Stakeholder Management Is Not What You Think
For many product managers and product leaders, stakeholder management is probably the least favorite part of their job. But, you have been managing the wrong stakeholders. Did you pay attention...
February 23, 2020
Evaluating a Market Opportunity
Is it worth that idea I just had? Evaluating a market opportunity is one of the first things you must do to assess the viability of a product or service....
February 23, 2020
Top Three Challenges for Modern Product Managers
En este artículo revisamos los desafíos del product manager.El rol del product manager es uno de los más complejos de las empresas de producto digital. Es la persona responsable de...
February 12, 2020
Continuous Discovery
With the change of the decade we move from the era of Continuous Delivery to the era of Continuous Discovery. We are talking about the continuous discovery of the strategy, the product, new...
February 3, 2020
Kanban Book
Get started with Kanban at team level with our Kanban book! The adoption of Kanban as an approach for improving software development and other IT work processes has been increasing...
February 3, 2020
Improving Scrum with Kanban
In our experience as a consultants, we have met teams who do Kanban, teams who do Scrum, but it is rare the case of teams combining both approaches. You can...
February 2, 2020
Kanban Practices
In this article we explain in detail the six practices of Kanban. The Kanban Practices The Kanban method is based on six basic practices to create an emerging set of...
January 26, 2020
Principles of Kanban
In this article we explain in detail the principles of Kanban. Kanban is a method to manage and improve work processes. The word kanban is originally from Japanese and means...
January 26, 2020
Benefits of Kanban
If you are reading this article I guess it must be because you are considering getting started with Kanban and want to know what the benefits of Kanban are. To...
January 25, 2020
Getting Started with Kanban
In this article we offer you the six steps to getting started with Kanban and improve your work processes. The Kanban method (or just Kanban) is the method used to...
January 24, 2020
Product Metrics
Having the right set of product metrics is key to tracking and improving product performance and driving growth. However, there is a myriad of metrics product teams could be tracking...
January 15, 2020
Impact Mapping for Product Teams
Impact Mapping for Product Teams is a technique to help you improve your product discovery process or your product performance. The Holy Grail of product development is to really find...
January 10, 2020
Dual-Track Agile
Dual-track Agile is the name that has recently been given to the way digital product teams organize to manage discovery and delivery work. Dual-track agile is just a fancy name...
January 7, 2020
Kanban System Design
In this article we explain the detailed step by step process of Kanban System Design, so you can design the Kanban System to start improving service delivery agility. This is...
December 23, 2019
Upstream Kanban
You have probably heard the concept of Upstream Kanban and wonder what it is. Or some Kanban specialist told you that the solution to your problems is to implement an...
December 20, 2019
Kanban System
A Kanban System is a delivery flow system that controls the amount of work in progress using visual signals. The visual signals are known as kanbans. They regulate the amount...
December 16, 2019
Product-Market Fit Traps
When people talk about Product-Market Fit they focus strictly on the product and the market, but Product-Market Fit is much more than that and there are four traps we should...
December 15, 2019
Minimum Viable Product
I have long resisted the temptation to write an article about the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). But there has come a point where I think it is important to explain...
December 14, 2019
OKR – The Ultimate Guide For Executive Leaders
The goal of OKR framework is for every member of the organisation – from the key stakeholders and leaders down to the team members – understand the objectives of the...
October 23, 2019
Lean Analytics
Lean Analytics Lean Startup helps us structure the process of developing a new product or functionality and identify the most risky parts of our business model, and then quickly learn...
September 3, 2019
Prioritization Techniques
Prioritization Techniques One of the issues that most concerns Product Owners and Product Managers is the prioritization of the backlog (or the roadmap) and they ask us for prioritization techniques...
September 2, 2019
Introduction to Lean Product Management
Introduction to Lean Product Management In this introduction to lean product management we explain why a new way of developing products is important, what implications it has and which new...
September 1, 2019
Scrum or Kanban
Scrum or Kanban? That is the question. In recent years Kanban has been gaining market share as an alternative to Scrum. And many people are wondering whether they should be...
August 28, 2019
STATIK
STATIK (Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban) is a process based on Systems Theory to successfully implement Kanban in an organization. Systems Thinking is a way of understanding how a...
