George Schlitz's guest appearances

George Schlitz

Agile Amped Podcast - Inspiring Conversations

Agile and Project Management - DrunkenPM Radio

Richard Cheng

Steve Elliott

Esther Derby

JJ Sutherland

Michael Tardiff

Giora Morein

Steve Martin

Jim Benson

Johanna Rothman

Mark Kilby

Alistair Cockburn

David Hawks

Judy Neher

Sanjiv Augustine

Troy Magennis

OwlTail

In preparation for transforming the organization to Agile (or implementing some other significant organizational change), many companies will engage a third party to first assess how they are currently working, what the change would entail, and then they make recommendations on how to go about it. This can take anywhere from a few months to a few years. Once the recommendation on how to implement the change is delivered, it is often up to a separate outside company to come in and actually implement the change. George Schlitz is someone who has spent a lot of time leading those implementation efforts. Along the way, he’s learned a lot about what a company can do to set itself up for success when they engage with the third party figuring out the “how” and also what a company can do to set itself up for the opposite of success. If you are working in an organization that has engaged a big consulting company to help you figure out the “how”, there is stuff in this interview that will be helpful. And if you work for people who are considering bringing in one of those big companies to help you figure out the “how”, it might be a good idea to ask them to check this out as well. Contacting GeorgeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gschlitz/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gschlitzEmail: george.schlitz@gmail.com

In preparation for transforming the organization to Agile (or implementing some other significant organizational change), many companies will engage a third party to first assess how they are currently working, what the change would entail, and then they make recommendations on how to go about it. This can take anywhere from a few months to a few years. Once the recommendation on how to implement the change is delivered, it is often up to a separate outside company to come in and actually implement the change. George Schlitz is someone who has spent a lot of time leading those implementation efforts. Along the way, he’s learned a lot about what a company can do to set itself up for success when they engage with the third party figuring out the “how” and also what a company can do to set itself up for the opposite of success. If you are working in an organization that has engaged a big consulting company to help you figure out the “how”, there is stuff in this interview that will be helpful. And if you work for people who are considering bringing in one of those big companies to help you figure out the “how”, it might be a good idea to ask them to check this out as well. Contacting George LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gschlitz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gschlitz/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gschlitz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/gschlitz</a> Email: george.schlitz@gmail.com

Tips For Engaging Big Consulting to Help You Prepare For Transformation w/ George Schlitz

Jeff Patton

Author of O’Reilly’s “User Story Mapping” Jeff Patton joins SolutionsIQ’s George Schlitz to remind us that product success is not defined by how many features it has but by the value that customers get out of it. In other words, if customers aren’t using it, the company should take that feedback and run with it. “It’s incredibly important to be focused on what are we helping companies achieve in their worlds more than how much stuff are we delivering.” Meanwhile, George recognizes that leadership is key to ensuring that the business is achieving the actual goal of bringing value to customers. SolutionsIQ’s Howard Sublett hosts live at Agile2017 in Orlando, Florida. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: bit.ly/SIQYouTube, bit.ly/SIQiTunes, www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike: bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Author of O’Reilly’s “User Story Mapping” Jeff Patton joins SolutionsIQ’s George Schlitz to remind us that product success is not defined by how many features it has but by the value that customers get out of it. In other words, if customers aren’t using it, the company should take that feedback and run with it. “It’s incredibly important to be focused on what are we helping companies achieve in their worlds more than how much stuff are we delivering.” Meanwhile, George recognizes that leadership is key to ensuring that the business is achieving the actual goal of bringing value to customers. SolutionsIQ’s Howard Sublett hosts live at Agile2017 in Orlando, Florida. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: <a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FSIQYouTube" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/SIQYouTube</a>, <a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FSIQiTunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/SIQiTunes</a>, <a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.solutionsiq.com%2Fagile-amped%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/</a>Follow: <a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FSIQTwitterLike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike</a>: <a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FSIQFacebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/SIQFacebook</a>

Definition of Product Success | Jeff Patton and George Schlitz