Do you find yourself in a feature factory where it’s all about outputs? Have you over-rotated towards its all about product strategy and lost sight of product development team effectiveness and execution? Maybe you, as a leader, find yourself spending inordinate amounts of time in strategic planning and/or the product development execution black hole just trying to figure out which way is up. This session is targeted to introduce you to the concept of R&D Operations to help you understand how this function helps you and the product development organization be more effective by answering the following questions:

Why R&D Operations?
What are the components of a great R&D Operations Team? (Product/Engineering Operations)
What are the 4 key R&D Operational Domains?
What is the evolution of Operations in Product Development?
When should I invest in this function?
How do I get started?

With the advent of Product Operations now in concert with Engineering Program Management, you can create that secret weapon that drives the balance of outputs and outcomes in your Product Development Organization. Join me as I talk through the importance of the R&D Operations function while providing the patterns I have seen throughout my career working within software companies and being an advisor to 100s of R&D Leaders across many different startups and scaleup software companies