The Study of Product Team Performance
Background:
In early 2012, IPMA, asapm, and a range of other not-for-profit and other organizations worked together with Actuation Consulting and Enterprise Agility to host a survey on the interactions of Project Managers, Program Managers, Product Managers, Business Analysts and others involved with new product development projects. The survey findings were so interesting, that while the final results were being compiled, we hosted two webinars that explored the insights and opportunities uncovered in the study (see the webinars at the IPMA website).
From the Whitepaper's Executive Summary
 Actuation Consulting and Enterprise Agility recently conducted a global survey of product teams. The goal of our research was to better understand the dynamics of product team performance and to uncover the practices that make these teams successful.
What makes this survey unique is that it enjoys the support of various industry associations and market players — groups and individuals that don't generally work together.
Our industry experience has led us to believe strongly that product managers, project managers, and business analysts don't always optimize their working relationships, and this can have a negative impact on product team performance. However, information regarding the dynamics of these important and complex relationships is hard to come by.
When we started this process, we hoped to uncover information that can't be found by investigating the product development roles separately. Indeed, to get the most accurate view, we knew we had to look across product teams. In the end, what we uncovered was more telling than we could have imagined.
By performing a regression analysis of the results — overlaying the respondents' rating of their organizations' overall success with the survey data on operating techniques and methods, executive support, staffing, strategic alignment, team composition, and accountability practice— we were able to identify what makes teams successful.
Specifically, we found that there are five key factors that are common to high-performing product teams. The statistics show just how important these five factors are: the likelihood of a product team performing at a high level is 67% if all five factors are in place. In their absence, the likelihood of a product team achieving high performance is only 2%!
This paper details these five factors and offers suggestions for how you can apply them to your own product development practices.
Get the Whitepaper, Reporting Product Team Performance Study Results
Now, for a limited time, the Whitepaper is available here at the asapm website (the proceeds will go to IPMA, and will help fund next year's study update). Available immediately with your payment of $19.95, use the payment process below to pay and receive your Adobe Acrobat pdf of the paper. Alternatively, you can send a check (in US dollars. and written from an American bank) or money order for $19.95 to asapm, 6547 N Academy Blvd., #404, Colorado Springs, CO, 80918 USA. Be sure to include your email address!
The Study of Product Team Performance
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