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How Much Time Do Product Managers Spend In The Field?

In 2015, Agile, Lean, News, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, Updates by [email protected]

Time spent with customers is precious. Organizations often talk about the importance of capturing “the voice of the customer” and product managers are directed to collect meaningful customer input. This …

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Who Really Owns the Requirements Backlog?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Innovation, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Sean Van Tyne, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

It’s often assumed that product owners and product managers are singularly responsible for the requirements backlog. While this is true in many instances – this assumption does not hold true in all …

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Has Product Team Performance Improved Over Time?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Recruitment, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, User Experience by [email protected]

Recently I was asked about product team performance over time. The actual question was “what does your data show about how the great recession impacted product teams?” Our data goes …

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Blended Product Development Methods Continue to Rule

In 2015, Agile, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, User Experience by [email protected]

For the last four years we have been tracking the adoption rates for various product development methodologies. Our annual Study of Product Team Performance has documented Agile’s continuous rise (through …

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Core Product Teams – What Size Performs Best?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Sean Van Tyne, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

Our market research into high performance product teams continues to yield interesting data about the factors that distinguish the most effective product teams from the pack. In last week’s post Sean …

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How Many People Are On Your Core Product Team?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Innovation, Lean, Marketing, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, Updates, User Experience, Voice of the Customer by [email protected]

For the last four years we have been conducting detailed market research on what makes some product teams more successful than others. Over this time span we have identified nineteen …