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.
đĄâď¸đ The Status of Agile as a Platform and Navigating Agile Career Pivots (Guest Episode on Jonathan Stark's Ditching Hourly Podcast)
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Whatâs the future of Agile? Agility? Agile as a career choice? Yesterday, I joined Jonathan Stark on his podcast Ditching Hourly to discuss the current state of Agile as a platform, how it has evolved over the years, and what practitioners should consider as the platform matures. Jonathan primarily focuses on advice for freelancers/consultants on ditching hourly billing through positioning, productized services, and pricing advice. If, like me, youâre a freelancer/solopreneur agile practitioner (or are considering becoming one), Iâm sure youâll find Jonathanâs materials interesting. (I do.) He recently published a series on Platform Specialization, which I thought was very relevant to the Agile space. One very interesting part of the conversation was how to apply Jonathanâs advice (e.g., the Why conversation) if youâre an internal or employee agile practitioner trying to survive or thrive by moving from agile theater toward a more outcome-oriented, evidence-informed positioning. What are YOU doing about whatâs recently happening in the Agile space? âRead The Status of Agile as a Platform and Navigating Agile Career Pivots On Your Browserâ â Yours, |
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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.
"Instead of Portfolio Management - Just Create Product Teams" - Have you heard that before, Reader? While I understand the angst against Portfolio Management Theater as a solution to Agile Theater... And while I agree wholeheartedly that the north star is to descale by reorganizing around value I find reality a bit more nuanced....Most leaders I encounter can't "just create product teams" their way out of decades of complex products and systems. None of them are Jeff Bezos - they don't have...
Product development concepts come in handy every time you're developing something. Whether that thing is software, product, or even a point of view. The first sentence in this email is a point of view (POV). I want this point of view to be effective - I want people to understand what I mean, be intrigued by it, take action, and hopefully see me as a thought leader / expert in this space that they'll want to follow / listen to more. It took me a while to develop this point of view. To carve a...
Context is King Youâve probably encountered this term in the context of AI. You wonât get far with AI, even with amazing prompting techniques, if AI doesnât have the right context. Many people focus on the Data aspect of context â whatâs in our CRM, in our collaboration tools, in our ERP, in any of our vertical systems. Another interesting aspect is the intent â what are we trying to achieve? What is our strategy? What problems are we focused on? Who are the players? Some of that information...