Product Agility Scaling Product Excellence @ PandaDoc Insider Secrets for Scrum Masters & Agile Coaches With Denis Salnikov
Denis Salnikov is a Head of Agile Practice at PandaDoc. He and Ben explored just what this role means in a company that is successfully using LeSS Huge - https://less.works/less/less-huge.
What themes did we explore?
- How does PandaDoc decide how to group the features on their backlog?
- PandaDoc has managers. What are their tips for making it work?
- What does a Head of Agile Practices at PandaDoc do on a day-to-day basis?
Here are some of the highlights
- 00:01:38 - How did PandaDoc create Requirement Areas for their Product?
- 00:06:12 - What is area "area leadership" at PandaDoc, and how does it help to maximise the Product Value?
- 00:07:21 - Does the area leadership have any organisational structural relationship within it?
- 00:08:50 - Product owners have been known to inflate the potential value of their area to keep teams, "their Teams," working on it - This is how PandaDoc deal with that
- 00:11:24 - What is the best tip Denis can provide to those wondering how to create an area in LeSS Huge for the first time?
- 00:13:09 - How do reporting lines and organisational structure work with their Product Structure
- 00:15:05 - What is the day-to-day life like for a Head of Agile Practices at PandaDoc? do they have people management responsibility?
- 00:16:39 - Is a Head of Agile at PandaDoc just a Scrum Master?
- 00:19:39 - Denis is proud of his people management skills. How did he develop them?
- 00:20:48 - Sage advice from Denis... you have to hear it!
Guest Bios
Denis Salnikov is a certified Scrum Master, Kanban Coach & Agile Coach who has been consulting, coaching, mentoring, and teaching cross-functional development teams, management, and organisations since 2014.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsalnikov23/
Host Bio
Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.
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