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How to Achieve a Successful Agile Transformation

280 Group

You’ve decided to move to Agile product development. Before you pop open the Champagne, here’s the bad news : 47% of Agile transformations fail. An immutable cultural mindset, lack of methodology training, too much technical debt, and a lack of vision and strategy are some common reasons. Great news!

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Agile Transformation: How to Leverage Product Management

280 Group

Steering an Agile Transformation should not be confused with simply adopting Agile software development principles. Rather, it is about transforming an entire organization—Product Management, Development, IT, Customer Support, Sales, etc. Why Agile Transformation? Product Management’s role in an Agile Transformation.

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Agile vs. Roadmaps — Ending the Battle [+Webinar]

280 Group

Sign up for our October 15th webinar, Unlocking a More Strategic Product Roadmap using Agile , to learn more in-depth about taking your product roadmap to the next level using Agile. For the last 10 years or so, we’ve followed some version of Agile: SCRUM, Kanban, or another customized form of Agile methodology.

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How Agile Has Changed Product Management

Roman Pichler

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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How Can We Stop Under Utilizing a Key User Experience Champion?

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

It’s a truth universally acknowledged by the best product managers. Despite this, those building the product itself are often detached from their customers, leading to a gap between vision and execution on the most practical metrics. Customer representation has always been a key reason for success in product development.

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Six Qualities of a Great Product Vision

Roman Pichler

An inspiring vision creates a meaningful purpose for everyone involved in making the product a success including the stakeholders and development team members. If the vision resonates with you, then this will help you do a great job, especially when the going gets tough. The vision pulls you.”. A shared vision unites people.

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How Agile Has Changed Product Management

Roman Pichler

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.