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[158] - Credit Jul 05, 2023

A common behavior that leads to agile team dysfunction is seeking credit. This takes away from the emphasis of teamwork and we should instead encourage people to focus on doing the right thing and telling the story of their work. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[157] - Thinking out loud Jun 07, 2023

Thinking out loud can help to improve collaboration, transparency, and co-creation in teams. By making one's work and thoughts more visible, it can lead to interesting discussions, corrections, and ultimately better ideas that help customers win. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[156] - Q&A#? May 24, 2023

A quick grab bag of Q’s and A’s as I worked on some ideas for future shows. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support -

[155] - The Problem May 10, 2023

For product folks, how do you identify the core problem? How do you know when you've fixed enough small problems to start tackling the bigger picture? And do people who make things really love problems or is problem-solving just a necessary (and sometimes exhausting) part of the creative process? Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[154] - …so that… Apr 26, 2023

Understanding the reasons behind the needs of a story, a problem, or a question, helps you learn more about your customers and product. How can you find the deeper issues that exist, you can ask “So that”. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[153] - Change your mind Apr 12, 2023

Exploring the idea of what it takes to change your mind. How I changed my mind recently, how you can, and help others change theirs. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[152] - Design Four Mar 29, 2023

This episode talks about an idea that Product folks have some higher-level design goals when we are thinking about things. What are the 4 lenses or areas we are usually designing something for? Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Kent Beck -

[151] - Order of Operations Mar 15, 2023

Back with a quick hit on why understanding your customers’ Order of Operations for their work is magical Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[150] - Back to Basics Part 3 Sep 28, 2022

Taking this episode to stop and reflect on the current state of product owners, agility, and lots of other basic information. If you are just starting out, this is a great first episode. If not, it’s a good idea to review the basics and make sure you aren’t skipping anything. Also looking back on the last 50(ish) episodes and what main ideas came from each one. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[149] - Sharpen your Saw Sep 14, 2022

Often times the lesson you need to learn is stuck in your head and only crystalizes when you’re ready. Such is the case for the notion of sharpening the saw that Bob Galen continually talks about. Now that I get it, I wanted to explore the idea more with him and get the background and tips about how to do that for PO’s. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Bob Galen - - -

[148] - Ever Finished? Sep 01, 2022

After hearing the word “finished” more and more over the last few weeks, I started to notice that it was bothering me. I wanted to explore why that was after looking over some notes and asking a better question. In product thinking terms, are we ever finished with something? Would it be such a bad thing if we never were finished? Experimented with a quick and simple way to think through that in this episode. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links:

[147] - Uncomfortable Aug 17, 2022

What could you do to make yourself, a little more uncomfortable? In your work, practices, and thoughts even. In this episode, we will explore some ideas about why you should be uncomfortable, how to challenge yourself, and what benefits might be found outside your comfort zone. Feedback: Twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Ken Norton - ** Positive Psychology - Michael Easter - Carol Dweck - Veritasium - Dan Benoni & Louis Xavier -

[146] - Optionality Aug 03, 2022

How do you know that something will work ahead of time? What problems will come up when a customer uses your product? When can you double down on something that works? A simple way to handle those questions is to keep your options open. Then when you get new info, you have the ability to react intelligently. Feedback: twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Signal v Noise - The Deep Dish - Kent Beck - Johanna Rothman - Drunk Agile - Simon Wardley -

[145] - Best Principles Jul 20, 2022

How many discussions, debates, or other conversations do we get stuck in over practices and tools? What would happen if instead, we focused on the principles that those things are supposed to enable for us? In this episode, a review of some principles from different disciplines and areas that we can use to guide us. Which do you use already? Feedback: twitter - email - Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Jens-Fabian Goetzmann - Mallory Kim -

[144] - Rule of 3 Jul 07, 2022

There seems to be something magical about the number 3. It appears to show up in many different places and in lots of useful ways. This episode examines a "Rule of 3" for the things we do in product, agile, and personal things. There are several other fields that have a similar structure, so why not for us as well? Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Jessica Dubin - Dawn Bauman - Ameet Ranadive - Photutorial - Sandra Forgues - Tim Ottinger - Ron Jeffries -

[143] - Boardroom Metrics with Stephanie Tanzar Jun 22, 2022

More Metrics! Which ones are the most important ones for people that are at the top levels of your company? What areas do they care about to decide if investing more is worth it? In this episode, Stephanie Tanzar talks about the 3 that are leading the way to better outcomes in product-led organizations, and why they are becoming more relevant to boardrooms and leaders. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast https://twitter.com/deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Stephanie Tanzar - Twitter Pendo - Pendo - Pendo - Gainsight - Echometer - Gojko Adzic - Deliver It Cast 88 - Lenny Rachitsky - Mike Cohn & Brian Milner - Ogilvy Consulting -

[142] - Incentives Jun 08, 2022

Exploring an idea around the 3rd root cause of failures I've seen in working in a more agile way, incentives. Many times, if the behavior and reasons don't make sense to you, take a look at how the person is being rewarded, or the lack of rewards, and see if you can understand it better. This can also be the secret key to changing how people work, change their incentives. If you have seen examples of this working against you, or altering them to work for you send it in! Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: The Agile Angle - Shane Parrish - Mike Bedard - Art Bryne - Marty Cagan and Jon Moore - Rich Mironov -

[141] - Degrees of No with Jen Fields May 25, 2022

A reminder that *the* most important word for a Product Owner, is "No." There are so many different ways, places, and people that need to be told no that can really be difficult. What about if someone tells you no as well? Revisiting the idea of all the different times, reasons, and ideas that Product Owners can use to say no successfully with guest Jen Fields. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast @ gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Jen Fields - Bob Galen - Deliver It Cast - Saeed Khan - Adam S - Dawn Ulmer - Sara McCord - Leo Babauta - Chris Voss - John Cutler - Matt Barcomb -

[140] - Storynomics May 11, 2022

How often do Product Owners find themselves telling stories? Stories about our customers, teams, and problems faced by both. In this episode, I wanted to share some things I've been reading that help to understand how to listen, gather, and tell better stories. If you are interested in seeing how the best storytellers refine their craft and how PO's can learn from them, listen up. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Robert McKee Books: Storynomics: Story: Michael Tucker - Sritama Sarkar - Ant Murphy -

