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AA195 - Tyranny of Plans & Planning in Software Development
In this episode of the Arguing Agile podcast, we dive deep into the corrosive nature of excessive planning in software development organizations. Discover how the tyranny of plans can stifle innovation, hinder adaptability, and lead to project failures. We explore the cognitive dissonance that often plagues leadership when plans inevitably clash with market realities.
Join us as we discuss strategies for dealing with uncertainty, the pitfalls of Taylorism in modern work culture, and the importance of flexible budgeting in agile environments. Learn how to recognize pathological organizational patterns and navigate the challenges of working with narcissistic leaders.
Whether you're a product manager, agile coach, or software development leader, this podcast will equip you with valuable insights to help you break free from the tyranny of plans and foster a more adaptive, resilient organization.
0:00 Intro: The Tyranny of Plans and Planning
0:15 Dealing with Uncertainty and Ambiguity
0:41 The Illusion of Control in Organizations
0:53 Leadership and Organizational Shuffling
2:45 Systemic Issues in Large Organizations
5:14 Issues with the System
6:41 The Role of Luck in Success
7:35 The Role of Timing in Success
8:37 How Most Orgs Evolve
10:19 Questioning Org Design
11:30 Taylorism and Modern Work Culture
14:25 Westrum's 3 Org Models
16:40 When People Are the Problem
20:43 Impact of Cognitive Load on Decision Making
21:43 Identity & Emotional Damage
25:22 Cognitive Dissonance in Orgs
27:50 Budgeting Challenges in Software Projects
28:41 Micro Budgeting: A Flexible Approach
29:47 Benefits of Quarterly Budgeting
31:20 Handling Unpredictable Workloads
32:40 Strategies for Effective Team Management
34:38 Cognitive Dissonance & Failures of Identity
37:43 Etch Plans in Sand, Not Stone
40:07 Podcast Recommendations
40:23 Cultural Dimensions in Management
43:05 The Myth of Hustle Culture and Hard Work
47:09 Narcissists and Plans
49:22 Strategies to Deal with Narcissists
51:26 Final Thoughts
53:08 The Importance of Planning and Adaptability
54:26 Wrap-Up
agile planning, software development, product management, organizational culture, leadership, uncertainty, budgeting, narcissism, Taylorism, cognitive dissonance
Tyranny of Plans & Planning in Software Development
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AA194 - What is an Enterprise Business Agility Coach?
มุมมอง 16วันที่ผ่านมา
What Does an Enterprise Business Agility Coach ACTUALLY Do? 🔍 Discover the crucial role of Enterprise Business Agility Coaches in transforming organizations! In this episode, we dive deep into: • How EBA Coaches differ from Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches • Working with C-suite executives to drive organizational change • Measuring culture and transformation success • Navigating resistance from ...
AA193 - Product Lifecycle: MVP to Sunset - A Guide for Product Managers
มุมมอง 2114 วันที่ผ่านมา
Discover the four critical phases of product lifecycle management and learn how to navigate each stage successfully. In this comprehensive guide, we break down: • MVP/Market Development Phase: Building your initial product and finding market fit • Growth Phase: Scaling teams and features effectively • Maturity Phase: Optimizing operations and maintaining market position • Sunset Phase: Managing...
AA192 - Product Management is Dead! Reaction
มุมมอง 10721 วันที่ผ่านมา
All Aboard the AI Hype Train!!! Product management is DEAD! It died facing a high-noon showdown with AI, and the rumors of it's demise are spreading faster than a locomotive through the boom-town of Silicon Valley. In this episode of Arguing Agile, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel try a daring uncoupling of the the AI hype train as they examine Claire...
AA191 - Platform Product Management in Banking/Finance
มุมมอง 26หลายเดือนก่อน
Success as a platform PM requires both technical depth and exceptional emotional intelligence to navigate complex organizational dynamics... That goes double if you work in banking or finance! In this episode of Arguing Agile, Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando read and respond to a question from a listener who is a platform product managers at a Bank. ...
AA190 - Navigating Product-Engineering Conflicts: A Coaching Session
มุมมอง 25หลายเดือนก่อน
Have you been in a situation where engineering leadership and product management do not see eye-to-eye? In this episode, Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel interviews and coaches Product Manager Brian Orlando on challenges product managers face when working with engineering teams, leads, and managers. Watch to learn tactics for diffusing a potentially difficult situation, including: • S...
AA189 - Inheriting a Product Backlog: 6 Tactics to Get Started
มุมมอง 24หลายเดือนก่อน
As a product manager, have you ever inherited a messy backlog? In this episode, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel break down 6 useful tactics you can use to tackle this common challenge. Watch as we discuss the challenges of inheriting a product backlog and learn practical strategies for: • Aligning with company objectives • Effective stakeholder commu...
AA188 - CEOs Don't Care About Story Points: Being Better at Business
มุมมอง 47หลายเดือนก่อน
