Understand what a product operating model really is — persistent, cross-functional teams that own outcomes end to end — and why it outperforms the temporary, project-by-project structure most IT organisations still run on. Learn to assess the gap between your current model and a genuine product target state, and build a practical Product Operating Model Gap Assessment to guide the change.
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What you'll learn
- Describe the core characteristics of a product operating model and how it differs from a project-based model
- Explain why persistent, cross-functional product teams with end-to-end ownership outperform temporary project teams
- Assess a current operating model against a product-based target state across the key dimensions
- Redesign a project-based delivery structure around durable product teams and outcomes
- Produce a Product Operating Model Gap Assessment for your own organisation
Syllabus
From Projects to Products
Why project-based IT delivery strugglesFree preview
What a product operating model actually is
The Operating-Model Gap Assessment
The dimensions of a product operating model
How the gap assessment works
Applying the Model to Real IT Work
Redesigning delivery around persistent product teams
Case study — the team reassembled from scratch every time
Making the Model Stick
Building your Product Operating Model Gap Assessment
Common traps and how to avoid fake product transformations