[139] - Budget-wise Apr 27, 2022

Sometimes you find a way to hack a problem so well, that it affects most other things you do as well. In this episode, I share a hack I tried out recently and changed my mindset about a lot of things, work-related and beyond. If you are struggling with planning, thinking, or executing something, try using a budget for it and see what happens. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Debbie Madden - Ramsey Solutions - Ami Vora - EP51 - EP55 - Jeff Gothelf - Bruce McCarthy -

[138] - Product Habits with Andrew Stokzko Apr 13, 2022

What are some of the habits that product people have? After reading two books on habits recently, that thought kept coming up. This episode goes into the idea of Product Habits, those things that we do with our teams, customers, company, products, and ourselves. Andrew Stokzko joins the show to discuss his ideas and experience. Got a good or bad habit you want to share with us? Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support - Links: Andrew Skotzko Make things that matter - Andrew Skotzko - James Clear - BJ Fogg - Toby Sinclair - Sachin Rekkhi - Rich Mironov -

[137] - Before the Training with Todd and Ryan Mar 30, 2022

There are lots of questions about certification and training for Product Owners. In this episode, we talk to scrum trainers Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley to understand what PO's should know before they attend any training. If you are looking to take a class or get your certification, what should you read, watch, and do ahead of the class. We also discuss some of the tougher aspects of scrum that people need help with. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Support the show - Links: Twitter - Agile for Humans - PSM II: A Trainer's Perspective - Evidence-Based Management - Scrum.org - Deliver It [102] - Deliver It [46] -

[136] - Hybrid Mar 16, 2022

More and more places seem to want to run some form of "Hybrid" model of agile and waterfall together. What does that look like in practice and how can a Product Owner survive? Is it possible to make this work, or should you abandon all hope if you start hearing this word a lot? In this episode, you'll learn what most places mean by hybrid and some tips on how to do something useful to deliver value. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - Links: John Cutler - Matt Wallart - Katelyn Burgoin -

[135] - Learning from Coaches with Bob Galen Oct 27, 2021

Product Owners frequently encounter Agile Coaches in our day-to-day work and some of their tools and techniques can be valuable to us. In this episode, Bob Galen joins the show to chat about what ideas PO's can adapt, borrow, or use that coaches do exceptionally well that can help us to improve our work. If you worked with a coach and carried forward something they did that was useful, tell us about it! Thank you listeners for a great season 7! Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Work Blog - Personal Blog - Support the show - - - Niall McShane - BeLiminal - Mishkin Berteig - Giff Constable - Katelyn Bourgoin -

[134] - Theory of Everything with Alyssa Knoll Oct 13, 2021

No matter what method, framework, or practice you are using as a Product Nerd to break down your work, it all comes back to "what" and "how". At least that is what Alyssa Knoll's "Theory of Everything" says and for this episode, she joins the show to discuss the idea, the post she wrote detailing it, and some things that she's learned since then. What way have you seen this theory put into practice? Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Alyssa Knoll - - - Jeff Gothelf - Marty Cagan - t Spine Model - Ron Jefferies - David Pereira -

[133] - Iterate Sep 29, 2021

All too often what some PO's and teams call an "Iteration", is anything but. Seeing that far too often, this episode explores some of the reasons why and ways to iterate with our teams, products, practices, and selves. Got any tips or tricks to make sure that you are iterating towards success? Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - SmartSheet - Jeff Patton - Troubleshooting Agile Podcast - Jens-Fabian Goetzmann - Rich Mironov - Jens-Fabian Goetzmann -

[132] - Speaking with Intent with David Marquet Sep 15, 2021

The language that Product Owners use every day plays a big role in how successful our products, teams, and customers will be, not to mention, ourselves. How do we change that language? In his wonderful books, David Marquet explores how he successfully used "Intent" as the driver of change on his submarine and when working in other areas as well. In this episode, we take a look at some of the great advice from his books and leadership nudges to move more towards speaking with intent. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Daivd Marquet - on twitter - Leadership Nudges - Ken Sandy - Simon Kneafsey -

[131] - Waste Sep 01, 2021

Product owners see and deal with a lot of waste. It's almost everywhere. In our products, our process, our teams, our daily lives. The struggle is not only in how to eliminate or at least reduce the waste, it's how to get others to know and look for the waste as well. In this episode we will look at what are the 8 wastes from a Lean perspective and what can you do about them. Check out some of the great materials in the links for ways to learn to see the waste and why seeing it is so important. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Paul Akers - Kent Beck - Fluid UI - Learnovative - Alyssa Knoll - Scrum Alliance - I

[130] - Perfection with Geoff Watts Aug 18, 2021

Have you ever been told you're a perfectionist? Is that really common for Product Owners? Is perfection even possible? In this episode, Geoff Watts joins the show to talk about how this is a trait that can sometimes trap us in our work and with our teams. Also, we discuss some areas where it might be a good thing and how POs can leverage it for a benefit. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju Geoff Watts - on twitter - Geoff Watts and Kim Morgan - Sean Durham - Kevin Wang - Elizabeth Scott - Julian Treasure - John Cutler - James Hoffman - Society of Sensory Professionals -

[129] - What kind of... Aug 04, 2021

The simple questions are usually the best. In this episode, I share a question ( or series of questions ) that has been driving a lot of my conversations lately to understand some of the fundamental thinking in companies. Sometimes this reveals things that aren't great and can give a direction for PO's to head in to make things better. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Paul Akers - Justin Pot - r Marty Cagan - Forbes -

[128] - Measuring Things Jul 21, 2021

What is it about measurements that cause so much grief? There's a great number of things that we should be measuring in our product, our teams, and our companies that would benefit us to look at. Product Owners need to be in a position to help see, understand, and explain all the different things that are being measured. If important things are not being measured, find some way to start. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Douglass Hubbard - Freakonomics - David Pereira - Zach Bonaker -

