Carlton Nettleton, Author at Applied Frameworks

About Carlton Nettleton

Carlton Nettleton is the Chief Product Owner at Applied Frameworks, a management consulting firm, and co-creator of Online Education at Applied Frameworks. Carlton has over eighteen years of industry experience working with clients to improve quality, increase productivity, build great teams and launch new products using Agile software development practices and techniques. Today, Carlton’s focus is directed at mentoring and supporting Scrum and Agile practitioners who work in less than ideal conditions. He shares his energy and enthusiasm with our learners so they can achieve their personal and professional goals. Carlton is fluent in both English and Spanish, has written a short book on Scrum and has been Certified Scrum Trainer® since 2012. Read Full Bio

The Modern Definition of Product Manager

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-02-18T02:15:36-05:00February 4th, 2021|Product, Training|

Ask a veteran Product Manager how they got into the field and how they became an expert. They’ll probably tell you it was luck and a lot of trial and error. We’re aiming to fix that.

How to Create Competitive Battlecards

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-02-23T10:55:21-05:00January 4th, 2021|Frameworks, Product|

Competitive Battlecards distill a product manager’s insights on customers and competition into a single page that the sales team can use. This article offers the templates and tools you need to create your own.

Our 10 Most Popular Agile Essays of 2020

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-01-04T04:18:06-05:00December 16th, 2020|News|

Metrics, playbooks, battlecards, and case studies: We’ve got ’em all, and more, in our Top 10 blogs of 2020.

Examples of Scrum Case Studies

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-02-04T02:14:36-05:00October 30th, 2020|Process|

A frequent request of our Scrum students is for Scrum Case Studies. Here we identify over 15 worthwhile case studies for your review, with links to the actual studies for your convenience.

Supercharge Your Product Roadmap with an Opportunity Backlog

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-01-20T10:00:48-05:00October 7th, 2020|Process, Product|

A lot of Product Roadmaps get bogged down by becoming a detailed list of features and due dates. Avoid this pitfall by using an Opportunity Backlog to allow the product team to to explore customer problems before placing them on the Product Roadmap.

Is the Product Owner Part of Business or Part of IT?

By Carlton Nettleton|2020-09-02T12:55:38-04:00September 2nd, 2020|Product|

Is the product owner part of business or part of IT? We share some thoughts to consider when figuring out how to pick the Product Owner.

Why We Created a Scrum Product Owner Exam

By Carlton Nettleton|2020-09-29T07:52:41-04:00August 11th, 2020|News, Training|

For many years, our Certified Scrum Product Owner students have asked why the Scrum Alliance does not offer an assessment for students completing their CSPO courses. This post explains why there is no exam today and the steps we took to create an exam that students can use to assess their knowledge.

Impediments Backlog: The Key to Overcoming Agile Obstacles

By Carlton Nettleton|2020-07-31T03:21:13-04:00July 30th, 2020|Process|

Impediments can slow down your Scrum team, or on a larger scale, block your organization’s Agile adoption. Here are four practical steps you can use to remove impediments and stay on track.

How to Build a Customer Journey Map

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-01-20T10:00:16-05:00July 15th, 2020|Frameworks, Product|

The Customer Journey Map is a critical part of your Product Playbook. In this step-by-step guide, we explain how it can help you and how to build one.

What’s Missing from Product Management Certification Programs?

By Carlton Nettleton|2020-06-18T09:28:40-04:00June 17th, 2020|Training|

Business leaders want a fast way to retrain and upskill their product managers so they have a common approach and philosophy for their specific business. We provide a rundown of the pros and cons of existing options, and give you our own distinctive program which meets those goals, and more.

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