In product development, we often struggle to communicate our value to management in terms they understand. In this episode, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel discuss how to better translate business value to management, make a case for additional resources, and overcome resistance to change in your organization. Also included: • Translating agile metri...
AA187 - The Future of AI, According to Big Tech
มุมมอง 552 หลายเดือนก่อน
We don't always do reaction videos, but when we do, we do them right! On this episode, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel react to a candid interview with former Google CEO as he shares provocative insights on the future of AI, Silicon Valley's approach to innovation, and potential disruption to big tech companies. Join us as we analyze his (somewhat) c...
AA186 - Bridging the Finance-Product Gap: 13 CFO Lies (Mostly) Debunked
มุมมอง 312 หลายเดือนก่อน
As a product leader or agile practitioner, do you struggle to communicate value to your finance team? In this episode of the Arguing Agile Podcast, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel muse on 13 common misconceptions CFOs face and how they impact product and organizational success. Listen (or watch) as we discuss: • Demonstrating the ROI of business agil...
AA185 - What Companies Do Instead of Strategy
มุมมอง 552 หลายเดือนก่อน
Are you struggling with strategic planning in your organization? In this episode Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando walk through the common mistakes companies make developing and executing strategies. Watch or listen as we discuss: • The goal mirage of confusing aspirations for action • Overemphasis on planning and forecasting • The pitfalls of being a ...
AA184 - Illusion of Control: Battling the Ubiquitous Need for Control
มุมมอง 2092 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA184 - Illusion of Control: Battling the Ubiquitous Need for Control
AA183 - The People vs. The Ivory Tower: Challenging Centralized Corporate Structures
มุมมอง 253 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA183 - The People vs. The Ivory Tower: Challenging Centralized Corporate Structures
AA182 - Switching to Kanban: How-To's for a Smooth Changeover
มุมมอง 503 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA182 - Switching to Kanban: How-To's for a Smooth Changeover
AA181 - Deming's 14 Points: The Management Revolution We Need
มุมมอง 863 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA181 - Deming's 14 Points: The Management Revolution We Need
AA180 - UX Research vs Product Management: Pillow Fighting in a Burning House
มุมมอง 363 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA180 - UX Research vs Product Management: Pillow Fighting in a Burning House
AA179 - Winning Product Strategies & MVPs: Case Studies from Top Companies
มุมมอง 514 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA179 - Winning Product Strategies & MVPs: Case Studies from Top Companies
AA178 - Navigating Technical Debt: Balancing Speed, Quality & User Needs
มุมมอง 1384 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA178 - Navigating Technical Debt: Balancing Speed, Quality & User Needs
Why "Sink or Swim" Learning Fails for Agile Software Teams
มุมมอง 184 หลายเดือนก่อน
Why "Sink or Swim" Learning Fails for Agile Software Teams
AA177 - What is a Platform Team? Roles, Responsibilities & Common Mistakes
มุมมอง 354 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA177 - What is a Platform Team? Roles, Responsibilities & Common Mistakes
AA176 - Why Shared Services Fail in Agile Organizations
มุมมอง 944 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA176 - Why Shared Services Fail in Agile Organizations
AA175 - Why You Need to Make Space Learn: Cognitive Load in Agile Software Development
มุมมอง 634 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA175 - Why You Need to Make Space Learn: Cognitive Load in Agile Software Development
AA174 - From QA Intern to CEO: Lenar Mukhamadiev's Career Journey
มุมมอง 1655 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA174 - From QA Intern to CEO: Lenar Mukhamadiev's Career Journey
AA173 - Why You Should Specialize as a Product Manager (or Not)
มุมมอง 515 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA173 - Why You Should Specialize as a Product Manager (or Not)
AA172 - Review of "Transformed" by Marty Cagan
มุมมอง 815 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA172 - Review of "Transformed" by Marty Cagan
AA171 - The Shadow Backlog: How Invisible Work Derails Your Teams
มุมมอง 375 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA171 - The Shadow Backlog: How Invisible Work Derails Your Teams
AA170 - How to Prioritize Individuals & Interactions
มุมมอง 866 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA170 - How to Prioritize Individuals & Interactions
AA169 - When Product Demos Go WRONG (and what to do about it)!
มุมมอง 316 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA169 - When Product Demos Go WRONG (and what to do about it)!
AA168 - Why Asking for Help is Critical for Success
มุมมอง 206 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA168 - Why Asking for Help is Critical for Success
AA167 - What they Don't Tell You About Managing Products & Services Together
มุมมอง 296 หลายเดือนก่อน
AA167 - What they Don't Tell You About Managing Products & Services Together

