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I recently came across an interesting article on Forbes titled Five Best Practices For Agile Product Management (forbes.com). While the entire article is worth the read, if I had to summarize at a high level, I would say it speaks to the blending of Product Management (from a strategic perspective) and Agile Management (from an execution perspective).
Regardless of whether you take the view of the CEO of Aha! and author of the article … move fast but with a plan … or to the Japanese Proverb in the title … vision without action is a daydream … action without vision is a nightmare … both suggest Strategy and Execution need to work together.
This post is an exploration of the interesting ideas stirred up in my head by this Forbes article, as well as two other sources: 1) a post I had from several years ago pertaining to the Ansoff Matrix, and 2) the Compass Model from LeadingAgile. Let’s dig in.
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