Leadership Is System Design, Not Command
Explores why real leadership means designing systems that enable team autonomy, flow, and accountability—rather than relying on command-and-control …
Deliver valuable, usable products through iterative learning, customer feedback, and continuous improvement. Align strategy, discovery, and delivery to maximise outcomes and reduce risk.
Product Development is the systematic process of delivering valuable and usable products through iterative learning, customer feedback, and continuous improvement. It encompasses the alignment of strategy, discovery, and delivery to maximise outcomes while minimising risk. This concept is crucial as it enables teams to respond effectively to changing market demands and customer needs, fostering an environment where innovation can thrive.
By integrating practices from Agile, Lean, and DevOps, Product Development promotes a culture of collaboration and transparency, allowing cross-functional teams to work cohesively towards shared goals. It emphasises the importance of understanding customer feedback loops, which inform product iterations and enhancements, ensuring that the end product not only meets but exceeds user expectations.
The long-term, systemic nature of Product Development means that it is not merely about delivering a product but about creating a sustainable framework for ongoing value delivery. This approach encourages teams to embrace experimentation and learning, leading to improved efficiency and effectiveness in product delivery. By focusing on continuous improvement and adaptability, organisations can cultivate resilience and maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving landscape. The emphasis on value delivery ensures that every effort contributes meaningfully to the organisation’s strategic objectives, reinforcing the importance of a well-defined Product Development process in achieving long-term success.
Explores why real leadership means designing systems that enable team autonomy, flow, and accountability—rather than relying on command-and-control …
Value in software is only realised through delivery. Frequent releases validate assumptions, reduce risk, and enable rapid feedback, adaptation, and …
Mentoring program for product managers and leaders to master Agile, product management, UX, and evidence-based decision-making, with Scrum.org …
Explores how effective capacity planning shifts focus from individual hours to system-level flow, using Lean and Agile principles to improve …
Getting Started with the Definition of Done (DoD). Every team should define what is required, what criteria must be met, for a product increment to be …
Maximise product value with Agile Product Management. Align strategy, customer needs, and continuous delivery.
Mentoring program for developers and teams to master Agile, DevOps, Kanban, and evidence-based practices, fostering engineering excellence and …
Explains how the Definition of Done evolves in Scrum, aligning team practices with organisational standards to ensure consistent quality, compliance, …
The Scrum Master is an accountability in Scrum, responsible for enabling the effectiveness of the Scrum Team and fostering continuous improvement …
Scrum teams must deliver working software to real users every Sprint; true progress is measured by delivery to production, not just by completing …
Measuring individual cycle time in Kanban misleads teams, hides real bottlenecks, and harms flow. Focus on system-wide metrics like PCE, WIP, and …
Minimising waste while maximising learning in product creation.
Strategies and techniques for effective backlog management and refinement.
The Product Owner is an accountability in Scrum, responsible for maximising product value through effective backlog management and stakeholder …
Explains how audience-based deployment and testing in production enable faster feedback, safer rollouts, and higher software quality by targeting real …
Explains why promoting code through multiple branches slows delivery, increases risk, and suggests GitHub Flow or Release Flow as simpler, safer …
Explains the difference between subjective goals and the objective Definition of Done in Scrum, highlighting how clear, measurable criteria ensure …
Explains why true Scrum requires real team agency, not just self-management in name, and how lacking agency leads to ineffective, ritualistic Agile …
Explains how true quality improvement needs both tools and a culture of safety, using Toyota’s andon cord as a lesson for Agile and Scrum adoption in …
Transform your organisation with the Agile Product Operating Model, blending agile practices and product management to deliver consistent, …
Building the Minimum Viable Product to test ideas and validate market assumptions quickly.
Comprehensive guide to using OKRs for shared focus, measurable outcomes, and strategic learning, including roles, events, best practices, and common …
Applying Lean principles to rapidly test and validate business ideas with minimal risk.
Excessive handoffs in software development create delays, reduce quality, and harm team morale. Learn how eliminating handoffs boosts agility, flow, …
Delivering working, valuable software at the end of each iteration, ensuring value is incrementally added to the product.