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  • @RGI17
    @RGI17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Both of your are so awsome and insightful. Hats off

  • @arguingagile
    @arguingagile 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We're talking about knife-fights... 🗡

  • @justicechinedu2828
    @justicechinedu2828 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    what's y'all opinion about recent report about the decline of product management jobs? Is it worth worrying about?

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@justicechinedu2828 I would 100% be concerned if I were the type of PM that she describes in the video - one who is a retitled Project Manager or Business Analyst. I'd be actively looking to learn new skills and to put myself into situations where I could learn things that I otherwise would not be exposed to in those types of environments.

  • @michaelbartok
    @michaelbartok 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Omg, we need to use tools to do our product work. Who would have thought?!

  • @michaelbartok
    @michaelbartok 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We do want to hear you rant about agile/product ridiculousness!

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@michaelbartok stick around - episode 200 is Brian's 20 years in tech retrospective. There will 100% be ranting!!!

  • @michaelbartok
    @michaelbartok 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Honestly, I really liked this format. Watch someone's talk and intersperse your own commentary. It was great!

  • @michaelbartok
    @michaelbartok 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    African proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

  • @michaelbartok
    @michaelbartok 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Honestly, as a product professional and product leader, it was scary how she didn't even try to read the room. Talk about tone deaf. She had one message and one way to get there and the audience be damned.

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@michaelbartok that's what happens when you've got widgets to shuck!!!

  • @WadestaWolfenbarger
    @WadestaWolfenbarger หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoyed the Discussion, looking forward to the deeper dive into the System of Profound Knowledge.

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WadestaWolfenbarger Definitely! It'll be coming before the end of 2024!

  • @arguingagile
    @arguingagile 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh, Quick! I just checked the internet - Estimation is still Evil.

  • @marianamontserratfloresmor974
    @marianamontserratfloresmor974 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Guys, thanks for give us a GOLD information. Congrats and greatings from México, Cuernavaca Morelos.

  • @aigul9504
    @aigul9504 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great podcast 👏

  • @924abeltran
    @924abeltran 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great experiences and examples on asking for help.

  • @BryonLape
    @BryonLape 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Story points are still evil and management still wants developers to use them. Estimation is still the wrong question. Despite more than 50 years of evidence and PM's still believe 9 women can have a baby in 1 month.

