Transform a Product Team to Agile—and Live to Tell About It
The idea of transformation can be both exciting and frightening. How do we shake off old ways of thinking? What will emerge when the transformation is complete? How will I know the transformation is finished? These are questions and challenges that many product teams face as they make the transformation to agile.
Kevin Stilwell shares his experience and techniques for shaking off old paradigms and practices to break the organizational “muscle memory” that exists in many companies. What emerges will be a high performing product team—and the reward will be well worth the effort.
Kevin Stilwell is VP of product management and design at Dude Solutions. Having spent a significant part of his career behind the keyboard building software that directly impacts the day-to-day life of his customers, moving into a product management leadership role was a natural fit. With extensive experience designing and building desktop, mobile, and web applications from startup to enterprise, Kevin understands the value and necessity of a great partnership between product management and software engineering to successfully build great applications that delight users.