August 26, 2019
Kanban Litmus Test
Kanban Litmus Test is a test designed to help organizations assess their progress with Kanban and suggest areas that may yield effective improvements. It consists of a series of questions,...
August 23, 2019
Kanban Methodology
Kanban Methodology or Kanban Method helps us define, manage and improve services delivering knowledge work, such as professional services, creative industries and the design of physical products and software. The...
August 21, 2019
Kanban Cadences
Kanban Cadences, also known as Kanban Feedback Loops, are an essential part of any process and specially important for evolutionary change. Improving feedback in all areas of the process and...
August 19, 2019
Kanban Metrics
In this article we explore the key Kanban metrics and explain how to use them to improve service delivery performance including practical advice and tips based on our own consulting...
August 15, 2019
Discovery Kanban
Tired of endless discussions on how to integrate UX, Design or Research with Scrum or any other Agile Software Development methodology? Discovery Kanban is the answer to your concerns. Welcome...
August 10, 2019
Kanban Classes of Service
Kanban Classes of Service (CoS) are nothing but different services together within the same system. Imagine a team servicing different types of customers with different fitness criteria or servicing different...
August 5, 2019
What is Kanban?
If you want to know what is Kanban, in this article we accompany you in an immersion in the Kanban Method or Kanban Methodology. In a previous article we already...
July 16, 2019
Kanban
This article is an introduction to the Kanban Method (or Kanban Methodology) where we explain the origins, its evolution, the benefits it brings and it answers the fundamental questions that...
July 13, 2019
The Fuzzy Front End
The Fuzzy Front End is how we call everything that happens in Product Development before a single line of code is made. Let me explain it with an example from...
June 20, 2019
Estimating in Kanban
Estimating in Kanban is a hot topic. Many people ask us how to estimate projects in Kanban. Well, you don't. Learn how in this post. It is curious how in...
June 20, 2019
Kanban Maturity Assessment
The Kanban Maturity Assessment allows managers and Kanban Coaches or consultants to help the team or service evaluate and understand their progress and level of understanding of principles and practices...
June 20, 2019
Limiting WIP in Kanban
One of the main challenges when adopting Kanban is the limitation of work-in-progress (WIP). No matter the size, industry or age of the company; the concept of limiting WIP in Kanban...
June 20, 2019
Solution Focus Coaching – A Positive Approach to Change
Solution Focus coaching is a positive approach to change that focuses on what can be done rather than focusing on what is wrong. Introduction Some years ago, I was having...
May 28, 2019
Lean Product Roadmap
Lean Product Roadmap A lean product roadmap is not a list of deliverables with dates, a Release Plan or a Product Backlog. A Lean Product Roadmap is a prototype of...
May 25, 2019
Elements of a Product Strategy
Product Strategy Product Strategy, is nothing more than strategy applied to the scope of a product. But what seems so simple is accompanied by two traps that cause frustration and...
May 23, 2019
What is Strategy?
What is Strategy? When a strategy is successful it seems magical, unknown and inexplicable beforehand but obvious in retrospect. But behind every winning strategy there is a deliberate design process...
May 22, 2019
Business Model
The right business model can be the difference between the success or failure of a product. Companies make two common mistakes in the product development process: The creation of a...
May 17, 2019
Product Life Cycle
All products and services, both physical and digital, follow a product life cycle. In our Lean Product Management methodology we insist that it is essential that a Digital Product Manager...
May 16, 2019
Outcome-driven Innovation
Outcome-driven Innovation is a methodology developed by Anthony Ulwick as an evolution of the Jobs-to-be-Done approach from Clayton Christensen. This article is a summary of key parts of the book...
April 30, 2019
Lean Product Management Methodology
Lean Product Management Methodology Lean Product Management methodology is the combination of the traditional product management role with the modern principles and practices of Lean, Lean Startup, Strategy, Innovation and...
April 28, 2019
How to Win – The Six Basic Product Strategy Moves
Why is product strategy important? Product Strategy is important because it is the cornerstone of a successful product. Product Strategy it is not setting goals, writing a 50-page business case...
March 28, 2019
OKR Framework
This article is a summary of the components of the OKR framework. Introduction Objectives and Key Results (OKR) is a very popular framework for strategy deployment which has become famous...
