Consulting Services
Product Realization
Definition: the fulfillment or achievement of something desired or anticipated.
Having experienced it ourselves, the lure of having a product as part of your services business is a strong one. Getting income from something that isn’t ‘pay for time’ is great.
However, building a product is a completely different model than providing excellent services.
Having run services companies and built a number of products, you can bet we have learned from many mistakes!
If you are thinking of starting down this path, or are struggling to keep on track with a product you have already started, give us a call. Maybe you just need a nudge, or we can help you find the right resources to take you the distance.
Product Efficacy
Definition: The ability to produce a desired or intended result.
Are you a product company, and thinking that there may be some ‘tweaks’ that can drive more efficiency or effectiveness from your teams?
We love the feeling of helping to build an awesome product development team.
Having built many teams, we know that there is no one size fits all approach. Every team is different, based on personalities, product, technologies, industry, wall colour (it really does make a difference – there are studies…).
We have seen many different cultures. Some that work, many that don’t. We have a very good sense of what is needed to enable great teams.
If you just need a quick review to see if there are any adjustments that can be made, or are looking to right the ship of a team that is not performing as expected, give us a call.
Agile Coaching
Definition: To train or instruct a team or individual.
Have you, like loads of other companies, adopted Agile as the savior of your product development process?
We would imagine that you, along with loads of other companies are also asking why you are not seeing all the benefits that it promises.
Chess is a simple game to learn (the moves), but it is hard to be great at it (the strategy). Agile is a bit like that.
People tend to adopt Agile as a process (the moves), without trying to understand the reason that is exists in the first place (the strategy). The fundamental knowledge of the Agile principles is key to making it all work. The process of Scrum for example is just a simple framework to steer the teams once they understand the basic principles.
Agile is great, you just have to work at it.
If you would like a more effective Agile implementation, give us a call and we can review your current environment and recommend a way forward.