How to Maintain Your Product Agility With Non-agile Stakeholders

I’m a big believer in Agile. Aren’t we all? Apparently not. When I hear CEOs and senior managers complaining about Agile, they have legitimate concerns. But we don’t want to throw away the baby with the bathwater. So here is what you can do to remain agile when your organization sees things differently.

Product Strategy 101: How to Continue When There Isn’t a Right Answer

Creating a product strategy is almost never a matter of answering a few simple questions and figuring it out. Moreover, it’s not like there is a right answer that is objectively true (and even if there was, you wouldn’t be able to know it). Sounds confusing? It is. But here are quick methods to take you out of the talking and into action.

The Major Pitfalls of Lean Startup

Lean is a great methodology, but like any other methodology, it can be abused if not deeply understood. In my work with startups I noticed two common pitfalls – opposite sides of lean taken to the extreme without staying true to its core principles. The pitfalls are listed below, as well as how to avoid them.