Scrum, Kanban, Test Driven Development (TDD), Scaled Agile (SAFe), and the list could go on when it comes to agile software development methodologies a team could adopt. The general candidates are Scrum for new feature development and Kanban for the maintenance teams when building an effective agile process. However, I have worked with contemporary methods like Design Thinking, User-centred Design Read more…
With the rising need for collaboration and ownership, Proctor & Gamble kicked off the Product Management role in 1931. The Product Manager role has evolved organically over the past decades while the world’s business runs in a digital-first economy. According to Linkedin, whether they are the FANG conglomerates through to unicorns and startups, the Product Manager role has scored the highest Read more…
Before starting the French Open late last month, tennis starlet Naomi Osaka announced she would not be giving any media interviews. She shared that she has been suffering long stints of depression while fulfilling the answers to a horde of questions from media, being a superstar athlete. While this was a worrying matter for fans of the game already, the Read more…
We are in a world where the new normal has become nothing but normal, and that’s the irony of it. Just when we thought that it might be over, COVID-19 has steamrolled us with the second wave. It is not that people were not aware that this could happen, but it was more of an unapologetic attitude towards the horrendous Read more…
Considering the job market scene five years ago, the role of Product Managers was often amalgamated with the job of a Project Manager. They were the go-to people to act as a representative for the engineering team to lead negotiations and discussions with the clients and other stakeholders, along with other duties like resource management and planning. The core competency Read more…
Cynefin (pronounced as cunevin) is one of the most popular decision-making framework created by Dave Snowden during his tenure at IBM in 1999. Cynefin is a Welsh word for habitat. It was popularly known as a “sense-making device” for managers so that they can make better decisions by identifying how they perceive any situation and then making sense of their Read more…
Before we delve into Psychological Safety and why it is essential to consider it one of the top priorities for your teams, especially in the current period of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) world. Let’s take a minute to put ourselves into our work shoes and the work you do with your teams. Ask the following questions to yourselves: Read more…
Being from a business family (from a Punjabi Business Family 😉 there were fewer chances that I could have taken the route of an IT Professional over handling my family business. But then, who said the Khaleesi was the first one in the world to be known as the “Breaker of Chains,” my Khal was my Father (I miss you Read more…
