Introduction Spotify has garnered widespread recognition for its innovative organizational approach known as the Spotify Model. At the heart of this model lies the concept of “tribes”. A decentralised, cross-functional team structure that empowers employees and fosters a dynamic and agile work environment. While the Spotify Model has proven successful for…

Many organisations have tried to adopt the ‘Spotify Model’ over the past few years. This is a framework made popular by Henrik Kniberg who at the time was an Agile Coach at Spotify. What is the Spotify Model? I previously wrote a a detailed overview post on the model and what it entails, which you…

Adding contingency Product estimating is hard, it’s really really hard. To be put in a position to estimate something, and then potentially be held accountable for it is not a comfortable position to be in. In order to help to ‘safe guard’, or reduce the risk of being wrong people will add…

Dealing with Deadlines Anyone who has worked in product management has been exposed to deadlines. Deadlines we impose by ourselves, but unfortunately most commonly deadlines set by stakeholders or 3rd parties . Even as human beings, we often want more than what we have or what we can do. I think its part…

Team Safety I think one of the most important factors in building successful products and product teams is that the product team feels safe. If teams do not feel safe, or if you have a blame culture then how can you expect anyone to think outside the box, innovate or take risks…

In this article, I want to specifically focus on the term course correction. Going off Track You might experience it as a product manager, you have embarked on a new project or feature, you think you have all the information and detail (which is very difficult I might add), a few sprints in…

Roadmap Sabotage Creating and building products or projects can be a tough thing, and there are usually many different factors (some in your control, some not) that can cause your project to fail and ultimately kill your product roadmap. Sabotage is a big one. Imagine in Hollywood war movies, where the good…

Roadmap Architecture & Structure As a Product Manager it is important that you have a roadmap in place. Equally important is that you design your roadmap architecture and structure. This becomes increasingly important as your company, teams and products scale. The larger your company and product grows, the more difficult it can be to…

A Scrum Master is not a Manager Often organisations new to Scrum and trying to implement it struggle with the Scrum Master role. I mean; its a person who the team does not report too, yet they are responsible for the process and getting things done. …