[127] - Escape the Sprint Bubble Jul 07, 2021

A common anti-pattern is when Product Owners are too focused on doing things only in the current iteration. Maarten Dalmijn has written a lot about teams and PO's that find themselves stuck in their sprint bubble and joins this episode to discuss some signs that you're stuck, some ideas to break out, and ways to make sure sure you don't find yourself there again. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Maarten Dalmijn - on twitter - Bill Skeet - Kristen Berman -

[126] - Product at Gossip Jun 23, 2021

In this episode, you can hear a chat with Vitalik Demin the Chief of Product at Gossip, a voice-based social network app about how he became involved in the startup and how they are approaching all things product there. It's a great chance to hear how small start-ups get their initial product experiments and learnings done quickly, and what issues life throws at you as you try and get your product delivered to customers. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Vitalik Demin - on twitter - Gossip App - First Round - Marty Cagan - Adam Bennett -

[125] - Rethinking Teams Jun 09, 2021

Product Owners will have the most success working with well-formed and happy teams. Creating those teams requires a lot of people working together and figuring out how best to enable them to succeed. Teams and the thinking around them have evolved in the last few years so in this episode there's some new information, some common challenges, and suggestions for how to look at teams now. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Team Topologies - GitLab - FASTAgile - Bob Galen - Melissa Perry - Isaac Sacolick -

[124] - Start at the end May 26, 2021

Occasionally as a Product Owner, we'll get stuck trying to decide something. How to write a story, come up with a goal, or see when things need to happen. We are stuck trying to look forward into an unknown future. One way to change the outlook on something is to reverse it and start at the end. The reasons why you might want to do that and what you might want to do it on, are covered in this episode. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Dan Charnas - Jacob Thomas - Shreyas Doshi - Ibrahim Bashir - Rob Fitzpatrick -

[123] - Empowered with Marty Cagan May 12, 2021

So often the amount of success that Product Owners will have is dependent upon the organization they work in. How they are built, what they value, how they lead and treat their teams and individuals. In this episode, the amazing author of "Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Result" Marty Cagan joins the show to discuss some of the ideas in the book, what he sees as trends in the industry, what is a higher purpose than any agile practice, and why he sees two different worlds of product out there. Even if PO's won't benefit from this where they are at now, you can be encouraged that there are better organizations out there. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Marty Cagan - - Todd Lanford - Movies Insider -

[122] - What Customers Want with Tony Ulwick Apr 28, 2021

Such a simple and fundamental question. What do customers want? How much time and energy do we spend on this most important of topics. Tony Ulwick has been thinking about that very thing for a long time, and written several books about it. In this episode Tony joins to show to talk a bit about how deretmining what those customers needs are is the key to so many things that make the Product Owners job of delivering value a bit easier. If you don't start with those needs, how difficult it is to find them out, and why your product may not be successful. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Tony Ulwick - on twitter - Michelle Yick - Maarten Dalmijn -

[121] - Talking Trade-Offs Apr 14, 2021

Making decisions as a Product Owner is hard sometimes, mainly because each decision involves a trade-off. That makes people uncomfortable and hesitant since trade-offs are difficult to work through. You can't make everyone happy, and because you picked an option, that means the other choices won't happen. Such is life. In this episode, we'll go through that process of trade-offs, how to recognize them, make them better, and learn from them. PO's need to help your teams and organizations deal with these necessary sacrifices, big and small, so let's figure out how. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Annie Duke - Erin Wilkinson - Tyler Sax - Mike Cohn - Jeff Gothelf - Ruden Ugarte -

[120] - Organizational Alignment with Janna Bastow Mar 31, 2021

When your organization isn't pointed in the same direction, it's really hard for a Product Owner to work effectively. You can end up in pointless discussions, working on the wrong thing, and lacking a focus on real customer value. How can we help our teams and others get aligned with the same goals and visions of the company? In this episode, Janna Bastow of Mind the Product and ProdPad joins the show to discuss some of her thoughts and experience with helping achieve an organization become more aligned and ways to check in regularly to see how it is progressing. How do you work toward making sure all your ducks are in a row? Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju http://seektaiju.com/index.html Janna Bastow - on twitter - http://www.simplybastow.com/about/ Janna Bastow - Marc Kadish - Brian O'Fallon - Russell Olsen - David Harris/Tom Croonesgorghs -

[119] - Scrum Guide 2020 Mar 17, 2021

Kicking off Season 7 with a look at the updated Scrum Guide that launched in November of 2020. What's new, changed, or removed that Product Owners need to be aware of. If you are following scrum that is. If not, maybe there's an idea or two to use in your own process. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju Scrum Guide 2020 - https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html Dave West - Agile for Humans - Roman Pichler - Nat Green - David Pereira -

[118] - Q&A Oct 28, 2020

Finishing up Season 6 with a Q&A session. Any/all questions on PO, Product, Agile, Podcast, anything really. Thank you everyone who stuck with the show through this crazy season with all the changes going on in your life and work. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Douglas Squirrel and Jeffery Fredrick - Joshua Kerievshy -

[117] - Speaking in Percentages? Oct 14, 2020

EP117 [117] - Speaking in Percentages? When Product Owners start asking questions or talking about an activity, what type of questions do we ask? Are they open-ended, exploratory or curious ones, or are they binary quick answers with little to no requests for information? In this episode, we'll explore a small section of David Marquet's latest book and the implications it might have on how the PO's can change the way we search for better connections and data with our teams, customers, and products. Would it help if we starting looking for more probabilistic or percentage-based answers? Could we really make some impactful changes by rephrasing our questions? Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - David Perira - Janna Bastow - David Marquet - David Marquet - David Marquet - Gizmodo -

[116] - PO Maturity with Bob Galen Sep 30, 2020

It's time for an updated look at a PO Maturity index. In this episode, Bob Galen returns to review the recent changes he made to his Agile Journey Index Maturity Model" and discuss why some of those changes happened. There's some feedback, some challenges, and some learning that we discuss along the way. Grab a sufficiently mature whisky and follow along. Maybe you and your organization can learn a thing or two about Product Ownership. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Bob Galen - - Blog - Bob's Model - Scotch Whisky - Jim, Kim, Bob - Marty Cagan -

