Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. He’s Head of Product Strategy and Design at ThoughtWorks, and author of Understanding Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile (O’Reilly, 2017).

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 6, 2016

She has worked all over the US, Europe and Asia, including traveling to Japan more than 100 times to help Japanese companies globalize. Then we got agile and iterations and process discipline around it. Then we got agile and iterations and process discipline around it. What are the elements needed for PLC excellence?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 17, 2020

In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark and I discussed the two competing theories of communication. When I travel, I use my laptop on my lap. Read Defining “Scaling” Agile, Part 6: Creating the Agile Organization for a more complete definition of the model or Change is Inevitable on my other blog.).

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I first heard of “The Chicken and the Pig” analogy the very first time I went to an Agile seminar. The team travels a great deal, and so I resorted to talking to my boss about this concern. This analogy does a great job in describing stakeholders in your product and it has to do with gauging stakeholder commitments.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 24, 2019

That’s right, MTP officially went on tour for the first time in 2019, with some of the team travelling to AsiaPac in the latter months of the year to learn more about product practice in the region. Our Singapore conference was also the catalyst for another new initiative this year, #mtpontour.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2020

The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview w/ Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem Today we welcome Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem. If so, you can subscribe here and join 26k agile peers. What brought you to ‘agile?’ “ Christiaan : A friend of mine started a software company. He sold solutions, I developed them.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s more, the product people would occasionally visit the development site, and development group members would travel to product management from time to time. Despite its focus on reducing travel expenses, most people involved the development effort were collocated at one site in the US. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s more, the product people would occasionally visit the development site, and development group members would travel to product management from time to time. Despite its focus on reducing travel expenses, most people involved the development effort were collocated at one site in the US. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan.

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Agile Velocity

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Your organization has made the commitment to experiment with Agile or to go whole hog and do a “rip-the-band-aid-off” transformation. During this transition to Agile, you may be wondering, “What are we really in for?” . It is important that you learn the principles, values, and practices of an Agile way of working. Happy days.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

At Latin American travel technology company Almundo , we believe that leaders are responsible for the people, whether that is via one-on-one meetings, career opportunities, company culture, or employee satisfaction. Context would be externally the travel industry and travelers in Latam, and internally our vision and mid-term strategy.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

For example, “Through an AI-powered ride-sharing platform that optimizes routes for reduced travel time and environmental impact.” For instance, “Enabling greener cities and reducing travel stress for millions of urban dwellers worldwide.” The Impact: Articulate the positive outcomes your product will bring to users or the market.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. When not leading product at Sonicbids, she fosters kittens, tries to find new mixology spots, enjoys boxing, and travels as much as she can (29 countries and counting!). Vasu Vadlamudi Product Management Consultant.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 21, 2020

The fox terrier travels everywhere with him – to London once a week, wherever it is, where Joe goes, he goes. I worked on the first ever agile project at moneysupermarket.com ,” he adds. “We I worked in international schools so it was a good way to travel. Quick Fixes and a Strategic View. .

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 12, 2019

This was the path of the agile startup, midsize business, and the looking-to-feel-smaller enterprise for many years. Consider this first-hand experience shared by Shep , a corporate travel management solution: “Our standups were taking over 20 mins, and most importantly, oftentimes people would leave the meeting feeling misaligned.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

TransferWise is a new kind of financial company for people and businesses that travel, live and work internationally. She loves to travel and explore different countries, is a barista and coffee lover, and hopes to soon be the proud owner of a puppy. Sophie Manton – Independent Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the teams used agile approaches, they requested more and more frequent deployments. Or, the person must adhere to onerous policies, especially for travel, to get reimbursed.

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Agile Velocity

OCTOBER 1, 2020

After reading the Gallup Group’s article “ Remote Agile: Sustain Performance While Working Remotely ” a few things floated up in my mind. Build trust through relationships to combat anxiety in agile remote teams. Replicate agile rituals while working remotely. Leadership Agility: Shaping the System. Team Empowerment.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 24, 2020

These are the defining moments in a company’s history and have ultimately helped shape the industry of air travel. Focused initiatives and dedicated Teams are created to deliver on key projects… Agile-like. Fireside style chat hosted by Business Agility 2020 Emerging from Crisis. Innovation comes within empowered core Teams.

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Product Beautiful

MAY 28, 2014

Over the past decade, there has been a ton of ink spilled over Agile development. Much of the Agile narrative has focused on the pros of implementing Agile methodologies , such as better planning, faster feedback, and the ability to quickly pivot and make changes. Before we continue, I want to be clear: I love Agile.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 6, 2022

I suspect that's because we see integrated roadmaps all the time—for car travel. The shorter that feedback loop, the more agility the team has. Product roadmaps, especially if we want to use agile approaches, ask us to consider these concepts: The route (where we're headed for the product) can, and often will, change.

