Mislead obsessions

A company obsessed with its processes and roles will lose its obsession with its products and customers.

Thanks to Johny for this video.

Video: St. Anton 2015 Week 5

Thanks to Johny for this video.

Photos: St. Anton 2014/15

The skiing season has begun rather badly with the absence of snow everywhere. But now it is beginning to look a lot better. Pictures are here.

The product owner for the rest of us

Every team whose demand and task stack is open to multiple sources wishes for someone to prioritize and decide which tasks would create the biggest business value at this point in time. Having only one person who knows it all and who prioritizes all demands and tasks? Who wouldn’t want that for his or her … Weiterlesen The product owner for the rest of us →

The anti-patterns for an agile organization

On November 5 there will be the 2nd Agile Leadership Day here in Zurich which will be another excellent chance for senior management and others to learn about the agile movement and the benefits that agile brings. I recently came across an organization who had declared „Mission accomplished“ for becoming agile. I found – let’s say – a few anti-patterns why that was far from the case.

The leadership for products

At the Product Management Festival 2014, the expert panel consisting of Rich Mironov, Jeff Lash, Michael Eckhard, and Teresa Torres shortly discussed about the best title and definition for a product manager. Teresa was quick to state that it is not the name that's important but what product managers do. In my opinion, a product manager needs a certain mindset to be successful.

The slaves in a Scrum team

To make a project successful, it needs someone providing the vision, goals, and leadership, a role overseeing the constraints like tasks, budget, and time, as well as someone ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources in order to produce the desired quality. These roles need titles. Using the right or wrong words can have a great effect on people. There are lots of words that intrigue me why people are using them and whether they understand what they actually mean.

The guardrails for a successful day

Last June, I almost burned out, again. I noticed how my brain tried to juggle too many tasks of different topics at the same time. And then, it felt like my brain shut down. After that terrifying experience, I found my personal guardrails that will ensure my personal well-being

Autor: Olav