Gallagher Dan – Agile New England https://agilenewengland.org Networking Events for Agilists, Agile Software Development, GamingWordPress Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:39:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://agilenewengland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-ANE_Logo_512x512Transparent-32x32.png Gallagher Dan – Agile New England https://agilenewengland.org 32 32 Productivity versus Effectiveness https://agilenewengland.org/productivity-versus-effectiveness/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:58:03 +0000 https://agilenewengland.org/?p=16501 The success of product teams shouldn’t be measured by how much they produce, but rather by the outcomes their products drive. What if product teams could achieve more by doing less? What would happen if they focused not on sheer output, but on delivering high-impact outcomes that truly resonate with customers? To realize this potential, teams must rethink their approach and shift from a focus on output and relentless productivity to one of outcome-driven effectiveness. Join us as we explore how changing the way organizations think about Agile can empower teams to drive high impact outcomes that deliver results.

About the Speaker:
Dan Gallagher is driven by the notion that life is too short to build products people won’t use. He has logged 30 years as a product designer, product manager, product owner, agile team member, product executive, product consultant, and even scrum master. Dan has battled on the ground, led from the trenches, fought through the middle, and surveilled from above. He has combined this experience with extensive product research, wisdom from pundits (applied and validated), and life observations to evolve the Product Agility methodology into a powerful force for change in product development.

]]> Stop Building The Wrong Things Faster! https://agilenewengland.org/stop-building-the-wrong-things-faster/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:34:18 +0000 https://dev.agilenewengland.org/?p=4888 According to Jeff Patton, only 20% of software product features have the positive impact initially intended. Of the remaining ones, 60% have little or no impact, while 20% are complete failures —  the product would have been better off if they were never built. In essence, four out of five features add no value and are a waste of time and resources.

Product Agility leverages the cadence of agile to reverse this trend. It enables teams to build the right things through a continuous flow between continuous discovery, validated learning, and agile delivery. This presentation introduces the fundamentals of Product Agility, demonstrating how Agile and Lean Startup principles can flow into a powerful cycle that sparks self-sustaining and ever-accelerating product growth.

In this session you will learn about:

  • Why shifting towards Product Agility is critical for short and long term success
  • Organizational shifts in mindset are essential to remove friction and enable continuous discovery, validated learning, and agile delivery
  • Prioritization techniques that reduce risk and enable the identification of features that will have the highest impact
  • The day-to-day habits that accelerate a transition to a continuous discovery, validated learning, and agile delivery cycles

About the Speakers:

Dan Gallagher is the Senior Principal, Delivery Leadership, at Slalom, with 30 years’ experience as a product manager, product owner, product designer, product executive, product consultant, scrum master, and agile team member. Driven by the notion that life is too short to build products people won’t use, Dan has combined his extensive experience with product research, wisdom from pundits (applied and validated), and life observations to create the Product Agility methodology, a powerful force for change in product development.

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