Escape the Feature Frenzy, Build to Sell with Sandrine Olivencia – Hands-on Agile 66

NEWSLETTER — join more than 42,000 peers: https://age-of-product.com/subscribe/ SPEAKER: Sandrine Olivencia YOUR HOST: Stefan Wolpers MEETUP — join more than 6,000 peers: https://www.meetup.com/Hands-on-Agile-Berlin-Chapter-Meetup/ I. ABSTRACT In tech firms, everyone from employees to founders is familiar with the overwhelming and endless Product Backlog that we affectionately call “feature frenzy.” This results in constant pressure to add new features, leading to a feeling of never catching up. Despite hard work, there’s a sense that more time should be spent with customers rather than on internal politics. Building a successful product should be about solving problems, not just adding features. A product reflects how different specialists think and work together to create an irresistible product that people cannot live without while also generating profits for the company. However, Agile has evolved into a delivery-focused process with divided responsibilities, leading to communication issues and products that are less stable and less satisfying for customers. This is not what the founders of Agile envisioned at the end of the 20th century. II. SANDRINE OLIVENCIA Sandrine Olivencia co-founded Taktique, a firm dedicated to providing training and coaching in lean product design and development tailored specifically for busy individuals. She is committed to imparting practical skills and knowledge in a manner that suits the demanding schedules of professionals. Trained in management and computer science, Sandrine Olivencia is an accomplished product engineer who now teaches in leading engineering and management schools. She also co-authored “The Lean Sensei," a book on working with and developing into a lean sensei that earned a Shingo Prize. She discovered Agile in Silicon Valley in 2002 while working on a challenging project with a bioengineering firm. She was an active member of Agile France and organized several Agile conferences. Today, she is a member of the French Lean Institute and a faculty member at the US Lean Enterprise Institute. III. CONNECT WITH SANDRINE OLIVENCIA Connect with Sandrine here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrineolivencia/ .