[115] - Problem Depth with Ant Murphy Sep 16, 2020

How much time do you, as a Product Owner, spend thinking about your user's core problem? How much time does the rest of the team spend exploring ideas and different approaches to solving them? Why don't you spend more time doing that? In this episode, we talk with Ant Murphy about some of the reasons that we need to spend more time, effort, and energy on the depth of our problem-solving. What would it look like if PO's and companies did go deep on understanding, iterating, and experimenting more? Our products will be better for it, users of our applications happier with it, and business will benefit more from it. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Ant Murphy - - Ant's Sketch - Joe Van Os - AilgeLeanLife - InfoQ - Alistair Cockburn - Maryanna Quigless -

[114] - Cognitive Bias Sep 02, 2020

The Product Owner's brain is a complicated thing. Some of the practices and patterns that we try to make it easier, can also cause us to miss some key elements or information. These Cognitive Biases show up in our shortcuts or established ways of thinking every day. It's important to understand, acknowledge, and find ways to counter those biases when needed. In this episode there are some of the main ones PO's might have themselves, see in others, and deal with during your work. Have one that you struggle with? Send it in. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Very Well Mind - Buster Benson - PhD Insights - Gil Bouhnick - Brad Wray - Jeff Payne - Savage Books -

[113] - BA to PO with Lisa Williams Aug 19, 2020

A common career path when companies start to become more agile is Business Analysts looking to become Product Owners. Sometimes that's by choice and sometimes that is how the organization and teams first move towards using agile methods and practices. In this episode, we welcome Lisa Williams to the show to talk about how she went through that transition and how she has worked with teams and companies to move other BA's into the PO role. There might still be some places where BA's can work on agile or scrum teams successfully. Have any examples? Send them in. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Lisa Williams - - Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman - IPL - David Pereira- Angela Wick - https://www.ba-squared.com/ Simon Bates - Adrian Howard - David Hoang -

[112] - Simplicity Aug 05, 2020

A lot of PO's, teams, and organizations struggle with the principles of the agile manifesto. One in particular causes so many issues, that of simplicity. Adding instead of removing, more instead of less, trivial many over the essential few. In our products, systems, and structures you've seen the added parts that build more and more complexity and complications. Why do we collectively do that? What can you do to help simplify some of those items or start with a simple item to begin with. In this episode, there are some suggestions for how to engage your focus, some steps to work toward simplicity, and tips to keep it there. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Des Traynor - Chris Davies - Ron Jeffries - Cognitive edge - Christopher Laine - Gee Paw Hill -

[111] - Security with Jeff Payne Jul 22, 2020

Another technical topic that PO's either get drafted into or need to know more about, is Security. In all its various forms, needs, and issues, Product Owners need more information about how to work with the team, organization, and users on having a solid baseline and making improvements. In this episode, Coveros CEO Jeff Payne joins to talk about how he has seen the PO help and hurt security efforts, some things to think about during planning and daily activities, and who to partner with to get better. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Jeff Payne - - Coveros - Coveros - LeanAgile Training - HBR - Zack Bonaker -

[110] - Lonely PO with Todd Miller Jul 08, 2020

Even though you as a Product Owner are surrounded by teams, customers, and stakeholders, sometimes things can happen that leave you feeling like your all alone. It's a nasty feeling and not knowing who to turn to, who can help, and what to do next. A situation of isolation is something that POs can find themselves in for one reason or another. Todd Miller is back on this episode to share his stories and examples of when he was Lonely as a PO and what he did to find his way through that. We also talk about some studies and information on how some leaders find themselves or make themselves isolated and keys to eliminating that feeling of you against the world. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju - http://seektaiju.com/index.html Todd Miller - - Craft Brewed Agile - Scrum.org - Forbes - HBR - Psychology Today - Full Story - Anthony Marter -

[109] - Empiricism Jun 24, 2020

Looking back at the scrum guide is a good idea for a Product Owner. One of the foundational elements of scrum is the philosophy that it is built on, that being empirical process controls. What is empiricism and how can POs and others benefit from it? In this episode, some of the ideas around empiricism are explored and why they are important. Also some of the related and competing concepts are recognized for thought. If you have any favorite stories or empirical examples please share so we can continue to learn. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Scrum Guide - Mark Noneman - ThoughtCo - Jason Fried - ScrumMaster Toolbox -

[108] - Obviously Awesome with April Dunford Jun 10, 2020

As Product Owners, we've helped to understand the customers' goals and found ways to collaborate with the team to build what is needed. One step that might have been overlooked is why would customers care? How do you let them know how amazing your product is for them? What you need is a great way to position your product in the market. That's where today's guest comes in, April Dunford has written an eye-opening and deep book on product positioning for you and your customers that PO's can greatly benefit from. Take a listen then grab the book so you can start winning in your market with her examples and methods. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - April Dunford April Dunford, Ambient Strategy - Holly MacDonald - Jiajia Hu - Christian Strunk -

[107] - Impediments May 27, 2020

Look at it, it's staring your poor Product Owner eyes down. It's relentless, unmoving, and completely in your way. You might be able to get around it some, but it's risky and could do something unexpected. That's right, it's another impediment. It's something that is stopping the team, the organization, or the customers from getting what they need to get done, done sooner, and without frustration. It's slowing you down so part of your needs, is to help remove it any way you can. In this episode, I'll share some hints, ideas, and strategies for dealing with, managing, and ultimately removing these pesky critters. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Ben Linders - Ken Power - Mike Cotteyer - Hans Samios - Tarun Kohli -

[106] - Loops with J Cornelius May 13, 2020

As with most loops, things come back around. In this case, some of the research for an earlier episode led to the book called Loops by J Cornelius which is definitely something Product Owners need to crack open. J joins in this episode to discuss how his book can help POs and teams understand their customers needs better and ways to constantly research, prototype, and test for their ( and your ) benefit. If you want to understand how J measures business success then listen in, better yet go get the book and learn even more. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - J Cornelius - - - Loopsbook: Deliver It Cast Ep 94 - Marty Cagan - Mob Mentality -

