Zen and the Art of Weiterbildung for Product Owners

suggested readings and quote for the personal development of product owners

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1. Zen and the Art of Weiterbildung a.k.a. Non-IT books for product owners These slides are a MVP Helmar Gebert
2. For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. (Bill Bryson)
3. About me: My name is Helmar Gebert Product Owner since 2016 Working at a Federal Institute former Java Dev, IT Consultant, Project Manager, Tester This is my journey …
4. It is fundamentally the confusion between effectiveness and efficiency that stands between doing the right things and doing things right. There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all. (Peter F. Drucker)
5. Scrum Guide about the role of the PO: The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team. https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#team-po
6. Scrum Guide about the role of the PO: The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team. https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#team-po
7. Thesis: There is literature outside the usual categories like IT , software development , etc. whose reading nevertheless ( or perhaps because ) contributes much to the personal development of product owners
8. The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday’s logic. (Peter F. Drucker)
9. Is this a typical workplace of a PO?
10. Is this a typical workplace of a PO?
11. This looks like a typical workplace of a PO
12. Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don't much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go.
13. What kind of habits does an effective team member need?
14. Stephen Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 1. Be Proactive 2. Begin with the End in Mind 3. Put First Things First 4. Think win/win 5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood 6. Synergize 7. Sharpen the Saw
15. The major problems of systems work are not so much technological as sociological. (Tom DeMarco)
16. What kind of habits does an effective team member need?
17. Patrick M. Lencioni The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Inattention to (Team) Results Avoidance of Accountability Lack of Commitment Fear of Conflict Absence of Trust
18. For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. (H L Mencken)
19. What kind of habits does an effective organization team member need?
20. Peter M. Senge The 5th Discipline 1. Today's problems come from yesterday's "solutions." 2. The harder you push, the harder the system pushes back. 3. Behavior grows worse before it grows better. 4. The easy way out usually leads back in. 5. The cure can be worse than the disease. 6. Faster is slower. 7. Cause and effect are not closely related in time and space. 8. Small changes can produce big results...but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious. 9. You can have your cake and eat it too ---but not all at once. 10. Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.
21. The ultimate management sin is wasting people's time. (DeMarco / Lister)
22. What kind of habits does an effective leader organization team member need?
23. Eliyahu M. Goldratt und Jeff Cox The Goal • find bottlenecks (constraints) in a manufacturing process … … and eliminate them • ask questions, discuss answers … … use dialogs • apply good ideas to both your personal and work life … … try it • Translation for IT people: The Phoenix Project A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
24. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. (Marcus Aurelius)
25. What does prevent us and others from being rational thinking people?
26. Daniel Kahneman Thinking, Fast and Slow Model “System 1” Fast, automatic, frequent, emotional, stereotypic, subconscious “System 2” Slow, effortful, infrequent, logical, calculating, conscious The World -> System 1 -> System 2
27. The important thing is not your process. The important thing is your process for improving your process. (Henrik Kniberg)
28. What is an optimal environment to grow good people?
29. Craig Larman and Bas Vodde Lean Primer Continuous Improvement and Respect for People “Watch the baton, not the runners” Ask: “Why are we doing this?” Check http://www.leanprimer.com/
30. No matter what the problem is, it's always a people problem. (Gerald M. Weinberg) Remember: As a PO you should be a member of the team.
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32. I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that. (Pippi Longstocking)
33. proof of thesis It’s up to you … try it … be surprised There is literature outside the usual categories like IT , software development , etc. whose reading nevertheless ( or perhaps because ) contributes much to the personal development of product owners
34. If everything is under control, you're not going fast enough. (Mario Andretti)
35. The end The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this presentation are fictitious. No identification with actual persons, places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. No animals were harmed during the making of this presentation. You may wake up now ☺ See next slide for suggested podcasts
36. (if you don‘t want to read) Suggested podcasts • http://www.deliveritcast.com/ • https://soundcloud.com/productownerpodcast • https://productish.com/ • https://medium.com/product-warrior/podcast/home • https://www.romanpichler.com/product-management-resources/romans- podcasts/ • https://badassagile.com/ • https://ryanripley.com/ (Agile for Humans) • In german: http://www.agilesproduktmanagement.de/ http://www.meinscrumistkaputt.de/