Possible Changes for a Product Approach, Part 4

How could we organize if we want flow efficiency? We would reward managers by their span of service instead of control,…

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Defining the Manager’s Role for a Product Approach, Part 3

This series is about how you might move to a product-based organization. Part 1 was about how when we organize by…

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Designing an Organization for a Product Approach, Part 2

In Part 1, I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile…

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Designing an Organization for a Product Approach, Part 1

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. You might even call them/use them as…

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Product Orientation Requires Technical Excellence

One of the big problems I see with a product orientation (as opposed to a project) is in preparing for…

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Project Work vs Product Work

We hear a lot these days about project-based organizations vs. product-based organizations. Much of what we do in software is…

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Individual Contributor vs. Team Member

Many people draw distinctions between people who do management-kind of work and people who do  “individual contributor” kind of work. …

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Planning: Risk Management to Manage Uncertainty

Many organizations plan to create certainty, guarantees of some variety. What if we thought about agile planning as a way…

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Objectives & Accountability vs Responsibility & Autonomy, Part 2

I explained about objectives and the differences between MBOs and OKRs in Part 1. I’m tackling the issues of “accountability”…

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