Product Roles, Part 4: Product Orientation and the Role of Projects

Many people in the agile community promote a product orientation over a project orientation. That’s possible because an organization has…

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Product Roles, Part 3: Product or Feature Teams vs Project Teams

An agile approach requires a cross-functional team. That means that everyone on the team focuses on the same intent. That…

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Product Roles, Part 2: The Product Value Team

In an ideal agile world, the team would work directly with a customer. When you have a small product that…

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Product Roles, Part 1: Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts

We have many words for people who shepherd the business value of a product. The many words aren’t a problem,…

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Agile Milestone Criteria for Projects and Programs

You’ve got interdependencies across the organization for a given project or program to release a product. You can see demos. That’s…

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Seeing the Close-to-the-Customer Conundrum

Especially when we use agile approaches, we want to be close to our customer. If you’ve ever had a chance…

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Agile Transformation Secrets Series Posted

I just finished a series for my Pragmatic Manager newsletter about Agile Transformation Secrets: Part 1: Manage for Change Part…

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Cost vs Value Measurements for Agile Approaches

Some of my clients have struggled with their project governance as they move to agile approaches. In the past, they’ve…

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Customers, Internal Delivery, and Trust

Your customers can’t take your product more often than once or twice a year. Because the product doesn’t need to leave…

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