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Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While software development teams have been moving toward agile methods for years, many product managers are only now becoming aware of it. An agile approach applies collaborative and continuous improvement concepts to software development. There is no single, definitive “agile method.” Spotting fundamental flaws.

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Miro

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Adapting to Agile: How Skyscanner tracks progress, runs retros, and maps complex processes When your organization grows, being Agile and iterating quickly is critical to stay relevant. Tracking […].

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Learn how top product and marketing leaders from brands such as VISA, Spotify, Care.com, and Investing.com approach digital transformation by understanding customer emotion, investing in mobile, staying agile, and more. This will help you benchmark and prepare for the coming year! Retail & Shopping. Food & Drink. VIDEO: Gap Inc.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. When not leading product at Sonicbids, she fosters kittens, tries to find new mixology spots, enjoys boxing, and travels as much as she can (29 countries and counting!). Vasu Vadlamudi Product Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2020

” And, the Wall Street Journal has this article, Business Travel Won’t Be Taking Off Soon Amid Coronavirus (you might need to subscribe to see the article). (I See Lessons Learned from Leading Workshops About Geographically Distributed Agile Teams for data from some of my previous workshops.). Work from home, as long as you want.”

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There are a lot of potential reasons for a failure at this level: the lack of sponsoring from the C-level of the organization, a wide-spread belief that ‘Agile’ is just the latest management fad, and thus ignorable. Moreover, there is a career path from Junior Scrum Master to VP of Agile Coaching. The level of frustration is growing.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 25, 2020

I already limit my travels (and have before the virus), so I don't speak “everywhere.” Especially in the agile community, I see a lot of the same-old, same-old. I suggested that my withdrawal might mean he got more white men in the program. “Oh,” he said. Let me set a few facts straight. I am a white woman.)

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The attendees cover their own travel costs, so we have high-quality speakers to make it valuable for them. Invite the Agile coach or Scrum master to help you structure the meeting so it brings value to the product managers. [30:40] After the event, we maintain the community by continuing the Facebook group.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

Successful Banks Use Flexible Technologies to Organize Processes “The goal is to establish an Agile center of gravity around our company”?—?German German fintech startup N26 Agile software development is all the rage in banking these days, and almost all banks now describe their IT development approach as using Agile.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 6, 2020

The report is meant to serve as a yardstick for companies seeking to understand how their customer feedback and engagement metrics stack up against the market, and includes mobile benchmarks aggregated across Food and Drink, Shopping, Travel, Finance, Media, and Lifestyle app categories.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 16, 2020

Today, product might seem like a new field because of the growth of technology startups and the prevalence of lean and agile frameworks, but product roles have been around for a few decades. It’s clear that the need is there, and more and more people are becoming interested in filling these roles. Making the Transition to Product.

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 12, 2020

Biggest – it represents an alternative to All Those Other Agile Methodologies That Everybody Uses. In the event that the Basecamp guys happen to read this, they might be shrieking and gibbering right now, because they do not, never ever, in any way or sense, describe Shape Up as an “agile methodology.”

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The Product Coalition

JULY 25, 2022

I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”?—?Robert The agile product life cycle started with ideation/discovery. How I came to realize product strategy doesn’t exist in isolation “Two roads diverged in a wood and I?—?I The intoxicating aroma of fresh ground coffee filled the air.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2020

We had just signed up a travel brand that requires us to do something entirely different from what we’ve experienced with some of our real estate brand. I fixed a meeting with the team to make changes to the product documentation due to my newly acquired knowledge from Carlson’s class and we somehow switched to Agile methodology.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2022

What did start the fight was a question that my new fiancee asked me as we were traveling in the middle of nowhere in Italy?—?seeing When I first heard it, I immediately knew that I have no problem with that, as long as we remain agile. Unfortunately, these two environments were very different from one another. He asked?—?naively,

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 7, 2019

Like some Agile dev systems, my productivity system was steering me to focus on the here-and-now, and was ill-equipped to help me achieve long-term goals. Idea Travel to Japan ? For example if I chose to travel to Japan, there are no intermediate steps to accomplish this idea, just a list of tasks. Idea Set dentist appointment

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2020

A close friend of mine travelled from Bangalore to Chennai on an official visit and wanted to meet me before his return to Bangalore the same day. With no good ambience to continue our conversation, my friend suggested why not we both get into the cab and continue speaking while ensuring his travel plan is intact.

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