As a product manager how do you deal with a situation where the "BD" team are hopeless but senior management doesn't seem inclined to bite the bullet?They have no plan. They're not sure if they're doing BD or pure sales. When I listen to our BD director trying to talk about our capability it just sounds like semi-coherent babbling.Is there anything I could be doing as a product manager to try...
Big-Data Analytics seem to be the buzzwords du jour. However, when someone mentions Big-Data Analytics and I try to dig deeper by asking "what data and to what end?" they usually don't have a clue. So I'd welcome pointers to some compelling examples of what has been achieved.
At core all of Agile Software Development is aiming to mirror Lean in the manufacturing world. At the core of which is the concept of minimizing work-in-progress. Because WIP may result in waste if you subsequently find a problem that renders the WIP null and void. Hence the drive for continuous flow to minimize WIP and a "stop the line" mentality to spot and address issues when they arise.
I'm often amazed at how many people "doing" agile through sprints don't understand that the sprint is just an artificial mechanism to minimize WIP.
Not dealing with technical debt when it occurs is just increasing WIP.