The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Signs your organization has missed the point of Agile and it’s become another buzz-word! Treating Agile as just a method not part of a mindset, or culture, is a common contradiction in orgs trying to become Agile organizations. Not grasping the Why of Agile is behind many failures to transform into an Agile organization.

Agile 119

Agile Weak Development Team Feedback Software Banking 119

Agile Velocity

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We had so much fun at Keep Austin Agile this week! We hosted Agile City Limits with a special guest-star appearance from Mathew McCut-out. At Agile Velocity, we focus on business outcomes over practices. 9 Business Outcomes of an Agile Transformation: Employee Engagement. Some might say it was alright alright alright….

Agile 94

Agile Customer Satisfaction Customer Experience Events 94

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. The Brave New Agile World.

Agile 156

Agile Product Research User Testing Feedback Software 156

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Does that sound like an agile team to you? However, managers don't create features as agile teams do. Agile teams don't assume they make a final product the first time out. Agile teams don't assume they make a final product the first time out. How can managers work as agile teams do, so they can change direction?

Agile 96

Agile Product Research Feedback Loop Consulting 96

The Product Coalition

JULY 24, 2021

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.

Agile 173

Agile Feedback Software Weak Development Team Customer Experience 173

The Product Coalition

JULY 22, 2020

Is your team Agile or Fragile? designed using: canva.com With the massive increase in the number of products launched in the past decade, a lot of organizations have adopted the AGILE approach as a system of managing their processes. Agile suggests that the voice of all the stakeholders be heard. Are you ready?

Agile 124

Agile Customer Experience User Friction Document 124

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I have a new book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. I wrote it because I'm concerned about what I see in too many supposedly agile teams: Crazy-long backlogs and roadmaps. A focus on a “standard” agile approach, regardless of how much agility is in that approach.

Customer Experience 85

Customer Experience Agile Product Research Feedback Loop 85

CardBoard

AUGUST 21, 2023

Agile is about flexibility, collaboration, and customer satisfaction. Agile helps you keep up. We’re going to dig into Agile. We’ll also look at how Agile has evolved over time and why it’s more relevant today than ever before. The Origins of Agile Agile didn’t just emerge out of nowhere.

Agile 52

Agile Feedback Software User Testing Customer Experience 52

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. In this way, stories are packed with much more information than meets the eye.

User Testing 115

User Testing Agile Customer Experience Certifications 115

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?

Reporting Tools 134

Reporting Tools Feedback Software Agile User Testing 134

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This guy, from a famous agile consultancy, not only used my article. ” Remember, this was the premier agile consultancy at the time. At the speaker's dinner, I sat across the table from someone who said he focused on the problems of the portfolio and management in agile transformations. Maybe I could learn something.

Information 108

Information Consulting Agile Books 108

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

Agile 101

Agile Fractional CTO User Testing Reporting Tools 101

The Product Coalition

JULY 5, 2021

One of the many Agile myths is that it is difficult to manage evolving requirements. However, veterans of the software testing world know that agile development is a superior method to manage the constantly changing needs that many software development projects encounter. It’s a fact that customers always change their requirements?—?they’ll

Agile 109

Agile Feedback Software User Testing Customer Feedback 109

Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. 1 Focus on Goals and Benefits.

Roadmap 328

Roadmap Agile Technical Review Weak Development Team 328

Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, embracing agility – the ability to turn on a dime for a dime – has become a key to ongoing success for many organizations. However, when companies launch Agile Transformations in hybrid environments, it can introduce a new set of challenges. All fit our definition of hybrid.

Agile 76

Agile Feedback Software Product Research Strategy 76

Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I recently had the opportunity to listen in during a LinkedIn/YouTube Live conversation between my fellow AV Transformation Coach Colleen Johnson and Roger Turnau, both seasoned Lean-Agile practitioners. Colleen and Roger gave special attention to the context of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe ® ). Maybe a first date?

Agile 59

Agile Framework Feedback Software Customer Feedback 59

ProductCraft

APRIL 13, 2020

In agile development paradigms, key product decisions are made more frequently, with each sprint requiring clear action items. Read more » The post The Four Keys to Data-Informed Product Management appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo. However, no matter your.

Information 93

Information Product Management Product Manager Management 93

Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

An Agile transformation is a major organizational shift requiring senior leadership to be deeply engaged. This is great news as Agile has historically only communicated the things leaders can’t or shouldn’t do, e.g. attend retros, task teams, etc. Agile transformations can be complex and time-consuming. Enable decision agility.

Agile 59

Agile Leadership Data Visualization Workshop 59

Modus Create

MARCH 17, 2022

Our recent report 2022 State of Digital Transformation revealed that 57% of enterprises had adopted an agile framework for implementing digital initiatives. Even the federal government follows agile methodologies for 80% of its IT projects. . What is Agile Leadership? 5 Principles of Agile Leadership.

