Agile Product Operating Model

Operations Teams / Value Streams and the Agile PRoduct Operating Model

Product Operating Model and Shared Services / Business Operations Teams

While the Product Operating Model focuses on developing new Products, it has implications and potential benefits for the teams operating the business and supporting these products. (These work in the Operational Value Stream, as defined in SAFe.) Improving the Interface between Product Development and Business Operations The handoff point between development and operations is a common …

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It’s all in the Name

Shifting from projects/solutions to a product/outcomes mindset is hard. And the Names we use for our Epics / Features / Stories make it even harder. Too often than not, those names are a relic of the original ask, which is typically of the “build it and they will come” nature. Even as we work on …

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“Transformed”. Yet still the same. An All To Familiar Agile Story

Picture BuzzCorp (Many of you won’t have to use too much imagination). They’ve invested significant efforts in developing software and products in an agile manner. They formed agile teams (but a deeper look shows those are the existing component/functional teams using agile methods) They manage Features/Stories in JIRA/ADO (but those are the functional slices that …

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Product Leader works on the Product Org Using Product Approach Sketch

How Product Leaders Can Apply Product Thinking to Their Organization

“PMs work on the π—½π—Ώπ—Όπ—±π˜‚π—°π˜. Product leaders work on the π—½π—Ώπ—Όπ—±π˜‚π—°π˜ 𝗼𝗿𝗴.” – Ed Biden Let’s take it one step further. Product Leaders should work on the Product Organization using a Product Approach. Successful Product Leaders I worked with applied their Product chops to working on their Org. They Hypothesize, Experiment, Keep options open, Inspect …

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Applying Agility to Cross Product Initiatives in a Product Operating Model world

Tackling Projects in a Product Operating Model World – Aka Herding Wildcats Down Waterfalls

Projects and initiatives are second-grade citizens in a Product Operating Model world. The organization worked hard to organize around products, creating empowered product teams, each with its product manager/owner focused on a product goal that hopefully aligns with the organization’s larger strategy. At scale, you might have Product Groups and even Product Portfolios, each empowered …

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