RANIARANIA Academy

Product Operating Model Fundamentals

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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Why project-based IT delivery struggles — free to watch, no account needed.

Enterprise Agile INTERMEDIATE · 120 min · Certificate on completion · 3 CPD points

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 preview15 min
What a product operating model actually is15 min
The Operating-Model Gap Assessment
The dimensions of a product operating model15 min
How the gap assessment works15 min
Applying the Model to Real IT Work
Redesigning delivery around persistent product teams15 min
Case study — the team reassembled from scratch every time15 min
Making the Model Stick
Building your Product Operating Model Gap Assessment15 min
Common traps and how to avoid fake product transformations15 min