Strategy has long been the domain of careful deliberation based on a maximum amount of information – designed as a thoughtful multi stakeholder process. But that model may no longer fit our volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous times. As strategy is becoming more fluid — more like software that needs constant upgrading. Here’s how you can leverage Agile to make your strategy, well, Agile.
What’s productivity? Is it releasing more code? Doesn’t look like so. The more code you produce, the worse. What you should produce is features. That would be programmer productivity but not necessarily the best thing to do, it is the production of the right features that matters. Given that we are handed the right features, how can we measure productivity? Here’s a technique you can try.
You hear a lot in Agile circles these days about the declining need for managers. We may not need the managers of yesterday, but make no mistake; we certainly need the leaders of tomorrow. But what sort? How about looking at some great leadership role models outside the business community that we can look to for inspiration. Here are a few.
How about running a Retrospective about how people on your team are feeling? About their emotions. In a visual way. The outcome of the exercise is particularly interesting in that each team member identifies with an image (in some cases the same image or expression) for various reasons and spawned a lot of good discussion and laughter. Read on.
There are product managers that don’t make any decisions and escalate everything to their manager, there are product managers who call a meeting every time a decision needs to be made, and then there is a third way, which is essentially a product manager doing their job. Here’s a look at what makes a great product manager by looking at the people behind some great products.
There are many things that go wrong during the most talked about 15-minute event, the daily Scrum. How do you work with people working from home? Dial in? How about when there’s clear lack of transparency? Here are a few most common problems during a Daily Scrum and how to potentially address them.
Are there any case studies of companies adopting Agile Marketing? Quite a few. Here are a few companies that are practicing Agile Marketing. Companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Adobe. Expedia and others. Have a look.
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How to Make Your Strategy More Agile?
Strategy has long been the domain of careful deliberation based on a maximum amount of information – designed as a thoughtful multi stakeholder process. But that model may no longer fit our volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous times. As strategy is becoming more fluid — more like software that needs constant upgrading. Here’s how you can leverage Agile to make your strategy, well, Agile.
https://hbr.org/2016
How to Improve Productivity?
What’s productivity? Is it releasing more code? Doesn’t look like so. The more code you produce, the worse. What you should produce is features. That would be programmer productivity but not necessarily the best thing to do, it is the production of the right features that matters. Given that we are handed the right features, how can we measure productivity? Here’s a technique you can try.
blog.crisp.se
What’s Your Leader Persona?
You hear a lot in Agile circles these days about the declining need for managers. We may not need the managers of yesterday, but make no mistake; we certainly need the leaders of tomorrow. But what sort? How about looking at some great leadership role models outside the business community that we can look to for inspiration. Here are a few.
dzone.com/articles
Pirates of the Caribbean Retrospective
How about running a Retrospective about how people on your team are feeling? About their emotions. In a visual way. The outcome of the exercise is particularly interesting in that each team member identifies with an image (in some cases the same image or expression) for various reasons and spawned a lot of good discussion and laughter. Read on.
www.benlinders.com
Meet the People Behind Great Products
There are product managers that don’t make any decisions and escalate everything to their manager, there are product managers who call a meeting every time a decision needs to be made, and then there is a third way, which is essentially a product manager doing their job. Here’s a look at what makes a great product manager by looking at the people behind some great products.
www.mindtheproduct.com
The Drama of the Daily Scrum
There are many things that go wrong during the most talked about 15-minute event, the daily Scrum. How do you work with people working from home? Dial in? How about when there’s clear lack of transparency? Here are a few most common problems during a Daily Scrum and how to potentially address them.
dzone.com/articles
Case Studies in Agile Marketing
Are there any case studies of companies adopting Agile Marketing? Quite a few. Here are a few companies that are practicing Agile Marketing. Companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Adobe. Expedia and others. Have a look.
www.agilemarketing.net
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