Comments on: 2009 Year in Review http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2010/01/22/2009-year-in-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2009-year-in-review Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2010/01/22/2009-year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Stewart Rogers Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:07:47 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=1102#comment-326 Great comments Sally. I sometimes wonder, when it comes to Agile, whether they are trying an Agile approach to implementing Agile. The problem that I see, very few seem to be doing the retrospectives needed to improve on what is not working. The basic workings of Agile are quite simple.<br><br>As for your comment on patience, you are spot on. Great comments Sally. I sometimes wonder, when it comes to Agile, whether they are trying an Agile approach to implementing Agile. The problem that I see, very few seem to be doing the retrospectives needed to improve on what is not working. The basic workings of Agile are quite simple.

As for your comment on patience, you are spot on.

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2010/01/22/2009-year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Stewart Rogers Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:07:47 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=1102#comment-209 Great comments Sally. I sometimes wonder, when it comes to Agile, whether they are trying an Agile approach to implementing Agile. The problem that I see, very few seem to be doing the retrospectives needed to improve on what is not working. The basic workings of Agile are quite simple.<br><br>As for your comment on patience, you are spot on. Great comments Sally. I sometimes wonder, when it comes to Agile, whether they are trying an Agile approach to implementing Agile. The problem that I see, very few seem to be doing the retrospectives needed to improve on what is not working. The basic workings of Agile are quite simple.

As for your comment on patience, you are spot on.

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]]> By: sallyoutloud http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/2010/01/22/2009-year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-207 sallyoutloud Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:47:39 +0000 http://www.strategicproductmanager.com/?p=1102#comment-207 Stewart,<br><br>Your comments about agile are dead-on. It's a shame that some companies are unwilling to seek outside assistance on important initiatives. Why is that? How much time and resources (i.e. money) can they afford to waste while they figure out how to implement agile successfully?<br><br>I agree that product managers are still "struggling with the same problems in 2009 as they were in 2006". Politics plays a part. The nature of the work we do involves understanding and effectively dealing with company politics. That takes a certain set of skills and patience. Stewart,

Your comments about agile are dead-on. It's a shame that some companies are unwilling to seek outside assistance on important initiatives. Why is that? How much time and resources (i.e. money) can they afford to waste while they figure out how to implement agile successfully?

I agree that product managers are still “struggling with the same problems in 2009 as they were in 2006″. Politics plays a part. The nature of the work we do involves understanding and effectively dealing with company politics. That takes a certain set of skills and patience.

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