A broader, more informal community of interest that spans across the entire organization, focusing on shared topics such as agile practices or UX design. Valuable for cross-functional learning, knowledge sharing, and promoting a unified approach to common challenges.
A business culture that prioritizes product development and innovation as the key drivers of growth and success, often involving cross-functional collaboration. Crucial for fostering innovation and ensuring that product development is aligned with business objectives.
The day-to-day activities required to produce goods and services, manage resources, and support business functions. Essential for ensuring efficient and effective functioning of an organization.
A team structure within an organization focused on managing and integrating complex subsystems. Important for ensuring seamless integration and functionality of complex projects.
Enterprise Project Management (EPM) is a comprehensive approach to managing projects across an entire organization. Essential for coordinating complex, cross-functional projects and achieving organizational objectives.
A team responsible for developing and maintaining the foundational systems and services that support other teams and products. Crucial for ensuring scalability and efficiency across the organization.
A framework that defines how an organization operates across various functions to deliver value to customers and achieve business objectives. Crucial for aligning organizational functions and processes with strategic goals.
An organization that places the product at the center of its operations, ensuring that all departments align their efforts to support product development and success. Crucial for creating a cohesive and focused approach to product development and business growth.
The planning and preparation to ensure that an organization can continue to operate in case of serious incidents or disasters. Crucial for minimizing disruptions and maintaining critical functions during and after unexpected events.
Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a process that aligns strategic, operational, and financial planning to optimize business performance. It ensures cohesive and efficient planning across all functions.
A collection of multiple squads working in the same domain or on related projects, typically consisting of 40-150 people. Important for ensuring alignment and coordination across related squads, fostering a larger community with shared goals.
The organizational structure and dynamics of teams within a company, designed to enhance collaboration and delivery. Important for optimizing team performance and project outcomes.
A small, cross-functional team of 6-12 people focused on delivering a specific product feature or component. Essential for agile development, allowing for rapid iteration and close collaboration among team members.
Objectives and Key Results (OKR) is a goal-setting framework for defining and tracking objectives and their outcomes. Essential for aligning organizational goals, improving focus and engagement, and driving measurable results across teams and individuals.
The practice of promoting and defending the value of design within an organization or community. Crucial for ensuring that design considerations are prioritized and integrated into decision-making processes.
The process of making tools, methods, and knowledge accessible to a broader range of people within an organization or community, allowing non-specialists to participate and contribute meaningfully. Important for fostering inclusivity, enhancing collaboration, and leveraging diverse perspectives to improve outcomes across various disciplines.
The level of sophistication and integration of design practices within an organization's processes and culture. Essential for assessing and improving the effectiveness of design in driving business value and innovation.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are quantifiable measures used to evaluate the success of an organization, employee, or project in meeting objectives for performance. Essential for tracking progress, making informed decisions, and aligning efforts with strategic goals across various business functions, including product design and development.
The systematic process of capturing, evaluating, and implementing ideas to drive innovation, reflecting a collective commitment to continuous improvement and product excellence. Essential for harnessing team creativity and maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit that characterizes successful product development.
The extent to which individuals or organizations plan for and consider the long-term consequences of their actions. Crucial for designing strategies and products that are sustainable and adaptable over time.
SAFe is a framework designed to scale agile practices across large organizations by integrating agile and lean principles. It is widely used but criticized for its rigidity, bureaucratic structure, and potential to stifle true agile culture.
A management framework that organizes employees into small, cross-functional teams (tribes) to enhance agility, collaboration, and innovation. Important for fostering a collaborative and agile work environment.
Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) is a framework for scaling agile product development to multiple teams working on a single product. It provides a minimalist, large-scale agile approach that maintains the simplicity and effectiveness of Scrum while addressing the challenges of coordination and integration in multi-team environments.
A role responsible for overseeing multiple product managers and ensuring alignment and collaboration across different product lines within an organization. Crucial for coordinating efforts and driving strategic product development.
A group of individuals with similar skills or expertise, spread across different squads, who come together to share knowledge and best practices. Crucial for maintaining technical excellence and fostering professional development within specific disciplines.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are integrated software systems that manage business processes across various departments, such as finance, HR, and supply chain. Essential for improving operational efficiency and providing a unified view of business operations.
A collective term for Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP), and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes used in procurement. Crucial for managing vendor selection and procurement processes in digital product development.
A visual tool for organizing information, typically starting with a central concept and branching out to related ideas and details. Essential for brainstorming, planning, and organizing complex information.
The practice of managing and resolving incidents that disrupt normal operations, ensuring minimal impact on business activities. Essential for maintaining service reliability and managing operational disruptions effectively.
The orchestration and optimization of design operations to improve efficiency, quality, and impact of the design function within an organization. Crucial for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of design teams.
Fundamental guidelines that inform and shape the design process, ensuring consistency, usability, and effectiveness in product creation. Essential for creating coherent, user-centered designs that align with organizational goals and user needs.
The practice of guiding and inspiring teams to create effective, user-centered design solutions that align with business goals. Crucial for fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence in design practices within organizations.
The practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks, unauthorized access, and data breaches. Essential for safeguarding sensitive information, maintaining user trust, and ensuring the integrity and functionality of digital products and services.
The process of working together with others to generate creative ideas and solutions, leveraging diverse perspectives and skills. Essential for producing innovative and well-rounded design solutions.
A design philosophy that emphasizes core design principles over rigid adherence to standardized processes. Essential for maintaining creativity and innovation in large-scale, process-driven environments.