Mission: Launch and grow new product on the SalesTech market (Trigger Based Outreach category).
I covered both end-to-end product development lifecycle (ideation, validation, prototyping, marketing, development, launch, improvement) and people management areas.
Product: Hiring Signals for B2B Sales.
Results:
Reinvented my skills of implementing Agile in organizations of various size.
Certified LeSS Practitioner course and certification gives experienced Agile Practitioners a deeper understanding of what are the real Org Design reasons and prerequisites to Scaled Product Development.
It demonstrates how to leverage System Thinking tools and practices while making decisions about building true Goal-Oriented, Adaptive, and Efficient Organizations considering their potential and constraints. It also explains why it's important to de-scale organizational complexity to unlock Organization's true potential.
I was lucky to learn all that stuff from the Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) framework co-creator, Craig Larman, personally.
It was really eye-opening to see how Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) leverages Systems Thinking and Organizational Design principles for scaling Agile Software Development to (literally) an unlimited number of teams.
Facilitated software companies worldwide in their transformation from traditional Project Management to Agile Product Development approach.
Mission: Get Organizations ready for growth. Ensure that their Organizational Design, Structure, and Processes can handle the company's growth by leaps and bounds (both in headcount and number of customers).
Product types: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning, Forex Trading.
Organization sizes: Annual Recurring Revenues range is $10M-500M. Headcount range is 800-15,000 people.
Organization types: "Startup Unicorn", "Well-established Enterprise".
Geo: Global companies.
Areas I was focusing on:
Facilitated teamwork and workflow enhancements among Product Engineers and guided Product/Engineering Managers to streamline complexities at both product and organizational levels.
Improved Systems Thinking, Engineering Practices, Backlog Management, and Facilitation Skills for 30+ Engineering Teams.
Led over 20 cross-functional teams through a transformation process to become fully integrated Product Engineering Teams.
Organization Level Achievements:
Team Level Achievements:
I honed my knowledge on how software companies can benefit from LeanIT, which is like a tailored version of Lean/Kaizen (that thing Toyota uses in their production process).
In simple words, Lean/Kaizen aims to find and get rid of anything that's wasting resources and hurting the business, like bad customer service, high costs, and low productivity.
Certified Scrum Master course and certification is an entry-level thing which introduces engineers and managers to the Scrum Framework and Agile Practices.
Organization type: Multinational Corporation.
Organization size: 10,000+ people.
Mission: Lead, Plan, Monitor and Control proper integration of Operational Company Infrastructure (Ukraine) with Global Telco & Entertainment Platform covering 15 countries around the world (Veon).
Product: Telecom platform with a personalized internet experience. You can call, chat, read, watch, listen, and share media, and also manage your accounts by topping up or opting in/out of services.
Areas I was focusing on:
Project Management Professional (PMP) is a globally recognized Project Management certification which proves that a person is in line with all the modern knowledge and practices of managing projects of any scale in any industry around the World.
Launched Group’s Consulting Practice from scratch and acquired 3 multinational clients (Danone, Nestle, Egmont) within first three months. Led the Group's strategic expansion into European and U.S. markets (+50% YoY growth). Served as the designated keynote speaker for OSD Group at key industry events.
Acquired over 1,000 users within the first months, attaining a virality (K-factor) of approx. 1.1
Established and supported Customer-driven Product Engineering approach.
Learned valuable lessons on the criticality of rapid “idea-to-market feedback” cycles for Iterative Product Development.