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From Business Strategy to Real-World Value
Imagine you’re the mastermind behind a trendy new apartment complex, where every detail matters. You’re juggling cool design elements like rooftop gardens, sleek modern kitchens, and high-tech security systems. Now, add Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the mix, with smart home features that adjust lighting and temperature based on residents’ preferences, or an AI concierge that…
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From Strategy to Application: How to Implement Product Management Effectively
In the dynamic world of DevOps, where continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) approach has revolutionized software development and operations, the concept of product management has emerged as a pivotal discipline. This blog aims to shed light on effective product management strategies and the indispensable role of market research in steering products from ideation to…
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How to Manage the Value of Your Product
Join us for the upcoming session on developing an effective value management approach in your product management process, led by Dave van Herpen. In this session, you will learn: Why a value-based approach should be taken in managing your product. How to identify and leverage product value for improved decision-making. What should be taken into…
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Delivering Awesome Products Through Experience Management
Experience management is a proactive strategy aimed at collecting, analyzing, and acting on feedback to enhance the experiences of customers, employees, and all stakeholders with an organization’s products and services. It encompasses a broad range of activities, from surveys and data analysis to implementing changes based on insights gathered. This approach is designed to elevate…
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The Secret Recipe for Truly Incremental Product Delivery
In the DevOps environment, continuous iteration is a crucial strategy for keeping up with the demands of the modern market and ensuring that your products stay relevant and effective. This approach involves ensuring that each change brings you closer to the ultimate goals. The essence of continuous iteration lies in refining and improving products systematically…
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Product Mindset as an Imperative
Software is eating the world. As more businesses develop digital products and services, product development speeds up and competitive advantages shorten. It is critical to understand why customers prefer your product over competitors. Enter product management. This discipline acts as a pivotal bridge between engineering, design, marketing, sales, and customer support. It transcends mere product…
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Theory to Practice: Effective Coaching Based on DASA DevOps Fundamentals
The newly updated DevOps Fundamentals training has gained global traction with scheduled sessions in Spain, Latin America, India, and beyond. Coaching professionals eagerly look to this training as a means to equip themselves with the knowledge and tools necessary for guiding teams and organizations toward DevOps excellence. While understanding the principles of DevOps is essential,…
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DevOps: A Boy Named Sue
Everyone has an opinion about DevOps. Similar to what has happened to cloud, Agile, Lean and Scrum, this unavoidably leads to cult behavior. Strong beliefs, not only on what it really is but also how it should be integrated with current organizational and technological practices, lead to fierce discussions and multipolar behaviors. But does it…
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Eisenbahnscheinbewegung, or Fake High-Performance Transformations
Over the past years, I’ve seen quite some interesting organizational transformations. No matter which labels were being used (agile, Lean, DevOps), all promise for a collaborative culture with high-performing teams and flows of value. In my experience, the major challenge in any of those transformations is to achieve a sense of ownership and shared responsibility…
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Culture Follows Structure
On January 17, 2019. Transavia hosted a highly interactive event “Fit for the Future,” enabled by CIO Platform Nederland and the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA). After several valuable lessons from Transavia and ABN AMRO Bank on their Agile and DevOps journeys, I had the privilege to facilitate one of the break-out sessions on Organizational…
