priorities. The Irony of Agile Development.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context. Listen to this article: [link]. Why the Scrum Team is Not Enough.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 19, 2025

Practical frameworks for balancing durability with innovation Discover strategies for extending product lifespan, improving customer retention, and making smarter iteration vs. retirement decisions. Paul Wright Discussed reducing AI waste in cloud infrastructure, leading to cost savings and sustainability improvements.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 26, 2022

A framework for digital transformation – for product managers. 15:45] Can you share your framework for how to do a digital transformation project? I know every consultant just loves having frameworks, but that’s not the reason I put a framework in the book. Reaction Mechanism: Are you Agile?

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Scrum is a useful framework as long as you use the framework. Those outcomes can help teams decide which agile approach(es) to start with and adapt. Let's start with who wants the teams to use an agile approach. Who Wants the Teams to Use an Agile Approach? Why Does Your Team Want an Agile Approach?

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Usersnap

MAY 14, 2025

Trying to build the right thing without a solid discovery framework is like setting off on a road trip without a map or destination. Whether you’re in product, UX, or strategy, this is your blueprint for a discovery framework that actually moves the needle by connecting user insight to the metrics that drive revenue.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Teeba shared how she applied continuous discovery ideas and frameworks to her job search. I soon noticed that while many companies have embraced agile execution, fewer have adopted a truly continuous approach to product discovery. But our story today is focused on the work that Teeba did before she started her current role.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 8, 2019

Many of the companies I have worked with this year want to make their product development and management capability more agile. Most often they are using something that is of a stage-gate nature, but being more agile doesn’t mean throwing away a stage-gate framework. 14:53] What must change to adopt agile?

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