Agile Podcast E23 - Director of Agile Product Owners: Mike Miller

On this episode of the Agile Podcast, Director of Agile Product Owners: Mike Miller graces us with his presence. Mike discusses the ins and outs of Roadmaps, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), building and/or transitioning to Agile cultures, and a host of other related Product Management topics.

0:00 Introduction
0:29 Roadmap from Scratch
3:30 MVP
7:06 Business Value
10:45 Production Metrics & Alignment
14:43 Back to MVP
16:55 Maturity by Doing It
18:42 Minimum Functional Product (aka. Walking Skeleton)
20:28 Role, Accountability, or Full-Time Job
23:51 The Science on Teams is In!
26:15 Cut-Throat Cultures
31:23 Build Trust with Active Listening
33:53 Borrowed vs Permanent Product Owners
35:31 Agile - "To Be" or "To Do"
37:41 Product Management - Show Me Proof
42:16 PO Training
45:01 Splitting PO & PM
48:31 Context Switching, Multiple Products with One Team
51:06 Break for the Agile Ambush
51:49 Podcast Purpose - Sharing
53:40 Good Feedback vs Listening/Watching Yourself
55:45 Start, then Experiment
1:01:20 Portfolio Management
1:05:08 Gap in Agile Knowledge
1:06:57 Cost and the Product Manager
1:12:22 Budget Shell Games
1:17:47 Taylorism Rears its Ugly Head Again
1:19:52 Wrap-Up

Agile Podcast E23 - Director of Agile Product Owners: Mike Miller
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