A few weeks ago, we completed a survey asking our readers asking them what are their top ten tips for new Product Owners. Below is a link to an eBook we created summarizing these results and sharing some of our guidance. Enjoy! Top 10 Tips for New Product Owners (PDF) ...
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How do you cope with the weak Product Owner? You don't - find a new Product Owner (PO) or stop using Scrum. Scrum is based on the idea that an empowered, knowledgable business leader is setting direction for the product (or service) under development. When that person does not exist, ...
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A coaching dojo is a safe place to improve three important skills for an Agile Coach - observing, listening and questioning. The goals of a coaching dojo are to offer opportunities to practice listening without judgment, gather information more effectively and ask different kinds of questions to understand the real ...
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Pivot is one of those words that some Agile people like to throw around to sound hip and cool, but often use incorrectly. I have observed in many conversations where people use the word "pivot", they tend to mean any type of course correction in product strategy (hey...I've been guilty of ...
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At Agile Portugal, I heard Emily Bache (@emilybache) give an inspiring keynote address on the importance of coding dojos to advance the art of programmers and testers. Emily, much like myself, is a strong proponent of test-driven development (TDD), but recognizes that while TDD is easy to explain, it is very hard ...
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We’re currently supporting a startup client who plans to launch the first GA version of their product in 60 days. While everyone continues to work hard toward a successful release, they lack a comprehensive launch plan, which led to this post about the strategy and tactics of planning a launch. ...
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... what would it be? There is a really insightful thread on the Certified Product Owner LinkedIn group from last week. I thought it would be beneficial to capture the best response and share the excellent wisdom from experienced Product Owners all over the world. Involve your stakeholders. Be transparent towards your ...
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A while back, I made the claim in one of the Agile LinkedIn groups that writing use cases was one aspect of being a professional software developer. That naturally received a bunch of push back from people who felt use cases were too heavyweight. Many people claimed user stories are more than ...
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Thanks to everyone who attended last week's webinar. I appreciated all the great questions. The slides are now available as well as Excel templates below. Basic Template - Excel Expanded Template - Excel Advanced Template - Excel I will also post the questions and answers from the webinar. I plan ...
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Blog Editor's Note: This post originally appeared in late 2008 when we were Enthiosys. I'm very interested in whether anyone else agrees that the list still resonates. Enjoy. Originally Published October 20, 2008 Here at Enthiosys [now Applied Frameworks] we spend a lot of time helping Product Managers become Agile. ...
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