Applied Frameworks SVP Businesses Development, Laura Caldie, and Director, Client Delivery, Bob Ternes, explore sustainable profitability and how the sales team plays a vital role in your organization's path to profitability.
Are you a product manager and wondering "How can I increase profit?" Well first. It's important to ask, "What is profit?" It's the net income that results from revenue minus expenses such as salaries, product costs, and sales and marketing. It fuels sustainable business. So, why do product managers fail to maximize or increase profit? One of the root causes is that product managers often fail to recognize and leverage the unique characteristics of software. To help you increase profit, I’m going to share 10 ways software differs from other kinds of offerings, notably physical goods. Understanding these differences is fundamental to creating pricing and licensing strategies that maximize profit.
Applied Frameworks SAFe Practice Lead Phil Gardiner (SPCT) is joined by SPC Rachele Maurer for an in-depth discussion that takes you beyond the classroom and into practice exploring how to be an SPC...COACH!
Define your definition of ready for PI Planning by asking the right questions. At a high level, the Definition of Ready is criteria that an Agile Team or a SAFe® Agile Release Train (ART) can use to know they are prepared to start planning, working, deploying or releasing. It’s an agreement among all parties involved. It illuminates misalignment around priorities, confusion, wasted time and incomplete commitments.
Webinar: Applied Frameworks Joel Bancroft-Connors (CST) is joined by Rachele Maurer (SPC) for an in-depth discussion that takes a look at Interacting with Scrum Teams from a business Stakeholders Perspective.
Applied Frameworks SAFe Practice Lead Phil Gardiner (SPCT) is joined by SPCT Candidate Travis Moorer for an in-depth discussion that takes you beyond the classroom and into practice.
A vital part of a Scrum Team’s success has historically come from continuous, in-person communication and collaboration of its members. Before March 2020, when the US first shuttered its storefronts as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in America, this level of interaction was so integrated into our workspaces that continuous, in-person communication and collaboration was a non-issue. Group work, pop-up huddles, and Scrums were effortless for the majority of collocated teams. Once more than half of the workforce in the US began working from home, those effortless moments of Scrum teamwork became a challenge.
Symptoms of ineffective Scrum are often misleading or hard to see — or understate the scale of the problem. This article explores why.
Now is the time to recession-proof your business model! Based on the popular blog series; Recession-Proof Your Profit, learn about Term Renewal Acceleration, Customer Segmentation combined with Term Renewal Segmentation, and more!
If you are an SPC or someone considering hiring one, join one of Scaled Agile, Inc.'s SAFe Fellows, Harry Koehnemann, and Applied Frameworks Phil Gardiner for an in-depth look at the journey of an SPC. We will explore the responsibilities, skills, experience, and attributes of an SPC and share tips on how to continue learning and growing after taking the Implementing SAFe course and passing the exam.