Vitality Chicago

JUNE 28, 2022

In 2021, I first published my list of the best agile books, organized by role. I am a big fan of book learning and I am happy that my recommendations are serving a need. This includes some newly published books as well as some I finally read. It isn’t easy to limit the list to just 5 best agile books! That is OK.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

The following list shares sample rules, which are based on my book How to Lead in Product Management : Always have cameras turned on in online meetings and mute yourself if you don’t speak. Many product management meetings I have attended were working meetings, or workshops, where product decisions were taken.

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Vitality Chicago

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

I am frequently asked about the best books for learning about agile and Scrum. I have nearly 100 books on agile-related topics and there are so many new agile books published every year that it is difficult to keep up! As we head into 2021, I thought I would share my lists of best agile books. Product Owners.

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Sisense

APRIL 13, 2020

In fact, reading books and listening to audiobooks is up 35% worldwide as of March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a treasure trove of market, culture, and management guidance published for business executives. I asked my Sisense colleagues to share some of their favorite book titles that they have loved and learned from.

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EBG Consulting

MAY 6, 2020

In my recent Modern Agile Show interview with Joshua Kerievsky, we discussed product management in an agile context, product discovery and delivery, collaboration, and more. The book Requirements by Collaboration (2002) first introduced the “6Ps”: Purpose, Participants, Principles, Products, Place, Process.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 14, 2017

As you may know, the product owner originated from Scrum, where the role is responsible for maximising the value the product creates. This sounds like a text-book product management responsibility to me. Additionally, some approaches like SAFe employ a separate product manager and product owner role.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

If you are working on products, you have realized product management handles requirements in a different way. When a business analyst or a product owner is eliciting requirements, there is a shift from eliciting stakeholders’ wishes to discovering better and faster ways to solve stakeholders’ problems.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

To put it differently, learning to skilfully deal with difficult emotions increases our mental wellbeing, strengthens our connections with stakeholders and development team members, and improves our ability as product people to make effective decisions. Becoming Aware of Difficult Emotions. Are you feeling irritation, worry, or anger?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

To put it differently, learning to skilfully deal with difficult emotions increases our mental wellbeing, strengthens our connections with stakeholders and development team members, and improves our ability as product people to make effective decisions. Becoming Aware of Difficult Emotions. Are you feeling irritation, worry, or anger?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 3, 2018

But with effort, resilience, and patience, as well as the guidance from others, I have managed to become a reasonably skilled writer. This leads to a fixed mindset , where people see themselves as good or bad at something—be it writing, singing, drawing, or product management—and they believe that there is not much they can do about it.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Destinations are answers to the question you have in mind when you booked the trip. When the postcards pile up, book the trip and the time and the team you need. All they need now is a market, a customer and a product to carry with them. It is, however, more difficult than it may seem. It’s Not the Journey….

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 18, 2023

Reading list If you want to improve your communication skills you can start by digging into the below books. They are some of the best books on communication: “ How to Win Friends and Influence People ” by Dale Carnegie: This classic book offers practical advice on how to build strong relationships and effectively communicate with others.

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Passionate BA

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

A couple of months ago, I had a conversation with a bunch of seasoned business analysts about education, books, resources to learn from, etc. Author of numerous books, a software development consultant, speaker, trainer, songwriter, and just a great person! Renowned book author. Learning from Karl is always a pleasure.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Mindfulness provides a number of well-known benefits, such as, improved creativity, productivity, and wellbeing, and it has become popular at companies like Apple, Google, and Nike. I find that mindfulness is particularly helpful for product managers and product owners. But in reality, it reduces our productivity.

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Analysts Corner

DECEMBER 26, 2022

In the 4-Quadrants of Product Ownership , Business Analysis stands together with Product Management , Project Management , and Leadership. Mainly, product management or ownership should use business analysis within the following points: 1. Business analysis should be used for allowing: 1.

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Analysts Corner

APRIL 10, 2024

Frameworks like Dual Track Agile from Marty Cagan’s book “Inspired” influenced organizations to split their efforts into product discovery and delivery. The Discovery track is all about quickly generating validated product backlog items, and the Delivery track is all about generating releasable software.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 10, 2016

Minimum Viable Product #1. Writing a book is a complex and at times challenging endeavour: it took me over two years to write and publish my latest book. At the same time, I wanted to test that the product would create enough value for its readers before writing the actual book. Minimum Viable Product #2.

