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The Lean-Agile Dilemma
Chunky Corporate Product Management
If you are a chunky corporate trying to apply Lean-Agile software development principles, you are probably struggling with inefficiency, tension, and lack of alignment. The Chunky Corporate toolkit can help get your teams back on track and unlock previously inaccessible productivity.
Katie Tamblin
Author of The Lean-Agile Dilemma: Product Management Inside a Chunky Corporate
Signs you are a chunky corporate
What makes a chunky corporate? Companies with lots of history and a strong track-record of growth are more likely to be chunky corporates.
Embracing your identity
The call to serve external stakeholders changes the fabric of the business, shifting focus from radical innovation to disciplined delivery of predictable performance. The transition from lean startup to chunky corporate means adapting to this new pursuit.
Applying appropriate tools in your business depends on a shared understanding of what your business is. If your business is a Lean Startup, owned by its founders and attempting to grow, you will pursue constant innovation. The aim of your constant innovation will be determination of the markets you can capture with your software products. However, if you have a defined market and aging software platforms, you need a different toolkit to manage software development. Lean-Agile wasn't built for that.
Book Topics
01
The luxury of a lean startup
Lean startups are short on resources but long on freedom.
02
Execution not innovation
With great power comes great stability: when boring is good.
03
Scaling up
Can software development benefit from economies of scale?
04
Chief Poo-Poo Officer
You can't be everything to everyone. Focus is the name of the game.
05
Deciding what to build
Scope for enhancements is greater than capacity to deliver.
06
The challenges of replatforming
Replatforming is fundamentally different from building new products.
07
Replatforming the right way
Lean-Agile will not help you. You need to apply the Orienteering methodology to replatform well.
08
Dealing with data
Data, data, everywhere: how overlooking existing data can derail replatforming.
09
Managing customer demands
You can't deliver everything your mature customer base wants. How should you prioritize?
10
Products don't sell themselves
Product-sales alignment is critical to the success of monetizing new features.
11
Communication and making good decisions
Empowering good decision making relies on effective communication.
12
Driving cross-functional collaboration
Stop typing and start talking. Strong alignment starts with good relationships.
About The Author
Katie Tamblin is a data and software consultant who offers training and advisory services to businesses and investors. She is Chief Product Officer and serves on the Board of Alcumus Group Limited. With over 25 years of experience, Katie has led product, data science, technology, and marketing teams.
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