The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has become the most widely adopted scaling framework. SAFe claims that the framework is used in 70% of the Top 100 companies in the Fortune 500. An overview of SAFe can be found here. SAFe leverages many established methods like Lean, Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking, and WSJF. The SAFe delivery…
In Scrum, every artifact (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Product Increment) is intended to provide a focal point against which progress can be measured. The Scrum Guide tells us that just as everything in a Sprint Backlog should be contributing to a Sprint Goal, so everything in the Product Backlog should be supporting a Product Goal….
One of the most fundamental shifts when scaling agile delivery beyond single teams is transforming the way work gets done. This shift involves transitioning from temporary, project-based teams to a delivery model designed around product-oriented value streams that provide a pipeline of continuous value delivery to customers. A product-oriented operating model is a way of…
In a world where markets are increasingly unpredictable and subject to sudden disruption, companies need to be able to quickly shift resources among business units, products and individual initiatives. Portfolio Management is about ensuring that business resources are optimally invested to achieve the best possible business outcomes. The ability to quickly adapt is a key…
From Product Vision to Product Backlog Product Roadmaps are another potentially valuable tool for Product Owners and Product Managers. A roadmap communicates a plan or strategy for how the product will be evolved via a series of intermediate goals and milestones towards the Product Vision. These goals and milestones can be captured on a roadmap…
Agile delivery, using frameworks like Scrum, starts with defining a Product Vision (called the Product Goal in Scrum). A Product Vision describes a future state of the product, and serves as a target for a Delivery Team to plan against. The Product Vision must then be elaborated into a Product Backlog – a prioritized list…
Example: Tesla Company Vision (What we want to accomplish over the long term): “to create the most compelling car company of the 21st century by driving the world’s transition to electric vehicles.” Product Vision (What problem we want to solve for customers – Tesla Model 3): Bring sustainable transportation to the masses. Product Strategy (What is needed…
The latest version of the Scrum Guide introduces something called the Product Goal: The Product Goal describes a future state of the product which can serve as a target for the Scrum Team to plan against. The Product Goal is (reflected) in the Product Backlog. The rest of the Product Backlog emerges to define “what”…