Background One of my students reached out to request a series of questions that can be asked for a product owner / product manager interview. I thought its best to document the questions and possible answers here so it might help others that might be looking for something similar Behavioral...

One of my favorite retrospectives is the Superpower Retrospective. When faced with a team that has been together for a while and has done a few retrospectives it can be hard to keep things interesting. The Superpower Retrospective is an excellent way of spicing things up. With the Superpower Retrospective...

To begin with I want to state that this post portrays my opinion on Agile estimates. Agile estimates have been around the Agile movement for as long as I can remember. I was not privy to the start of Agile so “as long as I can remember” probably does not...

The car manufacturer Toyota developed Kanban as a methodology to help teams work on their assembly line. Currently, it is popular with engineering teams working within an Agile environment. Typically, the work being done in Kanban is easily visible and communicated on a Kanban Board. Kanban also helps keep work...

Product Manager or Product Owners have to wear different hats at different times. Here are some mindsets that connect well with the work they do.   Collaborative Works 1/3rd time each working alone, 1/3rd time with stakeholders and 1/3rd time with developers. LinkedIn Collaborative best practices Problem: When teams rapidly grow...

Imagine this, you are watching your favorite basketball team in the championship game. There is 1 second left on the clock. Your team is down by 2 points and has the ball. They move towards their basket and your favorite player takes a 3-point shot. IT GOES IN!!! Your team...