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Weekend Reading – Game Over, Scrum?
"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." – Misquote attributed to Mark Twain Dear all, I was recently asked to keynote at two corporate Agile gatherings. Obviously, I feel very honored. But what new do I tell a gathering of Scrum Masters, POs,...
Weekend Reading – Roadmaps are not Plans
“The issue is that anytime you put a list of ideas on a document entitled ‘roadmap,’ no matter how many disclaimers you put on it, people across the company will interpret the items as a commitment.” — Marty Cagan Dear all In the few decades that I have worked...
Weekend Reading – The Benefits of Product-Oriented IT (Redux)
“Good companies manage Engineering. Great companies manage Product.” – Thomas Schranz, Co-Founder & CEO at Blossom Dear all, Last week I wrote about fighting application bloat and scope creep in (especially) IT applications. In doing so, I suggested it to...
Weekend Reading – Fight Application Bloat
“There is no such thing as scope creep, only scope gallop.” – Cornelius Fichtner, Project Management Trainer & Author Dear all Last week we kicked off yet another project to re-base an IT application where maintenance and development costs keep increasing,...
Weekend Reading – Bridging the Decision-Making Gap
“Life is filled with difficult decisions, and winners are those who make them.” – Dan Brown, American Author Dear all A survey conducted by Boston Consulting and recently reported by the Media Pioneer news portal revealed that 90% of executives in Germany tend...
Weekend Reading – Will Product Marketing Replace Product Management
„You can’t sell anything if you can’t tell anything.” — Beth Comstock, Former CMO & Vice Chair, GE Dear all Likely unnoticed by most in Europe, AirBnB co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky recently announced that AirBnB was scaling back Product Management and...
Weekend Reading – Products & Pizzas
“Roadmaps are evidence of strategy. Not a list of features.” – Steve Johnson, Product Management Thought Leader Dear all When I first came to the US as a student, I was confused by how you ordered your pizza. Choose the size and sauce, and add some toppings of...
Weekend Reading – A Corporate Operating System: Part 3 – OKRs
“Andy Grove, … told me something that I’ve never forgotten: John, it almost doesn’t matter what you know. It’s execution that’s everything.” – John Doerr, Venture Capitalist Dear all A while ago I started to share my ideas about a "corporate operating system,"...
Weekend Reading – There’s an AI for That
“If we do it right, we might be able to evolve a form of work that taps into our uniquely human capabilities and restores our humanity. The ultimate paradox is that this technology may become a powerful catalyst that we need to reclaim our humanity.” – John Hagel,...
Weekend Reading – There are no Optimal Decisions
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt Dear all, Due to the long sunny weekend, WR is a bit delayed this week… Last week one of...
Weekend Reading – Elements of a Corporate Operating System
“Operating systems are like underwear — nobody really wants to look at them.” – Bill Joy, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems Dear all, A while ago, I introduced my thoughts about the elements of a “corporate operating system” as the enablers of success and resilience in...
Weekend Reading – Products & Innovations: More Leadership – Less Process
“Good process serves you so you can serve customers. But if you’re not watchful, the process can become the thing. This can happen very easily in large organizations.” – Jeff Bezos Dear all, It could be just the AIs powering my media feeds getting the wrong...
Weekend Reading – A Time to Scale
Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.” – George Box, Statistician Dear all, fostered by a rainy May Day, this WR has become a much longer post than intended. If it feels tl;dr, just skip down to the reads. What we do – mostly – at...
Weekend Reading – Results Require Focus and Dedication
"A study at the University of London found that participants who multitasked during cognitive tasks experienced IQ score declines that were similar to what they’d expect if they had smoked marijuana ...” — Forbes Magazine Dear all over the last weeks, a...
Weekend Reading – The Benefits of Product-Based IT
“Organizations that manage IT delivery as projects instead of products are using managerial principles from two ages ago and cannot expect those approaches to be adequate for succeeding in this one. Visionary organizations are creating and managing their Value Stream...
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