Earlier this fall at the 2018 Large Scale Scrum Conference in NYC, Ellen Gottesdiener and Andy Repton led a session called “What is Our Product” (https://less.works/sessions/2018-less-conference-new-york-what-is-our-product-88). During the course of their presentation they showcased many of the tools they use with clients to determine what the product they are building actually is. In this interview Ellen and Andy explain why this question is not as easy to understand as it seems and why it is so critical to product success. During the course of our conversation they walk through some of the tools they use to help clients deepen their understanding of the product, how to make sure it is strategically aligned, and how this can even be done with massive organizations that are developing infrastructure products.

Andy and Ellen’s “What is Our Product” session from the LeSS Conference

The session description is here: https://less.works/sessions/2018-less-conference-new-york-what-is-our-product-88

As soon as the recording of the session is available, the link will be posted here. In the meantime, you can find their slides here:

https://www.slideshare.net/ellengott/what-is-our-product

Contacting Andy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyrepton/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reptonandy

Contacting Ellen

Web: https://www.ebgconsulting.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellengott

Email: [email protected]

Ellen’s Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ellen-Gottesdiener/e/B001KD7PRW

Ellen is working on a post on the Product Canvas and I will update the link when it is available, in the meantime, you might want to check out “Am I a Product Manager or a Product Owner”

Part 1 https://www.ebgconsulting.com/blog/product-manager-product-owner/

Part 2 https://www.ebgconsulting.com/blog/product-manager-product-owner-part-2/

Discover to Deliver

As soon as the downloadable PDF is available, the link will be posted here. In the meantime, for ore on Discover to Deliver, check out:

https://www.ebgconsulting.com/blog/right-things-not-everything-product-management-ownership/