Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Increase Your Referent Power. To boost your referent power, I recommend focussing on one virtue at a time and practicing it repeatedly—without expecting too much too quickly. Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. Trust me.”.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. Some fellow authors include the stakeholders, for instance, Steve Haines in his book The Product Manager’s Desk Reference , whereas others don’t, for example, Marty Cagan in his book Inspired. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context.

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Modus Create

JUNE 23, 2021

There are two ways to talk about transformational leadership. . We can dive deep into the academic theory created by Bruce Avolio and Bernard Bass in 1991 and understand how it fits into the broader Full Range Leadership Model. . But first, let’s define transformational leadership. . What is Transformational Leadership?

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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. Historically at Southwest, the tough times focus around the core values of the organization: Warrior Spirit, Servant Leadership, and a Fun-Luving Attitude.

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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

JUNE 5, 2022

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?” In subsequent conversations with the CTO, I then realized what he meant by agile: He was simply referring to the ability to pivot when business conditions change.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 12, 2017

He has a background in the public and private sectors and he begins his ProductTank NYC presentation with a quote from Steve Jobs, which underpins the central concept of Servant Leadership. Next, Josh references John Maeda, author of Learning Oscillation. Organization Structure. Cross Functional Trade-off.

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Agile Velocity

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Today’s Agile leaders manage with a more complete arsenal of skills and techniques than leaders of the past who led fundamentally different teams. For Agile organizations, the days of top-down hierarchy and autonomous decision making have joined the floppy disk as obsolete and outdated concepts in modern business. Optimizing the whole.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I’ve found most executives genuinely want to know, “How do I help our Agile transformation?” Becoming an agile company is new for leaders and teams. Yet, leaders are often left out while teams get the lion’s share of the attention from Agile coaches. the partner they choose to provide Agile coaches or Agile consultants).

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The Product Coalition

JULY 13, 2020

whether you are acting as Scrum Master, Product Owner or agile coach?—?because including Scrum Masters and agile coaches?—?in in organizations that lack strong leadership. Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning. because conflict is inevitable, but change is not?

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I’ve found most executives genuinely want to know, “How do I help our Agile transformation?” Becoming an agile company is new for leaders and teams. Yet, leaders are often left out while teams get the lion’s share of the attention from Agile coaches. the partner they choose to provide Agile coaches or Agile consultants).

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TIBCO - Thought Leadership

APRIL 9, 2019

With the dramatic rise in the importance of AI and automation, digital business leaders are faced with a daunting challenge: they need to simultaneously become more insight-driven, more automated, and more agile. TIBCO Spotfire ® and TIBCO ® Data Science users can automatically ingest and use reference data managed by EBX out-of-the-box.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In a constantly changing world, where agility and adaptability are crucial, it’s the agreements that allow us to navigate with confidence and efficiency. References Softplan. Simple: agreements always surpass roles. Target Teal. Organizational Design for Remote Work” Target Teal.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, with the growing need for innovation and agility, many of these companies are looking at methodologies like Lean Startup to help them adapt and thrive in turbulent waters. But, just as an ocean liner wasn’t designed for quick maneuvers, large corporations face unique challenges when trying to implement agile approaches.

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 18, 2016

Previous posts identified the seven sources of power and highlighted that enduring and authentic power emanates from referent, expert, and connection power sources. There are techniques to build your decision making agility in situations where there is time pressure, incomplete information, and consequences to delay.

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Split

MARCH 20, 2024

By optimizing release management flows, teams can facilitate on-demand deployments that enhance business agility without compromising stability. The release management process flow refers to the end-to-end workflow for a new software release across its entire lifecycle. What is the Release Management Process Flow?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

A story of love, hate, oppression and triumph I’ll admit, I’ve started to fall out of love with agile over the past year or so?—?don’t I wholeheartedly believe that you need to be adaptable to survive today but the further I travel on my own journey the more I wonder if we as an industry are moving past agile. Enter agile.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 31, 2020

Every client I’ve spoken to recently has guided our conversations to highlight how much better they see their teams responding to recent pandemic challenges because of their newly developed Agile capabilities. I’ve asked others for help with references. Their Agile teams are resilient. Every time. Same for not being adaptable.