Leadership 98

Leadership Agile Reporting Tools Feedback Software 98

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. This is not agile.

Agile 103

Agile Weak Development Team User Testing Software Review 103

Johanna Rothman

MAY 28, 2019

I suspect the first question is how much change do you need in your product, not how good your information is, or how much planning you need. See the various kinds of products in Tactical Ideas for Agile Budgeting, Part 1 or in Manage Your Project Portfolio.). How Long Does Your Information Have Value? All planning costs money.

Information 69

Information Data Visualization Customer Experience Agile 69

Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We often hear that agile is a mindset. That we need to change our thinking to use agility. We need behaviors if we want an agile culture. Which behaviors do we need for an agile culture? I realize discussing financial information can challenge almost every person in every organization.). Is that correct?

Agile 103

Agile Feedback Software Consulting Framework 103

The Product Coalition

JUNE 2, 2020

Remote Agile Event Planning?—?a My solution to this challenge is going the extra mile regarding the remote agile event planning. Should I require additional information from the participants, I explain my need for this and include a link to a prepared survey. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

Agile 78

Agile Events Certifications Document 78

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 27, 2018

Has the spirit of being agile been lost behind a mountain of rules? Agile vs. Being Agile Agile became popular shortly after ‘The Agile Software Development Manifesto ’ was published in 2001. Companies who focused on being agile saw great success, and others wanted to follow suit.

Agile 110

Agile Weak Development Team Software Developers Software Development 110

The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile On numerous occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. In that respect, the current issues many distributed teams face may also act as accelerants to become more agile.

Agile 85

Agile Reporting Tools Feedback Software Systems Review 85

Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2017

Despite the successes Agile has brought us, it’s time to take the things we have learned from Agile and move on. Like the technology we use to build the products we love ages and gets left behind, Agile has died while we were perfecting our standup. We are in a post-Agile world and the terrain has changed.

Agile 194

Agile Research Software Product Research Customer Experience 194

CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Agile vs Scrum: Clearing the Confusion Let’s address a common point of confusion head-on: Agile and Scrum. So, what’s the difference between Agile and Scrum? Agile is a philosophy and approach to software development. Agile is like the operating system on your smartphone.

Agile 52

Agile Feedback Software Software Review Systems Review 52

Modus Create

JULY 21, 2020

Agile at Scale, or Scaled Agile, is all the rage! When and who should implement Scaled Agile? Scaled Agile is a way for organizations with many teams to plan, coordinate, and track work on large initiatives. In this blog post, we’ll review why, when, and how organizations should consider adopting Scaled Agile.

Agile 134

Agile Data Visualization Reporting Tools Research Software 134

Mind the Product

MAY 13, 2020

Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel know this well, and their new book Agile Conversations , focuses on the five critical conversations you’ll have and how to perfect them. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information. Quote of the Episode. Quote of the Episode.

Agile 180

Agile Feedback Software Product Research Software Review 180

The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2020

Remote Agile: Practices and Tools [Video] Watch the Replay of the Remote Agile Practices & Tools Live Virtual Class At the end of March, we ran a Remote Agile Practices & Tools class with about 30 participants from all over Europe, the Eastern Seaboard, and Canada. Remote Agile Training?—?A

Agile 78

Agile Download Blog Article 78

Amplitude

DECEMBER 7, 2020

According to the 2020 State of Agile Report , 95% of organizations say they’ve adopted Agile development methodologies within their team. So why do 84% of those respondents feel like they’re not doing Agile the right way? The answer is simple—there’s no right way to do Agile.

Agile 121

Agile Reporting Tools User Testing Analytic Tools 121

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.

Feedback Software 98

Feedback Software Agile Analytic Tools Data Visualization 98

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More of my clients say they want business agility. Yet, we don't share a common definition of business agility. Those actions show that managers change their actions in the face of new information or feedback. Those actions show that managers change their actions in the face of new information or feedback.

Agile 89

Agile Feedback Software Product Research Feedback Loop 89

Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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? Before I had the “agile” word, I discussed iterating over feature sets and delivering small increments. Oh, please.

Agile 108

Agile Customer Experience Consulting User Testing 108

Clever PM

AUGUST 2, 2017

We live in a day and age where there’s a ton of information and mis-information out there about pretty much every topic imaginable, and Agile development is certainly not immune to this phenomenon.

Agile 116

Agile Management Management Information 116

The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

TL;DR: Creating an Agile Community of Practice Creating an agile community of practice helps winning hearts and minds within the organization as it provides authenticity to the agile transition?—?signaling Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning.

Agile 78

Agile Reporting Tools Feedback Software Download 78