Learn Kanban principles and hands-on Azure Boards setup to visualize workflow, set WIP limits, track flow metrics, and improve team throughput and …
Coordinate multiple teams to deliver complex products while preserving agility. Focus on alignment, flow, and value delivery across the enterprise …
Explore and compare Agile frameworks. Understand their principles, applications, and impact on organisational agility and value delivery.
Learn to integrate modern UX practices into Scrum, enhance team collaboration, and manage user-centric work, with certification included for …
Struggling with inconsistent delivery? Discover why a shared definition of done is key to predictable, high-quality results your teams—and …
Velocity measures how quickly teams turn ideas into value, using build, test, deploy, and feedback times—not just story points—to track real delivery …
A cross-border product team overcame misalignment and role confusion through immersive mentorship, boosting collaboration, engineering engagement, and …
Stop confusing acceptance criteria with definition of done—learn the crucial difference to boost quality, speed, and trust in your agile delivery.
Transform your definition of done into a strategic advantage—deliver real value, reduce risk, and drive business impact with every sprint.
Optimising how often software is deployed to enhance feedback loops and value delivery.
Ensuring continuous delivery of incremental improvements to users and stakeholders.
Explains how the Scrum Master is accountable for enabling effective product delivery, fostering team success, and ensuring each sprint produces a …
Evidence-Based Management (EBM) is a strategy for improving an organisation’s ability to deliver value by making decisions based on evidence, not …
Visualising workflows to identify inefficiencies and optimise value delivery.
Explains how Scrum teams can strategically allow unfinished work to flow across Sprint boundaries, enhancing throughput, responsiveness, and …
Continuous Delivery is the practice of frequently delivering small increments of valuable product directly to real users, enabling rapid feedback, …
The process of delivering usable working software products to customers, including planning, development, testing, and deployment.
Learn to apply Evidence-Based Management for agile leadership, focusing on empiricism, customer value, key metrics, and data-driven decision-making to …
Master Agile Planning to balance flexibility with predictability. Align teams, optimise delivery, and drive value continuously.
Manage Agile projects effectively with Azure Boards. Track work, optimise planning, and improve team collaboration.
Strategies for iterative and continuous value delivery to customers.
Explores how Product Owners can drive strategy, maximise value, and lead Scrum teams effectively, highlighting the need for empowerment beyond basic …
Testing product ideas with real users to ensure market fit and customer value.
Learn to scale Scrum with the Nexus Framework, tackle cross-team challenges, and prepare for SPS certification through hands-on workshops and …
Combined Scrum Master and Product Owner training covering Agile mindset, Scrum framework, value delivery, backlog management, and certification exam …
The Scrum Team is a defined accountability within Scrum, composed of a Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Developers working together toward a shared …
Gain practical skills in Agile product ownership, Scrum, backlog management, and value delivery. Includes PSPO I certification attempt and is ideal …
Defines the Definition of Done in Scrum as a clear, shared standard for quality, ensuring increments are releasable, transparent, and continuously …
Discover why “done” means live in production—not just code complete. Learn to deliver real value, close feedback loops, and drive outcomes that …
Measuring the time from work initiation to customer delivery, helping teams monitor workflow efficiency and improve value delivery.
Explores how agile teams can achieve predictable software delivery through quality focus, effective release planning, and continuous improvement, …
Enhance forecasting in Agile and Scrum. Use empirical data to predict delivery timelines, manage risk, and optimise value delivery.
Align development with business goals using Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Improve collaboration and create clear, testable requirements.
Empowering teams to take ownership and drive value autonomously.
Undelivered software provides no value. Frequent, iterative releases reduce risk, cost, and failure, enabling faster learning and real user impact in …
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Capita Secure Information Solutions Ltd
Cognizant Microsoft Business Group (MBG)
Flowmaster (a Mentor Graphics Company)
Microsoft
Slicedbread
New Signature
Milliman
Hubtel Ghana
NIT A/S
YearUp.org
SuperControl
Teleplan
Brandes Investment Partners L.P.
Kongsberg Maritime
Boxit Document Solutions
Freadom
Boeing
Jack Links
Royal Air Force
Washington Department of Enterprise Services
Ghana Police Service
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Department of Work and Pensions (UK)
Nottingham County Council
Xceptor - Process and Data Automation
Deliotte
ALS Life Sciences
Capita Secure Information Solutions Ltd
Genus Breeding Ltd
Sage