March 28, 2019
OKR Examples
If you are new to OKR framework and you want to define OKRs for first time, it always helps to have some handy OKR examples. I have OKR examples for...
March 27, 2019
OKR Best Practices
OKR framework is not so complicated, what is really complicated is to make it work properly as it requires a change in mindset and changing deeply ingrained organizational structures and...
March 26, 2019
OKR Questions
In this article we answer the most typical OKR questions people ask us. What are OKRs? Objectives and Key Results (OKR) is a framework that addresses both the long-term strategic...
March 22, 2019
Managing Stakeholders
Without a doubt managing stakeholders is a top headache for Product Managers and Product Owners. As a Product Manager you cannot build a product on your own. You need a...
March 3, 2019
The Five Key Mistakes in Product Management
There are five key mistakes most product organizations make which prevent them from achieving their growth goals and leading their market. These failures significantly reduce the probability of delivering products...
March 1, 2019
Hoshin Kanri Planning
The Hoshin Kanri planning process addresses both the long-term strategic direction for the company and the short-term daily management activities. Hoshin Kanri planning systematizes strategic planning and provides a structured...
March 1, 2019
The Agile Promotion Office
The Agile Promotion Office This is an internal consulting and coaching capability with the mission to provide support for the transformation at all levels. This is the role of an...
February 27, 2019
Lean Management
Lean Management in an Agile Transformation The system creates its own behavior. And, it is the responsibility of management to change and improve the system, not to manage people. Announcement...
February 27, 2019
The three mistakes of digital product organizations
According to a recent HBR blog post 72% of all new products don’t meet their revenue targets. We think Digital Product Organizations can do much better than that. Most new products...
February 25, 2019
Hiring Product Owners
Right now, there are more than 400 open job positions for Product Owner only in Spain in LinkedIn, and the figure keeps growing. Hiring Product Owners has become a huge...
February 25, 2019
Continuous Improvement
Reorganizing in value streams will already provide huge benefits to your bottom-line, however that’s just the beginning. Lean is a never ending journey of continuous improvement towards perfection. In my...
February 20, 2019
Lean Startup Summit Berlin 2019
On 11-12 Feb 2019 took place Lean Startup Summit in Berlin. This is the conference revolving around Lean Startup with a clear focus on how to enable innovation in the...
February 13, 2019
Organize around Value Streams
Lean Organization - Value Streams Let's talk about perhaps the most important change you will have to do in your Lean Transformation towards a Lean Organization. To organize around Value...
February 13, 2019
Define Core Values
A Lean Organization requires teamwork, trust, and respect for people, so it is key to articulate your core values at the same time as you define your Lean Strategy. Think...
February 6, 2019
It’s All About People
In a truly continuous improvement environment, the best ideas will always come from the people who do the work. So, transforming the way your people think and act is the...
January 30, 2019
Lead from the Top
Conceptually, shifting from a traditional to a Lean strategy is simple and straightforward. The problem is that it is very hard to do. For Agile to work at the strategic...
January 23, 2019
Writing a book
As you will have probably noticed I'm in the process of writing a book. And, I thought I'd share my experience and learnings so other people can feel inspired and...
January 17, 2019
Lean is the Strategy
Using Lean to turn your company around has a very simple focus. You want to improve all your processes so that you vastly improve the way value is added in...
January 16, 2019
Agile Transformation Principles
The Ten Commandments of Agile In this blog post we introduce you the ten agile transformation principles for a successful Agile journey based on our own experiences. So far, we...
January 9, 2019
What is Lean Product Management?
Wondering what Lean Product Management is? You got to the right place. We have plenty of articles about Lean Product Management and a guide you can download below. Introduction to...
January 8, 2019
Build-Measure-Learn
Build-Measure-Learn cycle was coined by Eric Ries in his book Lean Startup, and like many other concepts from Lean Startup it has been widely misunderstood. But, it is important that...
January 8, 2019
The Bottleneck Is At The Top
As Peter Drucker used to say: “The bottleneck is always at the top of the bottle.” Often times when we start working with our clients they ask us to work with...
January 2, 2019
Product-Market Fit
Product-Market Fit is the most important milestone in the life cycle of a product. It is being in the right market with the right product. It is a key milestone...
