Putting the book aside
One of my involvements in a product development taught me a lot. I recently had time to look back and reflect; I looked at what we’ve done and what were…
Toxic or True Leadership
I came across this article about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter and transition of leadership and got me thinking about all incredibly impressive things built by entrepreneurs! This was a…
Development team, Roles and Responsibilities
I’ve recently come across a post that best described development teams, their roles and responsibilities. One of the words that has changes in the Scrum guide is development team. Also…
Myths and Facts of Product Ownership
Average cost for a team of 6-8 people is around $56,000 per week! It only makes sense to ask ourselves what we are getting, or building, on weekly basis! In…
All about Scrum Guide 2020
The Scrum Guide 2020 is out! The guide is less prescriptive on how to do certain things with more emphasis on accountability, commitment and self management. Self-management over self-organisation could…
Lead Through Influence as a PM
If you look long enough at effective product managers in organisations, you can see a trend among all PMs that are very influential. A lot of people know they have…
Agile Coaching
Agile organisation, the journey and transformation has been the conversation among many people in the recent years. Many organisations like to be agile, many think they are agile but they…
Past, Present and Future of BA
This was a very informative session elaborating on the role of BAs in the past, how it is now, and how it will look like in the future. In addition…
Being Ford and Jobs, or giving what they ask for?
I was part of a start-up once where I constantly heard from the founder quoting Henry Ford. And at the same time hearing “listen to your customers, give them what…
IoT – the what, why and how of the Internet of Things
Very interesting conversation by Nam Nguyen from InFyra. It was fascinating to learn [most] organisations use only 5% of the data they collect. Now with accessibility Endpoints (smart devices, wearables,…