[105] - Stay Organized Apr 29, 2020

When you think of all the things you need to do as a Product Owner, how do you structure your day, your systems, and your needs? For some POs, it's one of the harder aspects of the job. It's one of the things that you might need to look elsewhere for some tips and tricks to get and stay organized. The better you can organize yourself the better you can help with the team and organization. While it might be fun to go full Marie Kondo on your Product Backlog, start with something simple to help you first. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Inc. - Unito - Lean Smarts - Baker Bettie - Cooking Light - Durango Herald - Jeff Patton - John Culter -

[104] - Defining Product Apr 15, 2020

What do you think of when someone asks about your Product? How do you describe it to any new members of the team, potential customers, or even relatives? Are there common themes to other products you bring out, or ways you speak about the products you own? In this episode, we get into how products are defined and what are some of the ways to think about approaching it. Todd Miller is back with us to add his thoughts and experience around how to define a product. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Todd Miller - - Marty Cagan - Pragmatic Scrum - Roman Pichler - Mike Cohn - Modern Agile w/Richard Sheridan - Richard Sheridan - Jason Fried & David Hansson -

[103] - PO ? PM Apr 01, 2020

Every so often the great debate, misunderstanding, or downright wrong theory is put forward about what do we have/call people, Product Owners or Product Managers. There's been a ton written and spoken to this particular topic and in this episode, I pulled together some of my favorites and explain my point of view as well. Sometimes the definitions and reasons are pretty simple, others, a bit more involved. No matter what your title or role may be, this show should help you think about how you can do it better. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Any Murphy - Melissa Perri - Rich Mironov - Marty Cagan - Ron Jefferies - Bob Galen - Gabriel Steinhardt - Heap - Guillaume Moubeche - Folding @ home -

[102] - Fixing Your Scrum Mar 18, 2020

Sadly a lot of attempts at using agile or scrum fail. In many of those cases, there were things a Product Owner, Scrum Master, team, or company could have done to prevent it from failing. Thankfully, Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller have written a new book detailing some of the ways they have successfully worked with teams and people to solve those underlying problems. In this episode, they join the show to talk about areas of particular interest to the PO and things we can do ourselves, encourage in others, and help fix our delivery. Get your copy of the book and let them help you! Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Ryan Ripley - | Todd Miller - Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller - Scrum.org Webinar - Dave Wascha - Deliver It Cast [20] -

[101] - Back to Basics part 2 Mar 04, 2020

From time to time it's good to reset where you are at and see how the basics are doing. It is that time again for the show to reevaluate the first steps new Product Owners can take and for others to see if they are missing anything. Also a good way for anyone new to the show or missed a few to see what the last 50 topics were to see if going back and hitting one that has a particular interest for you for the first or second time. Great to be back. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Deliver It - Favorite and recommended PO links & books - Freakonomics - (@28:24) Prochaska & Norcross -

EP100 - Retrospective & Questions Oct 30, 2019

100 Episodes of Product Owner goodness are wrapping up with a retrospective and open questions. So much to be thankful for, so much amazing information shared this season with great guests and I want to thank all the PO and non-PO listeners for tuning in and helping make season 5 better than ever. The retrospective board will be open for feedback and ideas through the end of 2019, if you have anything you would like to share or suggest please drop by. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - EP100 Retro/Question board - Tim Ottinger - Chris Voss -

EP99 - Product Operations with Christine Itwaru Oct 16, 2019

Something that Product Owners have likely seen a substantial amount of in the last few months is the idea of "ProductOps". It appears there is a big push and it's time to learn some more about what it is, how it could help, and understand how different companies are using the idea successfully. For that, we go to the Director of Product Operations at Pendo, Christine Itwaru. Listen in as she informs, educates, and helpfully answers questions about what this means for PO's. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Christine Itwaru - on twitter Pendo - Pendo / Sara Estes - Product Plan / Shaun Juncal - Nir Eyal - Ron Jeffries - EP100 Retro/Question board -

EP98 - Multiple Backlogs Oct 02, 2019

How do Product Owners handle having multiple backlogs for a single team? That was the question from a listener and in this episode, there will be some strategies and tips to help deal with this rather common issue. You might also find some ways to better tend to your own backlog as well. Got any favorite strategies, send them along! Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Mike Cohn - Hilla Meller - Ken Rubin - Perforce - Anne Wiltshire - EP100 Retro/Question board -

EP97 - Product Organizations with Josh Anderson Sep 18, 2019

How do Product Owners, and other product people, fit into our company's structure? How does that structure work with the other parts of the organization to benefit your customers? In this episode, Josh Anderson joins from the Meta-Cast to discuss some ideas, questions, and thoughts around what makes a well-designed product org. It's especially relevant for PO's because we have a key role to play in how successful our teams, organization, and company will be. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Josh Anderson - on Twitter, Marty Cagan - Marty Cagan - Rich Mironov - Roman Pichler - Maaret Pyhäjärvi -

EP96 - Business Agility with Bob Galen Sep 04, 2019

Lately, Product Owners and others have been seeing and hearing a lot about "Business Agility". What does that really mean? To help explain and explore the concept and what it means for PO's Bob Galen joins us once again to talk about his writings and experience with the concept and where it came from. It is always good to stay informed about topics that you might get asked about and be able to understand how to talk about the topic with others. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Bob Galen - on Twitter, , Stephanie Ockerman - Solutions IQ - Mike Cohn - Wired -

EP95 - Defining Done with Tom Schwendler Aug 21, 2019

When Product Owners hear or when we tell anyone "It's done". What does that mean? Do we mean it's mostly done, or done except for a few things we haven't finished yet. Is that really done? Unlikely. It helps to define in simple terms what a team, product, and group means when they say something is done. That's where the useful "Definition of Done" comes into use. Teams help create and understand what done looks like for them. PO's then make sure when we do use those famous little words, we actually mean it. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Tom Schwendler - Tom Schwendler - Ascendle - Leading Agile - Scrum Guide - Ilan Kirschenbaum - Troubleshooting Agile Podcast - Jim Head - Dean Takahashi (VentureBeat) -

EP94 - The Loop Aug 07, 2019

Product Owners often get focused on what or how we are doing things for our applications and teams, and not how often. When you take a look at when your product and information cycles happen you start to observe some real opportunities. In this episode, we dig in a bit deeper on those loops that PO's have and what's important about each. Finding and talking about ways to shorten the loop is the goal so that our learning can increase, our processes change, and we can adapt to our customers. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Black Diamond - Mind Tools - Bob Galen - Jeff Gothelf -

