X

Food for Agile Thought #195: Amazon Agility, DevOps Phenomenon, Empowered Product Teams, Fear and Sandboxes

Food for Agile Thought’s issue #195—shared with 22,363 peers—discovers Amazon Agility, we delve into the DevOps phenomenon as a strategic advantage, and embrace successful models for self-managing organizations.

We also learn how to hold each other accountable as teammates, we understand the necessity of safe-to-fail places to stimulate innovation, and we ask: Shall product roadmaps have dates?

Lastly, we enjoy 45 minutes with Mr. Product Management Marty Cagan on ordinary people creating extraordinary things.

Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #194?

🏆 The Essential Read: Amazon Agility

Steve Denning (via Forbes): How Amazon Became Agile

Amazon Agility: Steve Denning summarizes John Rossman’s new book ‘Think Like Amazon: 50 1/2 Ideas to Become a Digital Leader.’

Amazon Agility & Scrum

Nicole Forsgren (via ACM Queue): The DevOps Phenomenon

Anna Wiedemann, Nicole Forsgren, and others provide an executive crash course in DevOps emphasizing its strategic advantage over phase-gate or waterfall-driven organizations.

(via InfoQ): 📺 Management and Leadership of the Agile Organization

Christopher Davies discusses the misinterpretation of ‘command and control,’ the nature of strategy, the difference between leadership and management, looking at models for self-managing organizations.

Manuel Küblböck (via Medium): How we hold each other accountable

Manuel Küblböck reflects on trust and accountability in the agile world, pointing at that the latter is non-optional for a high-performing self-organized team.

📅 Scrum Training & Event Schedule

You can secure your seat for Scrum training classes, workshops, and meetups directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:

Date Class and Language City Price
🖥 🇩🇪 January 28-31, 2025 Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 Feburary 4-6, 2025 GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile 2025: From Concept-Based to Context-Based Agility (English) Live Virtual Conference FREE
🖥 🇬🇧 February 12-13, 2025 Professional Scrum Master Advanced Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 February 27, 2025 GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €749 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 March 6-April3, 2025 GUARANTEED: Align, Discover, Deliver: The Product Backlog Management Cohort Class (English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Cohort €499 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 🇩🇪 March 11-12, 2025 Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 🇬🇧 March 26-27, 2025 Professional Scrum Master Advanced Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 🇩🇪 April 10, 2025 Professional Product Discovery and Validation Class (PPDV; German; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €749 incl. 19% VAT

You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.

Product & Lean

Marty Cagan (via Mind The Product): 📺 Empowered Product Teams

In this video, Marty Cagan shares his experience on how to achieve extraordinary results with ordinary people.

Tristan Kromer: Fear and the Sandbox

Tristan Kromer notes that to innovate, we need places where we are comfortable exploring ideas that are likely to fail.

Roman Pichler: Should Product Roadmaps Have Dates?

Roman Pichler discusses the pros and cons of using dates on product roadmaps to help you decide which option is right for you.

📺 Join 1,450-plus Agile Peers on Youtube

Now available on the Age-of-Product Youtube channel:

✋ Do Not Miss Out and Learn about Amazon Agility: Join the 5,450-plus Strong ‘Hands-on Agile’ Slack Community

I invite you to join the “Hands-on Agile” Slack Community and enjoy the benefits of a fast-growing, vibrant community of agile practitioners from around the world.

If you like to join all you have to do now is provide your credentials via this Google form, and I will sign you up. By the way, it’s free.

🗞️ Last Week’s Food for Agile Thought Edition

Read more: Food for Agile Thought #194: #NoFrameworks, Scrum Team Counseling, PM Servant Leadership, As a User….

Categories: News
Stefan Wolpers: Stefan, based near Hamburg, Germany, has worked for 18-plus years as a Product Manager, Product Owner, Agile Coach, and Scrum Master. He is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org and the author of Pearson’s “Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.” He has developed B2C as well as B2B software, for startups as well as corporations, including a former Google subsidiary. Stefan curates the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and organizes the Hands-on Agile Conference, a Barcamp for agile practitioners.
Related Post