Category: Product Management
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Dealing with Dependencies
Dependencies in software development is an inevitability, especially when it comes to complex projects involving multiple teams, components, or external vendors/systems. As a technical program manager, managing these interdependencies is what makes or breaks you, and leadership look to you… Continue reading
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Continuously Improve your Projects by always asking ‘What?, So What?, Now What?’
As an agile evangelist, ensuring my teams continuously improve is a pinnacle component of sprint planning and executing. I always insist on having one story dedicated process and operational improvement each sprint to ensure we constantly evaluate and improve our… Continue reading
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What is Evidence-Based Management and how can I leverage it in Scrum Projects
Evidence-Based Management (EMB) “is an empirical approach that helps organizations to continuously improve customer outcomes, organizational capabilities, and business results under conditions of uncertainty“, according to the EBM Guide, a framework for delivering value through strategic goals through intentional experimentation… Continue reading
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5 Reasons to becoming a more self-aware Technical Program Manager
In the realm of effective program management, self-awareness stands as a crucial attribute that can transform average managers into exceptional leaders. Self-awareness encompasses a deep understanding of one’s strengths, weaknesses, emotions, and the impact they have on others. This powerful… Continue reading
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Using Personas to unlock a better understanding and engagement of your internal stakeholders
What are Stakeholder Personas? Stakeholder personas are fictional, yet representative, profiles that depict different types of stakeholders involved in a project. These personas are created by analyzing and synthesizing information about the various individuals or groups who have a stake… Continue reading
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The Art of Splitting User Stories
User stories are a key element of Agile project management, as they help to define and prioritize the requirements of a project. User stories are brief, concise statements that describe a particular feature or functionality from the perspective of the… Continue reading
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Got a Job Offer? 3 ways to assess if the company is the right cultural fit for you
Amidst the fog of excitement and gratification in receiving a job offer, you will need to determine if you should leave your current role for this offer, or the fortune of deciding amongst multiple offers. Put aside the numbers on… Continue reading
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Working Backwards at Amazon
Amazon’s catalyst for innovation lies in its perspective to always think from the customer backwards. That’s how most successful projects get done, and it all starts with the commonly used Amazonian phrase, working backwards. Before building a charter, a project… Continue reading
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Preparing for an Interview at Amazon Series: Phone Screen
I’ve been at Amazon for just under a year, at the time of writing, and as I approach my first anniversary, I reflect on how I got on this crazy, exciting merry-go-ride, they call Prime Video. I wanted to put… Continue reading