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Be the Eagle and Not the Duck! Which are you? The eagle or the duck? You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

7 Tips To Scale Without Embracing an Overly Complicated Framework Focus on continual improvement Limit work in progress One large demo / review Synchronize short iterations One product backlog with one goal Align on outcomes not output Form truly autonomous teams You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

Building Trust Around Customer Requests Handling customer requests is not always easy. Who takes charge of them? Who gets to make the decisions? And how do you say no when it matters? It all starts with the right attitude and a clear plan. Here’s a good way to approach it. You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

How Might We Fix Product Management and Close the Skills Gap “During the pandemic, many companies experienced a surge in demand for digital services and products, leading to rapid hiring sprees. With expectations of continued growth, they expanded teams across every aspect of the product, anticipating long-term demand. Features that would have once undergone thorough discovery, prioritization, and sizing were now being churned out at breakneck speed. Product managers, who once prioritized delivering cohesive user experiences, have increasingly become mere managers of feature factories, losing sight of the broader vision. This shift has come at a significant cost, resulting in a substantial skills gap in product management due to the diminished emphasis on developing core product development skills. You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

Complex Solutions Lead To Complex Problems Humans make around 35,000 decisions daily. Help them reduce the number and capitalize on it. You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

Product Management Frameworks - Tools Not Solutions Frameworks seem to get a lot of hate in the Product Management/Development discourse. Whether it’s JTBD, SWOT, Agile/Scrum, SAFe, or whatever, these structured methodologies often bear the brunt of blame when projects go off the rails. But is it really the framework’s fault, or is there something else going on? You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

How Value Stream Management Transforms Project Managers and Agile Experts You’re leading a team of talented developers, creating features day in and day out. Yet, the outcomes are unclear. Customer satisfaction is stagnant, tech debt is piling up, and your team feels like they’re spinning their wheels in a never-ending cycle. If you’ve been here before, you’ve experienced the grind of being a “feature factory.” But what if there was a way to shift from simply delivering features to delivering meaningful value consistently? Enter Value Stream Management (VSM), a game changer for project managers and agile experts. VSM is more than a buzzword. It’s a transformative approach that can completely change the way you and your team operate. By focusing on delivering real value and improving how work flows through your organization, it allows you to prioritize what truly matters: customer outcomes and business results. But before we dive deeper into how VSM can transform your work, let’s explore the triggers that make it essential. You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

Why are product managers still using agile? Ah, Agile — the buzzword that just won’t quit. It’s been the darling of software development for years, promising flexibility, speed, and a better way to build products. But here’s a cheeky thought…why are product managers still using Agile? Don’t get me wrong, agility is essential. But sometimes, it feels like we’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, especially when it comes to product management. We continue to attempt to fit a delivery focused methodology into outcome-based work… and we seem to never learn our lesson. The limitations for Agile are prevalent for discovery, an overlooked part of product management for many years. How does agile help to support a workstream that is primarily focused on research? Can it? You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

How to Give Feedback to High Performers on Your Team No one is perfect and that applies to high performers on your team too. They may be doing excellent work or exceeding your expectations, but that doesn’t make them flawless or leave them with no room for improvement or areas of growth. You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad

How Senior Product Managers Think Differently In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of product management, the role of a senior product manager stands out owing to the exceptional combination of talents, perspectives, and strategic thinking that they bring to the table. Senior product managers take a different approach to their position than their junior colleagues do, as they are frequently faced with a large array of responsibilities. They have mastered the capacity to maintain a balance between thinking about the large picture and thinking about minute details, deliberate product direction while managing cross-functional teams, and link product decisions with the outcomes of business operations. You can listen to this Daily Standup as well as many other AgileDad episodes of The Daily Standup where ever you listen to your favorite podcasts. #agiledad