January 1, 2019
Six Mistakes in Digital Product Management
Six Mistakes in Digital Product Management Here, you can find a list of key mistakes that cause huge delays in time to market, frustration and a terrible waste of money...
December 23, 2018
Lean Startup
In case you are looking for a definition of Lean Startup and how can it help you as a Product Manager or Product Owner we explain it to you in...
December 21, 2018
Lack of Leadership
People do not like change. And resistance will come from every part of the company, from senior management to the teams. If your Agile adoption is not led by your...
December 20, 2018
Lean Product Management Guide
Lean Product Management GuideWith this Lean Product Management guide you will be able to deliver better products to market faster and enable business growth. Lean Product Management is deeply influenced by...
December 16, 2018
The All Mighty Change Agents
Imagine the following situation. Like many other couples, you have problems in your relationship, and you decide to go to a couple therapist. After listening to your situation and asking...
December 13, 2018
The Evil Managers
In the Agile world many people have tried to kill management, or they regard management as a problem, whilst enforcing the role of Scrum Master or Agile Coach as the...
December 12, 2018
Failure to Innovate
Agile is not Innovation One of the capital sins of Agile is Failure to Innovate. Assuming it will be the solution to all your problems and that Agile alone, regardless...
December 5, 2018
Building the wrong thing right
This is the second capital sin of Agile. Building the wrong thing right. Let me tell you a story ... This was year 2004. As the technical lead of a...
December 3, 2018
The 5-step Guide to Effective Product Roadmaps
If you are a Product Manager, Product Owner, Head of Product or Chief Product Officer you will agree that Product Roadmaps are a nightmare and the source of many of...
December 1, 2018
The Seven Capital Sins of Agile
Over years of experience helping companies develop better digital products, we have come up with the seven key mistakes that prevent companies from benefiting from Agile. Agile works and it...
November 28, 2018
Agile didn’t solve a damn thing – Embrace Lean
Embrace Lean as your Operations Strategy Do you have the feeling that everybody is doing lots of things, super busy, but still the outcomes are below expectations? Is the quality...
November 20, 2018
Lean – Operational Excellence as a Business Strategy
We have all know stories of great ideas dying out of a poor execution. Great business models or products which don’t reach the market on-time, with the quality expected or...
November 20, 2018
Deming’s 14 Points for Lean Management
In 1982, W. Edwards Deming published Out of the Crisis, a key milestone in modern management and still not understood by most of companies nowadays. Deming offers a theory of...
November 16, 2018
The bottleneck is always at the top of the bottle
As Peter Drucker used to say The bottleneck is always at the top of the bottle. Often times when we start working with our clients they ask us to work...
November 16, 2018
Implementing OKRs
Implementing OKRs In our previous posts we talked about avoiding common pitfalls and errors when adopting OKRs and how to get started with OKRs. Now, let's see how to succeed implementing...
November 16, 2018
Lean Product Management
The Value Stream Manager In our last post, we where talking about why a better Product Owner is a Product Manager. But, what do we mean exactly by great Product Management? Great...
November 16, 2018
Get started with OKRs
In our previous post we were talking about common pitfalls and errors when adopting OKRs. Now that you know what you shouldn’t do, let’s take a look at how to...
November 16, 2018
Hoshin Kanri
Hoshin Kanri is the most powerful tool to get everyone on board and aligned behind your company strategy. It is the Lean methodology for strategy deployment and continuous improvement at...
October 12, 2018
Management 3.0: ¿Por qué?
Como diría Jurgen Appelo, "el management es demasiado importante para dejarlo a los managers." Pero eso no quiere decir que debamos prescindir del management sino que debemos proporcionar los principios,...
August 3, 2018
The Seven keys of the great Product Owner
Become a Great Product Owner As organizations evolve towards truly customer-centric end-to-end product development models, the role of the Product Owner is going to evolve. Till now, most of POs are...
July 31, 2018
Management 3.0: Lean Management for the 21st century
Since the arrival of Agile many people have tried to kill management; without much success, I must admit. But, in Lean, managers have always been a key part of the...
July 20, 2018
Succeed with OKRs
Succeed with OKRs Hi there! If you are reading this you are probably struggling with OKRs. So, keep reading, you stepped into the right place :) We will see how...
June 21, 2018