  • @shannadeiuliis9926
    @shannadeiuliis9926 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I presented over 10k demos for Magic Leap over a 4 year period. I never had a demo I couldn’t finish and I said my role was to take people from rocks(hard non believers) to Jello(happy, giggly and excited about the product.) I also would coach engineers for first Friday presentations to executives, I trained all of the 3k employees and AT&T enterprise and store associates. The problem is, most companies don’t have a me. I helped raise $3B and was able to be the face of the company, the engineers, the product. I also gathered data and fed it back into engineering. I observed users with the product before we were able to do user trials. I don’t think most startups relies the importance of the demo!

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One million percent!!!

  • @KCMCummins
    @KCMCummins 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Clint's such a scumbag. Genuine lowlife scammer unethical creature.

  • @cdc2317
    @cdc2317 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    William Kremner used to go by Jonathan Kremner from Wesley Chapel. Maybe look into why he changed his name.

  • @neville3059
    @neville3059 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In sports they do it all the time.why wouldnt you do it in the workplace? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. Leaders are always trying to make things better.

  • @allakhani309
    @allakhani309 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great interview

  • @kstone9887
    @kstone9887 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone can manage people. A true leader finds the value in the people they lead and construct the culture to succeed!

  • @CuriousCyclist
    @CuriousCyclist 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just discovered your channel. Really good stuff. Thanks. 👍

  • @DveGitari
    @DveGitari 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it

  • @timgwallis
    @timgwallis ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve never heard the opinion that Scrum Masters should double as the People Manager of the team, but I have heard the opinion that the team’s People Manager should double as the Scrum Master.

  • @shaun2463
    @shaun2463 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if there's a psychological/empathetic benefit to the team if the SM has a technical background

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a darn good question. One would have to expect the answer to be "yes" since having a Junior Developer join your team has an entirely different impact than having a Senior level Dev join the team...

  • @olsgtchewie6913
    @olsgtchewie6913 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a really good one. I appreciate Alex' journey. I don't think I have the fortitude to make that transition!

  • @olsgtchewie6913
    @olsgtchewie6913 ปีที่แล้ว

    can't get there from here....someone visited New England

  • @kginyang
    @kginyang ปีที่แล้ว

    Can we request topics?

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely! What would you like to hear us discuss?

  • @clintm4499
    @clintm4499 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in that world today...😢

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeahhhh, buddy!!!

    • @BryonLape
      @BryonLape 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep. Management never learns and neither do developers.

  • @clintm4499
    @clintm4499 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooo 2 parter

  • @kennethbassett6330
    @kennethbassett6330 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the concept is different here. When most people say "testing in production", they mean testing new source code in prod instead of dev. They don't mean running the tests built into your deployment process.

  • @sablestryker
    @sablestryker ปีที่แล้ว

    Great episode. I’m a Sr PM at a relatively small B2B SaaS co (250 employees) and I am struggling with burnout as well but I haven’t let go to this extent. The product I was hired to launch and take to market failed because couldn’t achieve MVP before our investors cut funding. Now the product is on life support and the customers I did win over are slowly churning off as the roadmap is non-existent. A major soul suck to watch after putting 2.5yrs of work into it. Now they’ve shifted me over to a different product. A product that has no lie burned out 6 product managers (some were stand-in POs and business analysts) in the span of 2yrs. I make a good salary ~140k at 33yo but I honestly don’t know how much longer I can do this work. It feels like no matter how hard I work I cannot affect change and make a difference due to the number of variables outside of my control.

  • @muhammadm.salman6857
    @muhammadm.salman6857 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best video I've seen on the topic. Great job 👏

  • @pandastory-abookseriesabou8568
    @pandastory-abookseriesabou8568 ปีที่แล้ว

    🖖🏻 Nice content ​

  • @MeNombreElAntonio
    @MeNombreElAntonio ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot for the podcast! I find it very useful for my job as I work as a scrum master. It’s critically important to me as I see it to know what different approaches are to organize processes in software development and explain why we do agile, why there is transformation, why scrum or kanban. Thanks a lot! 🙏🏻

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! That's why we do it!!!

