Tackling Schedule Risk in Product Delivery

What is it like to fly in a fog without any telemetry? Have you felt that way as a product leader when dealing with delivery schedules? Have you wondered why even after five decades of software development as a discipline,…

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OKRs at FlixBus | Case Study

As one of EuropeÕs largest mobility providers, FlixBus moves millions of people across the continent every business quarter. Over the past five years the company has demonstrated strong international growth.

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Enter the Nexus: Ken Schwaber on scaling scrum and the future of agile

Ken Schwaber is best known as the co-creator of scrum, founder of The Scrum Alliance, and head of Scrum.org. As president of Advanced Development Methods (ADM), a consultancy that helps organizations improve software development practices, he has been quietly working…

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To Build an Agile Team, Commit to Organizational Stability

WeÕre often told that to cope with sudden and dramatic change, companies need to be agile and resilient. ThatÕs never been more true than today, as we try to respond to the changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. But…

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Product Management: 5 Lessons Learned While Working with Engineers

It went by so quickly, but itÕs already been 10 years since I started working closely with software engineers (the last 3 years as a Product Manager), and itÕs hard to disagree with Marty Cagan says above. LetÕs say you…

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The power of grooming sessions

If you are looking to immediately improve the effectiveness of your team, I highly suggest analyzing how you are conducting your grooming sessions. As a product manager, I have a love/hate relationship with them. Grooming sessions can generate very painful…

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There’s no such thing as a Commercial Product Manager

In the past year there has been an increasing number of companies talking about Commercial PMs Ñ I believe there is no such thing as a Commercial PM, or at least there shouldnÕt be.

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Characteristics of Autonomous Product Teams

Weekly ProductFix newsletter. Article focused on the characteristics that define them, including: Cross-Functional, Long-Lived, and Outcome Driven.

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Practical Guide for Product Management Interview Prep

There are a lot of fantastic articles on how to prep for Product Management interviews. Here is my version of a Practical Guide to the process. It is mainly based on my experience in giving 50+ Interviews and preparing for…

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