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A Tale of Agile Portfolio and Product Management – Two Critical Capabilities

Accenture

Organizations thrive – or perish – on the strength of their products and services. Ironically, few companies have developed the portfolio and product management capabilities required to build products and services that customers actually want, use and love, leaving incumbents vulnerable to disruption.

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Boost Team Flow with this Adjacent Disciplines Exercise

Accenture

Organizations are now looking past team lunches and formal recognition programs to meaningful, forward-looking incentives. One of the most intriguing and effective activities you can do with your teams to support their growth is to explore adjacent disciplines. The bottom line: your team is only as strong as its weakest link.

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5 Habits of Successful Women in Tech

Robots and Pencils

Gender differences in communication, negotiation, and leadership are real, and as a woman in a male-dominated field, it’ll fall to you to educate your team members on what you need. Melissa McKrell, Senior Product Owner If you are uncomfortable advocating for yourself, find the style and thoughts that resonate with you.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Whole Team. The Hole Team. Modern software development takes a lot of skills.

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What, Exactly, Is Agile Management?

The Agile Manager

Engineers have long had a poor relationship with managers. There are the stories long told of engineers unconstrained by management executing high stakes skunkworks projects, or more modestly using guerilla tactics to sneak unauthorized features into products that delight users. This all seems different in Agile.

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Forget Methodologies, Focus on Customers

Modus Create

So let’s dive into some old and new methodologies that companies use to implement, develop and balance the three pillars. Each methodology has strengths and weaknesses, and since implementations can vary widely, it’s useful to understand how and when to apply elements of each.

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Improve your Product Management with Ellen Gottesdiener

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

How do we improve in the area of product management? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Ellen Gottesdiener, President of EBG Consulting, discuss ways companies can better oversee the development and lifecycle of a product in its entirety. A working definition of product management (1:15).