Are You Struggling to Scale Your Organization ? Need agility but dubious of process BS/dogma? I share reflective, pragmatic, principled takes on how to approach scaling your organization leveraging the essence (rather than theater) of product operating models, agile practices and frameworks, and business operating systems such as EOS and OKRs.
How To Choose An Owner For a Cross-Organization Initiative
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Reader Kevin had this question about Cross-Product Initiative Ownership: That is a good question that often comes up in the trenches when I'm helping organizations apply product-oriented agile thinking to cross-organization initiatives. Here's how I think about it: Initiative Ownership is about the Why and the What more than the How. Ask yourself - who is the best person to:
Want a shortcut? Cross-product initiatives often have a "lead" organization closest to the outcomes we're trying to unlock. The Initiative Owner often comes from that organization. Even if other teams have more work to enable/deliver the desired outcomes. Yours, Yuval PS I've spent quite a bit of time in recent months training and coaching Initiative/Epic Owners on moving from project/delivery focus to product and evidence-based thinking. Let me know if you're interested to learn more about what that looks like. |
Scaling w/ Agility
Are You Struggling to Scale Your Organization ? Need agility but dubious of process BS/dogma? I share reflective, pragmatic, principled takes on how to approach scaling your organization leveraging the essence (rather than theater) of product operating models, agile practices and frameworks, and business operating systems such as EOS and OKRs.
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