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

Collaboration Frameworks for Product Owners & Agile Coaches

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-05-11T12:35:09-04:00May 10th, 2021|Frameworks|

Looking to change up your Retrospective so that it is not so boring? Need a way to engage with your stakeholders so that the HiPPOs don't always dominate? Well, today you are in luck...

How to Build a Customer Journey Map

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-05-04T13:43:42-04:00May 3rd, 2021|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.

Examples of Scrum Case Studies

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-04-13T10:50:48-04:00April 13th, 2021|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.

Product Owners vs Product Managers: How to Spot the Difference

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-03-12T09:44:55-05:00March 11th, 2021|Product|

What's the difference between Product Owners and product managers? Because we offer certified training for both roles, and we consult with organizations that use many development frameworks, we get this question all the time.

Maximizing Software Product Profitability

By Carlton Nettleton|2021-03-10T05:36:37-05:00March 9th, 2021|Frameworks, Product|

While there are many great resources for understanding and documenting a business model, few give deep insight on maximizing software product profitability.

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.

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.