  • @robertcabral8896
    @robertcabral8896 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for answering my questions! I think "Hugs and Kisses" should be your new sign-off 🤣.

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe it'll be our new sign-offs tag-line!!!🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheGorillaCoach
    @TheGorillaCoach ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the take on this. I’ve been in this so long I guess I didn’t realize we had people who have always been Scrum Masters. I think jumping from pure SM to PM will be hard as most of the duties of a PM fall to the Product Owner on a Scrum Team (Risk, budget, milestones, etc). Bob Galen’s Scrum Product Ownership book has a nice diagram about what makes a PO and Project Management skills are one of the four quadrants.

  • @arguingagile
    @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

    A no cheese cheeseburger, please!

  • @stubstunner
    @stubstunner ปีที่แล้ว

    100% agree. It’s a very slippery slope to take requests and just shove them into your current iteration.

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      100!!!

    • @stubstunner
      @stubstunner ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arguingagile I call it “spider webbing” when you get “just one task” and then it ends up needing 50 child tasks, is related to another feature, and then is suddenly critical and you’re under the gun for it.

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stubstunner but even if it isn't, who is accountable for if the task actually has value or not - it's the PO. That's another reason this type of thing is so dangerous...

  • @trizmorgan1319
    @trizmorgan1319 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ran into this today with one of the other PO's. Saving to watch later

  • @isaiahkinney2400
    @isaiahkinney2400 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought they were talking about interviewing someone experiencing burnout lmao

  • @iloveantibob
    @iloveantibob ปีที่แล้ว

    Word salad. Speak regular English and be concise

  • @williamcampbell2896
    @williamcampbell2896 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤦‍♂️ Empathize with leadership? A good majority only have the position due to nepotism. Unless they've gotten to where they are by doing the most base job within the company and learned the "ins and outs" of how it's done on the way up.... Then get fucked. Politely.

  • @arguingagile
    @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch the full Podcast: th-cam.com/video/0HLMqy6shKM/w-d-xo.html Subscribe to the Arguing Agile Podcast: www.youtube.com/@arguingagile/featured ----------------------- Or listen on: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596 Google Podcasts:podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xNzgxMzE5LnJzcw Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3 Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/ee3506fc-38f2-46d1-a301-79681c55ed82/Agile-Podcast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/show/agile-podcast-2

  • @thereisonlycis3566
    @thereisonlycis3566 ปีที่แล้ว

    🇮🇱

  • @arguingagile
    @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch the full Podcast: th-cam.com/video/0HLMqy6shKM/w-d-xo.html Subscribe to the Arguing Agile Podcast: www.youtube.com/@arguingagile/featured ----------------------- Or listen on: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596 Google Podcasts:podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xNzgxMzE5LnJzcw Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3 Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/ee3506fc-38f2-46d1-a301-79681c55ed82/Agile-Podcast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/show/agile-podcast-2

  • @PaleoJess
    @PaleoJess ปีที่แล้ว

    Scrum Master professional residency!?! What a concept. Great podcast Brian & Om.

  • @lautarotico5269
    @lautarotico5269 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is great content ! keep it up it really helps

    • @arguingagile
      @arguingagile ปีที่แล้ว

      We are ecstatic to hear that! Thanks

  • @christiankalala840
    @christiankalala840 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am a SM and my current assignment has realky urged to do this and in my 9 years of experience i have never seen this done. Im really against it but i am being out voted despite informing them that eventually this idea will turn into a reporting session smd a demo instead of a feedback focus session.

  • @aka7minimouse
    @aka7minimouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This conversation is so underrated. Interesting hearing everyone's experiences regarding contract vs consultant, etc. Thanks for sharing!

  • @arguingagile
    @arguingagile 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ~26.00 "Whoever controls the budget controls the process..." - Brian, who was probably watching Dune recently