Perri: Product teams should abandon dogmatic Agile and Scrum when unhelpful
Melissa Perri · How to create a winning product strategy | Melissa Perri · Jul 28, 2022 · at 51:26
Product leadership expert Melissa Perri argues against the rigid adoption of standardized project management methodologies in product organizations.
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“Try to tell teams that, you know, started with scrum or started with some of these more dogmatic processes. It doesn't serve you. Move on, change it, right? Everything's meant to be iterated on. Everything's meant to be adapted. If it does not work for you do not have to keep doing it.”
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