Building the Right Product vs Building the Product Right
In his book “Specification by Example – How successful teams deliver the right software”, Gojko Adzic had some interesting quotes about building the right product.
In his book “Specification by Example – How successful teams deliver the right software”, Gojko Adzic had some interesting quotes about building the right product.
How do you manage the inevitable tension between what stakeholders want, what is needed, and what’s feasible? As Product Managers or Product Owners, we constantly navigate this ‘Triangle of Tension,’ balancing human dynamics with practical constraints.
While many Scrum teams talk proudly about progress, fewer engage in rich discussions about product. Many teams who become more confident in progress, or getting work done, often embrace the more ambiguous question of product, or “Are we meeting the needs of our customers”, with some customers buying, by paying for subscriptions, and others buying in, by showing (and glowing about) their use of the system.
This presentation to provides a framework with which Agile teams can assess their product context, grow confidence in the insight they have developed, and decide on their next best option to deliver customer value. This is the pattern to follow to help break out of the ‘Product Confidence Trap’.
Product metrics and key performance indicator(KPIs) have been getting increasingly more important and useful for Agile organizations that develop digital products. When done right, they can become an engine for product growth and inform great strategic and tactical decisions. When done wrong, they can lead to a huge amount of sunk resources and wasted time.
This presentation offers tips to successfully apply the product owner role. It distinguishes different product owner flavors, explains hope the Scrum product owner role differs from the SAFe one, and how product ownership can be scaled.
Every Product Owner is different. Every Product Owner needs to work out what is right the right way for them to fill the Product Owner role. Every organization is different. Every team is different, and every individual is different.
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