EP93 - Empathy Mapping Jul 24, 2019

Gaining a deeper understanding of the users of our products should be high on a Product Owners to-do list. Building knowledge, information, and empathy with them will help us learn more about their issues and situations. An excellent technique for doing that is creating and sharing an Empathy Map that focuses on a specific person using your product. Building a map gets you out of your head and into theirs. That new perspective can help uncover ideas, perspectives, or issues your customer's faces. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Leading Agile - Adobe - Rich Mironov - Elizabeth Ayer -

EP92 - MVP Jul 10, 2019

When Product Owners start hearing about MVPs, we really need to pay attention to who’s talking and what they mean. MVP the term has definitely grown beyond its original meaning and frequently gets confused with many other things that aren’t really related. There’s a ton of information out there and we’ve shared some before. This episode tries to boil down some of it into something that you as a PO can use and take with you. Or at least a strategy to know when you're not talking about a minimal viable product anymore. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Jeff Patton - Product Collective - Melissa Perri - Henrik Kniberg - Product Love - David Dame -

EP91 - Product Experiments with Trevor and Dave from Split Jun 26, 2019

How do teams and Product Owners know if what they are delivering is the right thing? Most of the time, you don’t, unless they are specifically treating their deliveries as opportunities to learn. The best way to learn? Try an experiment. In this episode, we are joined by two experts on product experimentation and how to get the most out of this practice. It’s something that PO’s are likely already doing, even if it’s not on purpose. After this episode, you’ll likely think differently about that. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Dave Karow - & Trevor Stuart - - - Split (ebook) - Dave Karow - Taplytics - Mind the Product - Julee Everett - Andy Hunt -

EP90 - Agile Architecture with Allen Holub Jun 12, 2019

Product Owners need to understand that a significant component of how well the team is able to deliver, depends on their product architecture. In fact, it’s often a limiting factor in how agile you really can be. Because it’s so important, Allen Holub joins this episode to talk about what PO’s need to know about architecture, why it’s so important, and how they can help determine it’s direction. All while keeping the main value and focus on the customer's benefit. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Alan Holub - , Software Architect 2013 - - Michael Küsters - Ron Jeffries - MindSumo -

EP89 - Value Stream Mapping May 29, 2019

Ok Product Owners, how well do you know your flow? How well can you describe it to others? What’s the limiting factor in your product, delivery, and even company? Unless you’ve created and shared a Value Stream Map, you really don’t know. Understanding how work happens, where it bottlenecks, and how much time is wasted is extremely valuable to learn how to deliver value sooner. Customers won’t care that there were extra steps, they want to use the product to solve their problem. Help others see how to do that better with a VSM. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Plutora - Tallyfy - Pace - Martin & Osterling - Glen Holmes - Eugen Eşanu -

EP88 - Working Software May 15, 2019

It’s one of the core tenants of creating products in an agile way, and something Product Owners need to be keenly aware of, but what exactly is “working software” anyway? Some are confused by the term, opinions differ, and still, others think it’s impossible or not enough. In this episode, the focus is on a practical definition and one that should apply to every story PO’s and teams work on together. This is one of the telltale signs of successful agile efforts, frequently getting working software to people who need it. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Skytap - Gojko Adzic - Ron Jefferies - Jeff Gothlef - The Register - Zero Hedge - Personal Kanban -

EP87 - Feeling Stressed with Geoff Watts May 01, 2019

There is almost an incalculable number of ways a Product Owner can feel stressed. It can be overwhelming if you do not find strategies and mindsets to deal with stress effectively. In this episode, Geoff Watts joins the show again to discuss his recent thoughts on why we feel stressed and what control we have over how we respond. This was also a listener suggested topic and one that is truly helpful for PO’s to become more mindful and focused on. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Geoff Watts - - - Geoff Watts - Robinson, Smith, Seal - Colleen O’Rourke - Martin Stahl - Dominica Degrandis -

EP86 - Other Story Types Apr 17, 2019

When Product Owners are communicating with stories, the way they are written and told can help establish some clarity. The stories are only part of the puzzle when collaborating with others and there is certainly more than one way to craft them. If you’ve written them the same way before and are looking for some alternatives, in this episode you’ll learn about some new formats, tweaks to existing ones, and ways to keep them relevant. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Crisp - Pragmatic - Alan Klement - Maarten Dalmijn - XSCALE Alliance - https://xscalealliance.org/index.html Michael Kusters - Jonathan Forman -

EP85 - Escaping the Build Trap with Melissa Perri Apr 03, 2019

There are a lot of Product Management skills that a great Product Owner needs to learn about. One of the best teachers of those skills is ProduxLabs CEO, Melissa Perri. She has a brand new book all about product roles, skills, strategy, and creating product-led organizations. All of these ideas are intended to help get you and your company out of the Build Trap, a place where customer success takes a backseat to shipping features. PO’s will benefit from adopting the ideas that Melissa has around finding real problems that help the people who use our products, and the systems that create them. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Melissa Perri - - - TSSC - NUMIT John Cutler -

EP84 - Something Epic Mar 20, 2019

What is a Product Owner to do when a story is too big to fit into a sprint? Or what about when a PO is working with an idea that will take some time to study and learn with the team? How do you treat these ideas? It’s common to use the term Epic to describe a problem that is bigger than a story and in this episode, that’s what we dig into. There are, however, many different takes, strategies, and definitions of epics. Understanding the differences can help you wield them successfully. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Kent McDonald - Mike Cohn - Mike Cohn - 3Back - Neil Killick -

EP83 - Idea Funnel Mar 06, 2019

Many times as Product Owners we are asked to do more than the team can handle. Having a way to sort through all of the ideas, problems, and yes even requests are sometimes necessary to put in place. In the first episode of Season 5, the notion of a funnel to sift those items though is discussed, some thoughts on how to do it, how to make sure you focus on those things valuable enough to say yes to, and ways to show the scope of all those asks to everyone. Welcome back everyone! Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Bob Galen - Justin Bauer - Ash Maurya - CPrime - Teresa Torres -

