Projects in a Product Operating Model World
Projects get treated as second-class in a product operating model until a cross-product initiative shows up. How to run them without reverting to waterfall.
Tag: for-pmo-leaders
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Company as a Product
Jason Fried, Dharmesh Shah, and other founders on treating the organization as a product: discovered and improved with the same discipline as what you sell.
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Lazy Engineers Love The Product Operating Model
Why the best engineers push for a product operating model: autonomy, clear ownership, and the end of endless coordination overhead.
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"OKRs S&%k": Scaling Founder Mode by Fixing OKRs
When scaleup leaders say OKRs are broken but can't find anything better, the problem is usually misapplication. Fixing OKRs is how founder mode scales.
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Lean Portfolio Management and OKRs (Podcast)
Lean Portfolio Management and OKRs together: how strategic objectives connect to portfolio investment decisions, and what makes OKRs useful at that level.
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Should SAFe Strategic Themes Have Key Results?
SAFe Strategic Themes are not OKRs, and treating them like OKRs creates confusion. When to use gradable Key Results vs directional strategic themes in SAFe.