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Stand-Ups Drive Improved Performance – True or False?

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Analysis of this year’s data reveals the importance of regularly conducting effective stand-up meetings. In fact, the more frequently stand-up meetings are held, the more likely product teams are to achieve high performance. Stand-Up …

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Global Study of High Performance Product Teams

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For the past three years Actuation Consulting, along with a wide array of sponsors and industry associations, has conducted a global study of product team performance. The findings from our annual study …

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Are Project Managers Valued Anymore?

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The project management profession has been evolving alongside the emergence of Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, which has forced a degree of professional self-reflection on the role of the project manager in an Agile …

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Join The Study of Product Team Performance

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Take Part in this Year’s Study of Product Team Performance! We Want to Learn How Your Organization is Performing Our annual study examines the dynamics of effective product teams by identifying the …

What Product Team Role has the Most Influence with the Executive Team?

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In this year’s Study of Product Team Performance we asked “what product team member had the most influence with the executive team?” The responses were overwhelming tilted in the direction …

Executive Involvement with the Product Team – What is the Best Approach?

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Earlier this year we surveyed a wide variety of global organizations to learn more about what differentiates high performance product teams from those that are less successful. We defined high …