Blackblot^® Product Management Expertise™

Two models for internally structuring and placing the Product Group

Requirements as a presentation tool of information in the product delivery process.

A review of team models in business and their application.

A compatibility review of PMTK^® and Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS^®)

Clear definitions for the Agile domain.

A compatibility review of PMTK and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe^®).

A compatibility review of PMTK and Scrum.

A compatibility review of PMTK and Shape Up.

A compatibility review of PMTK and TDD.

Changes in the Agile arena pose new challenges to Scrum proponents.

Product management and Scrum are going their separate ways, finally.

Combining a market-driven product management methodology with lightweight software development practices.

Question: "How does PMTK ensure that the work in the solution space is context-aware relative to all the market problem details?"

Question: "Can Agility be achieved by being Agile through Scrum?"

Question: "Should UX and Product Management merge?"

Question: "Is Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) better than Scrum?"

This review explores and explains the Agile Manifesto’s background and reasons for the way it was written.

The circumstances leading to the Agile Manifesto are quite different than what most people realize.

Question: "Which is better for product management? Scrum or SAFe?"

Question: "Should product managers be members of the engineering team?"

Question: "Why are some companies merging the product manager and product owner into one role?"

Question: "Does the Blackblot approach also incorporate Product Strategy and Product Operations roles under the Product Manager umbrella? Especially when product teams are larger, it becomes increasing important to explicitly call out these areas of responsibility."

Question: "Are product managers responsible for discovering valuable products?"

Question: "Ideally in which group should the program manager reside in (e.g., Engineering, Product Management, etc.)?"

Question: "Hasn't lean startup revolutionized product management?"