Dave West on Agile Beyond Software, Organisational Alignment and Product Ownership is Hard

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 7:19 p.m.

b'In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dave West, CEO of scrum.org about agile beyond software, the need for organisational alignment and how product ownership is a major inhibitor for many organisations because it is not done well. \\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n\\u2022\\tAgile ideas are taking root beyond software development, in business areas and in complex engineering environments \\n\\u2022\\tThe scope of agility is more than just delivering great product \\u2013 it is delivering great product, getting great feedback, experimentation and learning\\n\\u2022\\tThe large consulting firms have the relationships at the most senior levels to enable top-down change in organisations\\n\\u2022\\tMost software teams today are delivering relatively well, however there is misalignment between the delivery teams and the wider organisation\\u2019s ability to accept and release product to the market effectively\\n\\u2022\\tGood product ownership is incredibly hard and most organisations do product ownership very badly\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/3bvC9lY\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/3bvC9lY'