Arguing Agile · 2025-04-30 · 39 min
Ever been in a meeting where an executive decrees: "Engineering needs to go faster!" without any nuance or understanding of the underlying issues? What a coincidence - so have we!!! Listen or watch as Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel discuss this common yet problematic demand. Join us as we unmask deeper organizational issues, explore how to respond to this request, and discuss the potential causes, constraints, and solutions. Whether you're in engineering, product management, or leadership, this episode provides practical insights for addressing the "go faster" demand in ways that deliver business value quickly, under budget, and right on-time! #EngineeringLeadership #ProductManagement #AgileTeams REFERENCES Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, by Richard Rumelt (book) Arguing Agile #185 "What Companies Do Instead of Strategy" Arguing Agile #103 "Challenges to Building Product Roadmaps" Inspired, by Marty Cagan (book) LINKS YouTube: Spotify: Apple: Website: = = = = = = = = = = = = Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample) By Whitewolf (Source: CC BY 4.0 DEED (
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