I recently spoke with Adam Ellsworth, Senior Product Manager at Lucid Software, about why Agile and Scrum often fall short in supporting product management effortsโparticularly when engineers lack product and domain knowledge. Adam shared key insights from Lucid, where fostering a more product-aware engineering culture has led to better collaboration and outcomes.
Key takeaways for Product Managers, Product Leaders, and CEOs:
โข ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐
๐: Traditional Agile assumes engineers understand the what and why, but theyโre often focused only on the how. This leads to misaligned execution and makes product managers overburdened with tactical details.
โข ๐๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต: At Lucid, culturally encouraging engineers to accumulate product knowledge has resulted in more informed decision-making and less micromanagement, allowing product managers to focus on strategic work and customer engagement.
โข ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐: When engineers understand the productโs mission, design choices improve, collaboration strengthens, and product managers can dedicate more time to driving vision and growth.
Read the full article to see how evolving Agile and Scrum can create a more sustainable and strategic product development process!
๐ https://www.edensoftlabs.com/post/raspmiae
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