Outcome-Driven Planning Blog

4 Product Owner Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them collaboration discovery outcomes

By Ryan Fullmer

May 10, 2022

The Product Owner Role

The Product Owner is a vital member of an Agile Team. The PO provides the team with valuable work and keeps them focused on the...

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Warning: Agile Teams Can Get Really Good at Delivering the Wrong Things agile teams discovery incremental delivery outcomes

By Julie Springer

May 5, 2022

Agile delivery processes and frameworks like Scrum are optimized for moving the highest priority work through the system and getting solutions into the...

Facing a Big Challenge - Shift to Discovery to Create High-Value Solutions clarity discovery identifying options outcomes

By Ryan Fullmer

April 26, 2022

I was working with an executive recently that was facing a big challenge and was not sure what to do. The stress-level was high, the other leaders were...

Solve Your Dependency Headaches agile teams alignment outcomes

Align to Manage Dependencies

A common blocker to a team's progress is delays caused by unmet needs from other teams. Managing these cross-team dependencies is challenging. They...

Your teams may be going in different directions

2 Things You Must Do to Keep Your Teams On Track agile leadership agile teams outcomes

Why are we even doing this?

To feel motivated, people need to understand why their work matters and how they are contributing to a greater purpose. Very few leaders spend sufficient time...