EP82 - Question Round Up Oct 31, 2018

I truly hope that the Product Owners and people who care about them got a lot out of this season. We’ve had some wonderful quests, great topics, and learned a lot. In this episode I wanted to round up some questions that have been asked and leave you with some parting thoughts about PO’s, agility, and other areas. Thank you all so much for listening and sharing the show around. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Charles Lambdin - Andrew Rusling - Willem-Jan Ageling - Mike Cohn -

EP81 - Interviewing Customers with Jessica Ivins Oct 17, 2018

Product Owners can learn a lot about getting feedback from users by picking up some UX practices. One of the better ways to do that is with a focused customer interview. In this episode we welcome Jessica Ivins who is a UX designer and educator to talk about some of the better strategies, methods, and questions to use. Interviewing a customer is a great skill for PO's to continue to get better at as it helps keep the focus on the user and the problems that our products help them solve. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Jessica Ivins - - Interaction Design Foundation - Matt Isherwood - Jeff Gothelf - Jack Krawczyk -

EP80 - Products or Projects? Oct 03, 2018

What mode are you working in as a Product Owner? Are you and the team working on projects? Or products? What is the way you’re organized, measured, or deciding what to do? In this episode there is some exploration into these two mindsets and what they really mean. Since this is a new concept ( for me at least ), there are some thoughts on what product mode could look like and what project mode has been successfully able to do in the past. What’s your take? Which are you working in? Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Annie Dunham Yuri Malishenko - Sriram Narayan - Jeremy Rossman - - Henrik Kniberg -

EP79 - Tools Sep 19, 2018

Product Owners should really like our individual conversations and interactions with people, sometimes we also need useful tools to help do our job. Which tools are important, helpful, and the best ones to get good at? In this episode we will discuss some of the better ones based on my history with them, why they are helpful, and what you might look to do with each of them. If you have a favorite tool you use, do share it with us so we can expand our toolbox. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Arlen Bankston - John Cutler - · Robin Johnson - Tools : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

EP78 - Multiple Product Owners Sep 05, 2018

If you are a Product Owner working on a large product, then there likely multiples of you. Many PO’s working with various teams to achieve different goals along the same path. How can you work better with each other and change the organization to focus on the problems your customers have? In this episode there’s a bit better dive than before on what different team setups look like and how Product Owners can work together and help frame the outcomes. Along with a fantastic new book recommendation, this episode will hopefully inspire you to try something new. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Courtney Seiter - Roman Pichler - Henrik Kniberg - Deliver It Cast - Marty Cagan - C. Todd Lombardo -

EP77 - 5 things to fix Product Ownership with Jeff Patton Aug 22, 2018

Does Product Ownership need fixing? Are some of the common agile and scrum practices screwed up? Jeff Patton thinks so and has a really compelling talk that’s he’s given about 5 things PO's need to do, and do better. In this episode, Jeff joins the show to dive a bit deeper into where he sees those 5 things occurring, what we can do to correct them, and shares some insight as to where the issues arise from. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Jeff Patton - - Joshua Kerievsky - Paulo Andre -

EP76 - Product CEO? Aug 08, 2018

A common pitfall that Product Owners need to be aware of is behaving with authority they don’t have. A lot of people refer to this as PO’s and PM’s thinking they are the “CEO of the Product”. Bob Galen joins us on this episode to talk about some errors he sees in this approach and discuss from his recent post. We also discuss some ways in which Product Owners need to think and behave in a manner that is similar to that of a CEO. Do we put it to rest? Let us know what you think. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Bob - Martin Eriksson - Marty Cagan - Ale Carlos - Mind the Product -

EP75 - New Team Jul 25, 2018

Very rarely does a Product Owner get to work with a newly formed team. Getting started is a very important step so that the team understands what the goals, expectations, and vision of the product they will be creating. In this episode, you will hear some tips, strategies, and some audio clips of me doing just that while I visited our new team. If you have any PO tips for starting with a new team that were not covered, let us know. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Christiaan Verwijs - Kristy Francis - Randy Silver - Marty Cagan -

EP74 - Paul's PO Journey Jun 27, 2018

Hearing from fellow Product Owners is a good way to learn more about the role. Having others share their experience and journey can give you ideas, insight, and practices to add to your situation. Last episode had a call to action and Paul Foster answered. In this episode he talks about this journey of getting started, learning, and growing as a PO for his company. Special thanks to Paul and to others who want to share their story with others around the world. If you have something you want to share or discuss, get in touch! Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Paul Foster - Len Lagestee - Mike Cottmeyer -

EP73 - Reducing Risk Jun 13, 2018

Being comfortable with risk and uncertainty is a hallmark of a great Product Owner. Understanding how to deal with unknowns or potential issues can help PO’s plan better, show value sooner, and reduce how nervous other people are. Risk is a something that will travel with us as our products come to life. Keeping risks small, working through the known ones, and embracing the notion that customers using your product is a wonderful way to reduce many risks. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Sam McAfee - Ekaterina Novoseltseva - Agile for Humans - Rich Mironov -

EP72 - I’m Listening May 30, 2018

In order to communicate effectively, PO’s need to be excellent listeners. We must be able to understand and relate to what the person or group we are talking to are trying to tell us. Sometimes, we might even agree with them. When we can actively listen and turn on all the listening skills, we really start to engage and grasp the problems that we are presented with. No matter if it’s with teams, customers, or one on one conversations, we all can work on becoming better listeners. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Geoff Watts - Glenn Llopis - Chris Massey - Robert Mckee -

EP71 - Communication Issues with John Cutler May 16, 2018

One of the basic Product Owner skills is communication. Delivering, receiving, and improving how and what we are communicating can make or break our efforts. When there are issues ( and there usually are ), what are some ways to get back on track and increase the team and customer relationships? In a happy circumstance, John Cutler was thinking along the same lines and he joins the show to discuss ways that he has worked on repairing communication. We also talk about some other tips for PO’s to improve and get comfortable with their interactions. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - John Cutler John Cutler - Scott Ambler - Itamar Gilad - Mike Siemasz -

