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A: Why not host an Executive Overview + Lunch 'N' Learn session at your location?  This would be a great opportunity to learn about Agile Product Development and answer your questions on how Agile Product Development could apply to your development, projects, domain areas, and products under development.

This is not a sales pitch. This is an excellent Introduction to Agile Product Development based on our experience with real world case studies and practical application of Agile to complex Systems and Product Development. Click on the video below to see a presentation on the various elements on how to implement Agile Product Development. Interested? Click here to contact us.

A: [Definition] Agile Product Development is an incremental and iterative development paradigm for the entire value chain (hardware, software, systems, supply-chain, etc.) to develop and deliver a product bringing the highest value to your customer as quickly as possible. It enables innovation and creativity and targets reduced cycle time, increased productivity, as well as higher quality.

Agile Product Development suggests values (philosophy), principles, and practices which are congruent and implemented through the Agile Product Development Framework (Team & Enterprise).

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[Basis, Origin] Agile Product Development draws on Agile values primarily from the Agile Manifesto and the Declaration of Interdependence published by the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN). DSDM Atern and primarily Scrum are the blueprints for the Agile Product Development Framework. Since all these elements borrow heavily from Lean, Agile Product Development does the same and is naturally aligned with the pillars of Lean as well as the Toyota Product Development system. Sound Systems Engineering and Set-Based Concurrent Engineering principles and practices are a natural fit for the Agile Product Development Model. For Systems and Product Development aspects, Agile Product Development introduces Prototype Thinking and Solutions Slicing which are necessary to mitigate risk and to discover problems early.

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A: No. Scrum was initially utilized by Agile Software Development organizations. Scrum's scope was later expanded to "manage any type of work" as the framework was applied beyond pure software development environments.

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A: Most Agile practitioners apply Agile to pure software or software-centric development. You will find that most training and consulting firms as well as the majority of the Agile community shares this software-centric background,  hence focuses on Agile Software Development. We do not. We focus on Agile Product Development.

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A: We've led successful Agile adoptions in companies across the US developing complex systems and products ranging from machines and systems (software+hardware) to many other high tech products. We know real-world patterns of how to best ‘Go Agile’ and how to avoid pitfalls, all based on practice, not theory. We help companies roll-out Agile in 3 Steps (Learn-Pilot-Expand) and apply it to all Product Development domains such as hardware, software, mechanical, electrical, sourcing, embedded software, firmware, deployment, and supply-chain. We’ve implemented approaches in which agile and traditional projects can co-exists and managed within a hybrid portfolio. We are offering a combination of training and consulting services to assure your successful Agile implementation, customized to your projects, products, needs and expectations.

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A: Yes. Agile Product Development includes all domains necessary to develop, buit, and deliver a system or product to your customer. While Agile Product Development utilizes many aspects of Agile Software Development, it also draws on principles and practices from Lean dynamics to Six Sigma, Experimentation, Set-based Concurrent Engineering, and Continuous Improvement are some of these principles. In other words, it scales Agility beyond Software-centric systems to true Systems and Product Development including domains from Hardware and Systems Engineering to Deployment and Supply Chain.

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“Agile Product Development is our passion at XoJom. Innovation can't be scheduled. Requirements emerge. Things change. Industrial age principles and realization through plan & control management do not enable business value created by imagination, innovation and creativity. These values are realized in environments that are Adaptive by Nature, Agile by Design, and Empirical by Common Sense.  XoJom methodologies and techniques are tried and tested.  We would enjoy the opportunity to talk in more depth about how this can help your organization.”

A: We focus on helping companies adopt Agile Product Development by applying Agile to the entire Product Development value chain, not just software. Most Agile training and consulting firms focus on Agile Software Development. We focus on Agile Systems and Product Development, thus scaling Agility to domains such as Hardware, Firmware, Embedded Software, and other domains. Unlike mos of our competitors in the Agile Software Development arena, we do not develop or sell tools. Our one and only focus is to help you adopt Agile Product Development successfully at your company. That our mission. That is what we do. Please post your comment or question or simply click here to continue the conversation.