The Daily Standup

End Team Disruption NOW! How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

The Customer is Mostly Wrong? - Could It Be True? Target customers are your perfect customers. You probably have a small slice of these and you likely know a handful of them by name. You almost consider these folks your friends. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Agile Is Dead! Who Cares? Many people despise Agile and claim it’s dead for good, while others still defend it. But now, with Agile Alliance joining the Project Management Institute (PMI), the future is anything but certain. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Have you ever wondered whether or not you have bias? In this episode we discuss bias and the power of Empathy. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Four Levels of Product Growth The first level is sales. You hire salespeople who sell the product to customers by sending emails, visiting, calling, etc. While sales activity is critical in business, scaling is limited because you need more salespeople to sell more. The second level is marketing. Marketing activity is physical and digital, such as distributing flyers, launching TV commercials, advertising on social media platforms, and digital advertisement. It increases name recognition and gains potential customers. The third level is product development. A great product increases customer satisfaction, attracts more loyal customers, and generates word of mouth. This approach is longer-term than the previous ones, but it reaps more significant rewards in the long term. Peter Thiel, the co-founder of Paypal and a billion investor, says product is more important than marketing and sales in his book “Zero to One.” The fourth level is human development, a long-term strategy for big rewards. Software products are created by humans, so developing employees is crucial. John C. Maxwell, the author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, says, “If you grow a leader, you can grow the organization. If you don’t, you can’t. A company cannot grow throughout until its leaders grow within.” How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

What to Do When Scrum Meetings Go Wrong - Mike Cohn I hate getting stuck in traffic. I grew up in Los Angeles and lived in New York, so I should probably be used to it. I’m not.
As frustrating as I find traffic, I’ve never gotten angry at the lines on the highway.
The lines on the highway are there to help me and the other drivers go faster than we could without them. They tell us which direction we can go, where to position our cars, when it’s safe to change lanes or turn, and more.
The meetings of Scrum are like those lines on the road—there to help us go fast. All too often, though, Scrum can feel bloated because teams allow the meetings to take too long.
A good way to prevent this is by keeping each meeting focused on its purpose. One meeting that often seems to stray from its purpose is sprint planning. Let’s look at some ways you can keep that meeting moving in the right direction, starting with a refresher on the purpose.
Purpose of sprint planning: To establish the sprint goal and choose the relevant product backlog items the team will tackle.
As part of choosing the product backlog items for a sprint, team members typically discuss the tasks required to complete the product backlog item. Often these tasks are given estimates (in terms of hours). The result is captured in the sprint backlog.
When things go wrong: While these discussions are helpful, they should last only long enough to help choose the appropriate work. If, on the other hand, team members get hung up in lengthy debates over which approach to use or how long each task will take, the meeting can quickly get out of hand.
How to fix it: To bring the team back to the purpose of the meeting, remind them that you only have to decide if the item will fit in the sprint, not agree completely on how to approach it, or precisely how much time each task will take.
Remind them that you can discuss implementation details at the beginning of the sprint. Offer to set up time with the relevant team members after sprint planning to dive into implementation specifics.
For more on what to do when teams complain that Scrum has too many meetings, check out the blog "Do Scrum Teams Meet Too Much."
Scrum Meetings Shouldn’t Be a Burden
The meetings of Scrum should not be a burden. Rather they are like the lines on a highway: there to help a team move more quickly. If it feels like the meetings are slowing your team down, try making the changes I’ve described.
Shortening meetings while still achieving the purpose of each will help you succeed with agile. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

The Holy Triad of Product Management Tools

1. Customer Journey Maps
2. User Empathy Maps
3. User Story Maps

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Best Techniques to Deliver Bad News As a Product Manager Do you also feel frustration when, as a Product Manager, you are the bearer of bad news about failures and delays? How can it be done in the least painful way for both parties? How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Its Never Too Late For Second Chances
Let 2025 be the year we mend our hearts and our thoughts...
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10 Product Management Predictions for 2025!
10) More Rigorous Testing Practices- Smarter Experimentation 9) Reduced Team Empowerment 8) PM Industry Growth 7) PM Specialization 6) Product Leaders as General Managers 5) Less SAFe 4) Product Ops Will Grow 3) PO Will Evolve Into PM 2) AI Will Make PM Easier 1) Product Led Growth Is Realized