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3 Ways to Apply Lean Product Management Right Away

280 Group CEO and Founder, Brian Lawley, is once again joined by the prominent author, consultant and trainer, Greg Cohen. Greg works for 280 Group and has authored best-selling books such as Agile Excellence for Product Managers, Lean Product Management, and Strategy Excellence for Product Managers. Today Greg will share three ways that Product Managers can apply Lean methodologies in their day to day work. Watch The Video Three things you can do right out of the gate are increase…[continue reading]

Lean Product Management – Improving the Productivity of Value Adding Steps

Written by: Greg Cohen | Posted on: Aug 31, 2017 | Category: Lean Product Management, Uncategorized 0

In the previous post, we discussed how to minimize wait times on the path from idea to MVP. In this final post on developing a lean mindset, we will look into making processes more efficient. Getting better at a process is usually more involved than eliminating wait times. To get better, we have to reflect on a process, decide on a change we want to make, and then measure if it helped. Toyota developed the A3 report to structure problem…[continue reading]

Lean Product Management – Minimizing Wait Times

Written by: Greg Cohen | Posted on: Aug 22, 2017 | Category: Lean Product Management 0

In the previous post on developing a Lean Mindset, we covered flow efficiency and how to apply the principle to get from idea to MVP (minimum viable product) faster. The post ended by mentioning two ways to shorten the time to MVP: Minimizing wait times (i.e., non-value added time) and Improving the productivity of our value-added steps. In this post we’ll focus on the first method, to minimize wait times. Eliminating wait times is one of the easiest ways to…[continue reading]

Definition of Minimum Viable Product

Written by: Duncan Gilmore | Posted on: Aug 8, 2017 | Category: Lean Product Management, Product Management Videos 0

Here we have Greg Cohen, author of Agile Excellence for Product Managers and Lean/Agile Product Management expert from the 280 Group staff. In this video we are going to talk about one of the core concepts behind Lean Product Management which is the Minimum Viable Product, or MVP. Greg starts by giving us a basic definition of MVP, what is it and why is it important. Minimum Viable Product is a technique that was popularized by Lean Startup but the…[continue reading]

Developing a Lean Product Management Mindset – Part I

Written by: Greg Cohen | Posted on: Jul 18, 2017 | Category: Lean Product Management 0

In today’s fast pace, hyper-competitive world of product development, a lean mindset is a new skill product managers and product teams need to develop. But what exactly is a lean mindset? At its simplest, Lean is a way to analyze our process and actions in pursuit of delivering value to the market faster. For product management, the goal is to achieve product-market fit in less time with fewer resources. It is a target upon which we will forever work…[continue reading]

What is Lean Product Management

Written by: Duncan Gilmore | Posted on: Jun 28, 2017 | Category: Lean Product Management, Product Management Videos 0

Greg Cohen is the author or Agile Excellence for Product Managers, and a Lean Product Management expert, as well as a consultant/trainer for 280 Group. In this video he answers one seemingly simple question: What is Lean Product Management? The answer of course is not as simple as the question, Lean Product Management is a complex topic but Greg breaks it down in an easy to understand way. Lean Product Management can basically be defined as a mindset that Product…[continue reading]

Why an MVP Needs to Be a Product and Not Just a Test

Written by: Greg Cohen | Posted on: Jun 14, 2017 | Category: Lean Product Management 0

Language is dynamic, and terms in product management are subject to the same forces. Meanings evolve, and this can lead to ambiguity. The MVP or minimum viable product is one such term. It has been popularized by Lean Startup for nearly a decade. Although Eric Ries, the founder of Lean Startup, did not invent the term MVP, I credit him for its adoption into the standard lexicon of product teams. Interestingly, during the early days of Lean Startup, the whole…[continue reading]

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