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To Ensure Project Success, Follow your Intuition and Ask for Clarity

The Product Coalition

About 12 years ago, I was an executive advisor on a project at a large telecommunications company. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. Part of his vision was “being agile”. The project launched to realize his vision and his team went to work diligently.

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The Number One Thing Product Managers Want This Year

ProductPlan

For product managers to succeed, they need a clear, well-defined vision for the product and goals to aim for. Executives that are not strategic enough utilize the ‘we’re agile’ buzzword to make up an excuse for the absence of a Vision, Mission, and Strategy.”. Without these in place, it’s hard to know if they’re doing the right thing.