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Analysts Corner

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For those interested in AI and data, there is a list of 5 recommended books to get you started with AI, as well as an opinion on how generative AI is going to change requirements development. > Keep reading… Future and AI 1) How Generative AI Changes Requirements Management. But, how do you get started? What should you learn?

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Passionate BA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

by Yulia Kosarenko All images by the author This article delves into the fundamental difference between a system and a solution in the context of business analysis and product management. Internal Product Management is Hard. The Rock Crusher: Mastering Agile Backlog Management. How to Mitigate This?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

But what Scrum lacks in my mind, is a way to involve the key stakeholders in strategic product decisions and the product discovery work. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context.

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Analysts Corner

MAY 28, 2023

It’s for product managers, user researchers, design thinkers, and everyone who facilitates as a part of their job. This is a very famous name you’ll hear in the BA market, a book with more than 500 pages to cover each and every BA concept. But after 1 week, looking at the length of the book, my consistency failed. >

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Insight Software

MAY 14, 2021

Book Credits : 2. Kimberling is an expert in organizational change management, project management, implementation, and evaluations of ERP systems. Book Credits : –. Book Credits : 3. Book Credits : 3. Book Credits : –. Book Credits : 7. Twitter followers : 133,900. LinkedIn Followers : 20,309.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

In the book Agile Project Management with Scrum , the meeting is changed to allow product owners to contribute (see pp. Over the years, the definition of the meeting has changed. Initially, it was an open meeting, but only development team members and ScrumMaster were allowed to talk (see Agile Software Development with Scrum ).

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

Note that you may want to make the measures as specific as you can and state, for instance, the title of the books you intend to read. First, reflect on your current product management skills and determine any gaps and shortcomings in your current skill set. Many learning plans I have seen were lists of learning measures.

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Analysts Corner

AUGUST 8, 2023

Can a BA transition to Product Management? > Keep reading… 2) Unlearning and Learning: My Transition from Business Analysis to Product Management by Kavindi Bogahawatte It has been quite some time since my last post as I’ve been transitioning into a new role within Product Management. Enjoy reading.

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Argon Digital

AUGUST 11, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore why defining software requirements is crucial for businesses engaged in the software selection process and delve into the pivotal roles of business analysts and product managers in this endeavor. But, the two key players in this process are most often business analysts and product managers.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Under each sub-team, we have a product manager, business analyst and scrum master. Now, the whole sub-team sits together and discusses the product features, communicates them to the designers and works on them with the developers. Our product manager focuses on the timelines and sets aside the priorities, which is his strength.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We will delve into the importance of requirements elicitation, its key principles, and how it contributes to delivering successful products. > When a business analyst or a product owner is eliciting requirements, there is a shift from eliciting stakeholders’ wishes to discovering better and faster ways to solve stakeholders’ problems.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Option 1: The Vision Captures Strategic Decisions Your first option is to view the product vision as a statement that captures strategic decisions like the product’s users and customers, its value proposition, and its standout features. Which Option Is Best?

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Plus as a bonus some curated lists of books recommended for product managers, BAs, and architects. Curated reading Great books for business analysts that work in products Ten Essential Books for IT Architecture Thanks folks!

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. Identifying and addressing the key risks in the product strategy is best done iteratively, as I explain in more detail in my book Strategize. Enter the Cycle.

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EBG Consulting

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In the podcast, I discuss infusing product management with agile principles and practices. We covered a range of topics, including: The convergence of product management and agile. Shifting from project to product. How to define your product. The potential impact of product thinking on organizational design.

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Analysts Corner

APRIL 3, 2023

This even applies to more advanced roles such as Product Owner/Product Manager. Imagine if you know how the recommendation algorithm works for Netflix, then you can make a better decision for your own product’s recommendation engine. Book a time with Bhavini on topmate.io

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Ensure that Your Core Product Management Skills are Strong. To be able to guide, mentor, and coach other product people, you should ensure that your own product management “hard” skills are strong and that you don’t have any major gaps in your product management knowledge.

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Argon Digital

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This question is akin to asking, “What is the difference between a sentence and a book?” One should answer this question only after determining the questioner’s view of a book. Is a book referring to something like a textbook or a novel? Or is it used as a betting term “make book?” Is it a set of records such as a ledger?

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Cprime

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When identifying candidates for this role, you may find your existing product management function doesn’t have the technical product domain skills to effectively work within the team. From existing Product Management function. From existing Product Management function. Agile Product Management.

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