Si Alhir
The AgilePM CoP Captain

Webinar Summary: Ryma's May 20th Webinar was given by Sinan Si Alhir. Within the four-part series on Agile Product Management, this third webinar focused on roadmapping, which enables decisioning and evolution of a product as it progressively matures toward its vision.

While roadmapping is conceptually simple, the techniques emphasize a particular mindset; and while many teams enact the techniques, they don't readily internalize the mindset, and thus don't experience the benefits. This webinar explored creating actionable roadmaps using agile techniques, including understanding roadmap layers, releases, milestones, specific elements, and dependencies.

About the Presenter: Sinan Si Alhir has over two decades of experience in all aspects of business development, client management, and consulting services around technology products. With a proven performance record in aligning Business and Technology using industry- recognized and organization-tailored Lean, Agile, and other Best Practices, he focuses on transforming organizations and enterprises to actualize their potential and achieve an enduring competitive advantage. His clients have ranged from start-ups to the Fortune 500.

He is also a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), IT Project Management Certified Professional (IT Project+), and e-Business Certified Professional (e-Biz+). He is the author of three books and two articles in the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering among other publications. And he commonly speaks at professional events. Contact Si at salhir@gmail.com 

Copy of presentation can be downloaded here.

Below is a capture of today's Twitter conversation on hashtag #PMV. The AgilePM CoP can be found in LinkedIn please come and participate in this new community of practice focused on addressing the issues of Product Management experianced in Agile processes.

Jim_Holland: @nickduran Just search #PMV in twitter or tweetdeck. This will give you an exclusive view into the discussion and comments.
jegesmaci: Oh hold for the Agile Roadmapping webinar. #pmv #agile
ValWorkman: #pmv Introducing the AgilePM CoP
ByronWorkman: Si is the webinar presenter today, and is leading an Agile PM CoP (Community of Practice) In LinkedIn #agile #pmv
ValWorkman: #pmv 3rd of the four part series
AnitaTheodosis: Turns out there is an agile Community in Linkedin. Search Agile PM CoP #agile #pmv
ValWorkman: #pmv Roadmapping captures the essentials of business sucess
ByronWorkman: Si considers roadmapping as a collection of business decisions #pmv
ValWorkman: #pmv Visioning and Roadmapping is an iterative and dependent process
ValWorkman: #pmv #agile Competitiveness through collaboration is enhanced through visioning and raodmapping
Jim_Holland: #pmv #prodmgmt - Product Management is central in an #agile environment
ValWorkman: #PMV #agile #AgilePM Scrum's need for self-organizing is enabled through good roadmaps
ByronWorkman: #scrum webinar I'm attending makes good point that simplicity of scrum does not imply no discipline. A common misconception of agile. #pmv
ValWorkman: #pmv #AgilePM #agile Scrum's adaptability utilizes roadmaps
AnitaTheodosis: I get kick back when I suggest agile teams make roadmaps. I am hoping Si addresses roadmaps taking away agility. #pmv
daniel_sellers: #scrum #pmv Roadmap as a tool for making business decisions. Makes sense.
ValWorkman: #pmv #agile #AgilePM The roadmap must help us navigate, but needs to be adaptable.
DavidWLocke: @AnitaTheodosis Roadmaps need not restrict agility. #pmv
ValWorkman: #pmv Bronze, Silver, Gold time lines are captured on the roadmap
neeraj: Product roadmap should be adaptable #pmv #agile
ValWorkman: #pmv Roadmaps must contain decisions along with the time line
Jim_Holland: #pmv Making Robust Decisions http://bit.ly/19s8Ky (expand)
DavidWLocke: @ValWorkman Or consider the roadmap to be an asynchronous clock. You know where you are going, just not when you will arrive. #pmv
neeraj: RT @ByronWorkman: Si considers roadmapping as a collection of business decisions #pmv
JeremySWright: Any good suggestions on reading matl's on how to create good roadmaps in an #agile environment? #pmv #prodmgmt
Jim_Holland: @ValWorkman #pmv I like this example.
ValWorkman: #pmv Roadmaps contain themes, Bronze: Simple reporting ...
sochagota: RT @pineventures @ValWorkman #pmv Roadmaps must contain decisions along with the time line
Jim_Holland: #pmv IMHO most orgs are focused on time-based roadmaps. Always chasing a date imposed by customers, sales, etc. Yikes!
Jim_Holland: #pmv Roadmap milestones are critical in many enterprises. Used to separate and define.
ValWorkman: #PMV Roadmaps can help maintain strategic alignment in an agile process
CathyLiggett: #pmv: a good product roadmap guides internal activities of the company, binds customers to the organization- they know where you're heading.
ByronWorkman: Sometimes roadmaps are made to restrict agility, ex. does this feature align to roadmap, if no, it is not included in release #pmv
ValWorkman: #PMV Roadmaps can help the decision model by identifying dependencies
Jim_Holland: #pmv"Roadmap elements should contain anything of interest or value"
TinaATSopheon: Resource: Roadmap Your Way to Innovation - http://budurl.com/xckl #sopheon #innovation roadmapping #pmv
Jim_Holland: #pmv Roadmaps require clarity for internal and external users such as partners, customers, etc.
ValWorkman: #PMv This matrix tool is very easy and powerful in combination of roadmap
CathyLiggett: #pmv create market map-list your target markets, determines order in which you create offers, & bundle products & services to provide value
CathyLiggett: #pmv Features & benefits RM- shows key product features for each market segment and their specific benefits.