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 30, 2023

” Why don’t more companies encourage positive leadership character? Through positive leadership character you help to encourage your employees to continue “subscribing” Remember, it's less costly and more effective to retain existing employees than it is to attract and train new ones. ” ( article ).

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2018

I’ve been thinking more about possible measurements in an agile transformation journey. This post will focus on measurements you might see when the culture changes with an agile transformation. Without knowing why you want to use agile approaches throughout the organization, you can’t generate reasonable measurements.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 7, 2023

If you're trying to use an agile approach, what do you care about in terms of finishing: That the team finish the work, regardless of the personal or team cost? Agile teams always know who did what. I added references for why performance reviews don't work.) Not in an agile team. I updated this in the book.)

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Sequent Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

All companies want to act with agility and compete more aggressively in the battle for the hearts and minds of customers. Yet, large companies that are shifting to rapid or agile development continue to struggle with complexity, role definition, and adaptation to agile methods. And this is really the point of this show.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. The book is evidence-based (references to theories in footnotes) and contains exercises you can start using right away. All from a thought leader in the agile development space.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

That's another form of centralization and what organizations refer to as economies of scale. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) Want to Rethink Your Management or Leadership? You might have heard of “shared services” teams.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 12, 2020

Servant leadership, being the buffer between my team and our stakeholders, helping set and meet goals… it all entranced me. The Scrum Master for the other team had more experience leading than I did, she is well respected in the company and is often referred to as the glue of our group.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The keystone of the definition of the Scrum Master role is the servant leadership aspect. Laissez-faire turned into indifference: Pointing the team in a direction where the team members themselves can find a solution for an issue is good leadership. Moreover, there is a career path from Junior Scrum Master to VP of Agile Coaching.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Finally, progress reports allow the senior leadership to make informed decisions as to whether to continue the project or pull the plug and divert the resources to another initiative. This is how Agile teams work. If you’re writing for senior leadership , appeal to things that matter to them the most, like business goals.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

10) Protect the team vs Challenging the team Whether you like it or not as a Product Manager you are in a leadership position. link] 11) Give credit for success vs Take responsibility for failures Another feature of leadership is being in the shadows?—?shining This is leadership and the role of Product Management.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 4, 2024

These groups are referred to as “communities of practice” or "learning networks" Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. I also saw references on LinkedIn and in resumes / CVs. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Sustainable pace is an important agile principle. The Agile Manifesto defines it in the following way: “The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.” Please refer to my article “ Scaling the Product Owner Role ” for more information on how to jointly manage a product.). Prioritise.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

I’ve been told by multiple engineers in the past, that modern agile development + a lack of vision results in them feeling like they are just a worker on an assembly line. In order to reinforce these specific topics with your team, try tagging your engineering stories with links/references to these vision topics! Point your tickets.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

As you learn from the tests and the business evolves, you should strive to be agile and reconsider your priorities continuously. Have a living document with the priority but don’t expect the stakeholders to constantly refer to the document.

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Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2019

It got me thinking about how when companies first started adopting Agile methodologies on their software engineering teams, they quickly ran into obstacles with the rest of the organization. It’s hard to be Agile when the rest of the business wants fixed delivery dates or wants to dictate requirements. Tweet This. Improve productivity.

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Modus Create

JUNE 30, 2021

In February, Forbes mentioned that CMOs must fully dedicate their leadership, strategy, and operations to the total customer experience to succeed in the future. Microsoft referred to hybrid work as the next big disruption. Continued adoption of true Agile practices. Interest in hybrid work is at an all-time high.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Agile : Product owner role, software development, team cadence, delivery. Management (C&S): Leadership : Influence, develop and guide the team towards strategic goals. Reference and inspiration. Processes (M): Strategy : Translation of the mission and vision into a coherent product strategy. Mastery of web metrics and tools.

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