Kevin Rosengren, Author at Applied Frameworks

About Kevin Rosengren

Kevin Rosengren is a Principal Consultant and Engagement Director with Applied Frameworks. With almost twenty years as a product management professional, Kevin’s focus is on teaching product managers, product leaders and executives in developing deep, customer-centric Agile practices. As a “Product Guy” with a proven track record of developing amazing products and great product managers, Kevin believes in combining great frameworks such as Design Thinking, Lean Startup and Agile practices to unleash the power of people to innovate quickly to deliver solutions with maximum business impact. His workshops are high energy, challenging, and fun, and if you get to attend one of his sessions, you are likely to experience his memorable laugh. Read Full Bio

Top Ten Tips for New Product Owners

By Kevin Rosengren|2021-06-30T17:40:06-04:00March 15th, 2021|Product|

Are you a new Product Owner? Wondering where to start? Rather than creating a huge "How To" manual for new Product Owners, we put together a concise guide to get you started...

Frameworks for Agile Release Planning

By Kevin Rosengren|2020-07-22T04:29:09-04:00July 20th, 2020|Frameworks, Process|

Release planning requires more than dates on a calendar. You need a strong Product Backlog as well as a shared Product Vision. In this how-to guide we provide a comprehensive review of the process and helpful frameworks to get the job done.

How to Make Your Sprint Demo Awesome

By Kevin Rosengren|2020-06-25T08:30:14-04:00June 10th, 2020|Frameworks, Process|

Many Development Teams do not have the communication “muscles” to effectively speak to Stakeholders directly during Sprint Demos. We provide suggestions and a framework to strengthen the Development Team’s ability to make their Sprint Demos awesome.

How to Run an Effective Sprint Review

By Kevin Rosengren|2020-05-08T08:42:20-04:00May 7th, 2020|Process|

Sprint Reviews can be dull affairs with little useful output. Instead of focusing solely on the demo, we recommend creating an environment focused on collaboration — and saving some time for celebration.

Remote PI Planning: Techniques that Work

By Kevin Rosengren|2020-04-25T04:58:30-04:00March 25th, 2020|Process, Webinars|

Remote Program Increment (PI) planning poses unique challenges to SAFe teams accustomed to working together in person. We propose solutions to get your team prepared.

Tips for Communicating About Your Agile Transformation

By Kevin Rosengren|2020-03-25T14:31:45-04:00June 20th, 2019|Process|

“Too many coaches relegate themselves to the kid’s table and are really ineffective at making big, organizational-level changes. Agile coaches are change agents and should be sitting at the adult table”. I am paraphrasing my colleague, but this was the gist of his lament when discussing effectiveness of some Agile ...
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