EP70 - Impact Mapping with Gojko May 02, 2018

Product Owners think a lot about delivering value and how best to do that. One way that can help focus those efforts is a technique from Gojko Adzic called Impact Mapping. On this episode, Gojko joins us to talk about the basic concepts, some tricks to asking better questions while putting one together, and ways to help facilitate better collaboration. It’s a very interesting area and skill for PO’s to learn and after listening, you should be able to start creating one yourself. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Gojko Adzic Gojko Adzic - Gojko Adzic - Mark Schwartz - Ronny Kohavi - Chris Williams -

EP69 - Kaizen Apr 18, 2018

Product Owners should always work on trying to become better. Looking for areas to improve, selecting a few and then working on ways to make them successful is a good skill and practice to incorporate into your daily work. In this episode, we talk about why continuous improvement is so much a core part of the agile mindset and what PO’s can do to work through changing for good. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Willem-Jan Ageling - Dave Grey - Lean Kit - Hakan Forss - Melissa Perri -

EP68 - Missed It? Apr 04, 2018

At some point as a PO, will you “miss” an ask, you might even actually miss something important. It might be a small part of a larger story or even a detail of work that is happening now. How can you make sure that miss is not critical to the success of the delivery? In this episode, some of the strategies for reducing the chances of it happening and better ways to communicate what a perceived miss looks like will be covered. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Scott Ambler - Elena Yatzeck - Spine Model - Product Craft -

EP67 - POs in the Nexus with Dave West Mar 21, 2018

When your product gets really big and you need to work with teams at scale, what options do Product Owners have? In this episode, Dave West joins the show to discuss the Nexus framework and what PO’s need to know in order to work in this type of scaled environment. We cover some of the basics that are detailed in the new Nexus book and look at other keys to keeping multiple teams coordinated and delivering value together. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Dave West - Scrum.org Dave West, Patricia Kong, Kurt Bittner - Freakonomics - Martin Fowler -

EP66 - Finding Balance Mar 07, 2018

One of the hardest parts of being a Product Owner is to find the required balance between so many seemingly competing directions and demands. However, it’s best seen not as a battle of opposing forces but a connectivity of interdependent aspects. Between teams and customers, technical and business, high and low levels. One should not dominate the other. Finding that balance is one key that I have found for success and on this episode, let us explore what some of those items that require balance actually are. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - Marion Eickmann - Roman Pichler - Hope Gurion - James Womack - David Marquet - Clarke Ching -

EP65 - Laurie's PO Story Nov 01, 2017

Hearing how other people are successful in the PO role is a great way to learn new ideas. We’ve been lucky to bring a few stories forward and happy that more are wanting to tell their story. In this episode, we welcome Laurie Nelson who’s done many different roles including Product Owner and Product manager, to share her story and experience. This is also the last episode for Season 3. Keep learning and sharing and we will be back after a break. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Co-host Post - Laurie Nelson - -

EP63 - PO Book v3 with Bob Galen Oct 18, 2017

The best resource for Product Owners is Bob Galen's Scrum Product Ownership book. It’s a great reference and source of information for how to do the role the right way. Its intent is a guide for beginner PO’s and a resource for more seasoned ones as well. In this episode, Bob joins the show to discuss the upcoming changes for the 3rd version. In it, there are some new areas, more stories, and more information that PO’s need to understand. A great deep dive into why some POs struggle and some strategies to help along the way. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Co-host Post - Bob Galen - - Bob Galen - - Modern Agile #13 -

EP63 - PO Journey with Jamie Collins Oct 04, 2017

Moving from dev to Product Owner with your team is something that is quite difficult to do. There are a bunch of new skills, hats, and behaviors you have to be ready to learn. In this episode, we talk with Jamie Collins who has been on that PO journey for the last year about his experience and what he has been able to do so far. If you want to share your PO story with us please contact the show, we love having other people talk about their successes, learnings, and how they do the role differently. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Co-host Post - Jamie Collins - Darshana Sivakumar - Uptal Vaishnav - John Culter - Dave Thomas -

EP62 - Product Discovery with David Hussman Sep 20, 2017

Where should Product Owners look to engage with others in Product Discovery? The notion of not “knowing” what should be done can be uncomfortable or straight scary to a lot of people. However, the notion of learning more about our product and how our users can, and are already benefiting from it is a great topic to explore. In this episode, David Hussman joins the show to talk about his riffs on how great product teams make meaningful impacts and explore ideas. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Co-host Post - David Hussman - David Hussman - David Hussman - Henrik - Kevin Eikenberry -

EP61 - Let it Flow Sep 06, 2017

Should Product Owners be concerned about flow? Is flow a part of what a PO needs to focus on from time to time? That thought, and the response to it, initiated a deeper look into what flow actually is and if it’s something that we need to learn more about. There are several different aspects to flow and in this episode, we’ll dive into them and see if there are ways that we can at least help. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Co-host Post - Bob Marshall - Johanna Rothman - Marek Bowers - David Marquet - Rian Van der Merwe -

EP60 - PO’s in the Scrum Guide Aug 23, 2017

The Product Owner role is established in the Scrum Guide. The behaviors, activities, and definitions of what a PO is supposed to do come mainly from this 16-page document. It’s amazing then how so few people, including Product Owners, have actually read it. If you are “Doing Scrum” then you should at least understand what the guide says. In this episode, Tim Ottinger joins us to talk about the mentions of the Product Owner, what that really means, and we discuss if most PO’s do those things. Once you understand what it says, then you can talk about if you and the teams are following scrum or notscrum. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Co-host Post - Tim Ottinger - Tim Ottinger - Scrum.org - Agile for Humans - IT Risk Manager - Steve Johnson -

EP59 - Shipping Smaller Stories Aug 09, 2017

Something that Product Owners can continually get better at, is making the stories we tell, and ask for teams to work on, smaller. Smaller stories provide so many benefits to everyone and allow us to become more agile. There are lots of different ways to approach this and in this episode, we’ll review some common ones that you can try on your own items. Even if your first step is just to make sure something doesn’t last from day 1 to day 10 of a sprint, it’s an improvement. Feedback: twitter - email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Co-host Post - Diana Larson & James Shore - Cory Bryan - Mike Cohn - Richard Lawson -

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