ByronWorkman: If you are not limiting your features with your roadmap, is it really a roadmap, or a waste of time? They need to have some commitment #pmv
CathyLiggett: #pmv Events and rhythms RM: Events that refer to things that are happening in business lives of customers that you can & must anticipate.
ValWorkman: #PMV Roadmaps contain timelines, decisions, dependencies, and adornments
ValWorkman: #PMV @adambullied Something done once a year at an off-site isn't a roadmap, your right.
JeremySWright: How flexible should a roadmap be? #pmv If you have an agreed upon roadmap, what would it take to change it?
DavidWLocke: @ByronWorkman Downhill skiers have those poles that they must sky between. They are still agile. And, they are asysnc. #pmv
ValWorkman: #pmv This looks like a very do able roadmapping process. Thoughts?
ByronWorkman: ..... No one was doing anything to prepare for things in the roadmap. #pmv
CathyLiggett: #pmv Architecture RM: Software -architected to allow delivery of features & benefits customer segments- timeline that customers need them.
CathyLiggett: #pmv Good product-level roadmaps also provide the basis for scenario planning and "roadmaps of roadmaps".
ByronWorkman: @davidwlocke Your roadmap should have about as much agility as the poles in that downhill race. #pmv
DavidWLocke: @CathyLiggett #pmv should also architect the transitional marketure that the vendor needs into the roadmap.
AnitaTheodosis: RT @CathyLiggett: #pmv Good product-level roadmaps also provide the basis for scenario planning and "roadmaps of roadmaps".
AnitaTheodosis: @JeremySWright If you alone can change a roadmap. It wasn't a roadmap for your whole company. Changes must be cross functional. #pmv
CathyLiggett: #pmv 5-step process for roadmapping engagement: 1-Review business & Product-level goals & objectives, business plans, existing roadmaps,
CathyLiggett: #pmv 5-step process for roadmapping engagement: 2-Facilitate the development of a draft product roadmap
CathyLiggett: #pmv 5-step process for each roadmapping engagement: 3-3.Assign tasks and set deadlines for gathering information
CathyLiggett: #pmv 5-step process for each roadmapping engagement: 4:.Facilitate the development of a final roadmap
CathyLiggett: #pmv 5-step process for each roadmapping engagement: 5- 5.Guide the publication, review and communication plan for the roadmap
AnitaTheodosis: "lack of commitment is not agile. It's willy nilly" -Si, presenter #pmv Jim_Holland: "Agility is about commitment and trust" #pmv Great comment from Si
neeraj: Si: Following agile should not lead to lack of commitment. #pmv Jim_Holland: @ValWorkman #PMV Roadmaps are thriving, changing and quite dynamic in nature. Once a year is stagnant
neeraj: RT @AnitaTheodosis: "lack of commitment is not agile. It's willy nilly" -Si, presenter #pmv
CathyLiggett: #pmv Gain Visibility Into Future Market Needs and Improve Decision-Making http://bit.ly/bBirR (expand) CathyLiggett: #pmv: Ten reasons to Roadmap http://bit.ly/gEyk5 (expand)
Jim_Holland: @JeremySWright :#pmv Internal for Dev - Firm - EXTERNALLY - flexible and committed within reason
aelektron: RT @Jim_Holland: "Agility is about commitment and trust" #pmv #software #development #xoxid
AnitaTheodosis: RT @DavidWLocke @AnitaTheodosis Lack of commitment is hacking. #pmv
ByronWorkman: Webinar on Agile Roadmapping is ending. Thanks Si for Presenting. Look forward to conversation in AgilePM CoP (in LinkedIn) #Agile #pmv
Jim_Holland: #pmv great topic today. We should have spent another 30 minutes on Q&A or perhaps move this to CoP discussions. Thanks Si!
AnitaTheodosis: I done tweeting the Agile webinar. Check out the LinkedIn group Agile CoP: http://bit.ly/17kfu (expand) #agile #pmv
Steven_Haines: Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #pmv #prodmgmt #strategy