Scott Blacker
VP Product and Services
AgileCraft
location_on United States
Member since 7 years
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Scott Blacker is a 20 year Product Management veteran with experience leading the product function at multiple early-stage technology companies through periods of explosive growth. At AgileCraft Scott is responsible for defining, executing against, and bringing to market the company's products. Scott also held Product leadership positions at companies such as Resonate, Verint, Rosetta Stone, GetWellNetwork, and InPhonic, where he was responsible for various areas of the company's product strategy, execution, and delivery.
During his career, Scott has led multiple agile transformation of product management teams from legacy waterfall approaches to agile.
Early in his career Scott lived and worked in Japan, where he served as a translator for the Japanese State Government. Scott holds a BA in International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Scott lives in Potomac, Maryland with his wife Jennifer and two daughters Samantha and Alexa.
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Scaling Product Management in an Agile World
Scott BlackerVP Product and ServicesAgileCraftDarren HoevelAgile CoachPliant Solutionsschedule 5 years ago
45 Mins
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Beginner
What every Product Manager needs to know about scaling Agile
Product managers play a crucial role in a scaled Agile organization. But what does it truly mean to play this role? Product Owners sit with the scrum team and make the day-to-day decisions that fundamentally shape your products. Product Managers want to make sure the reality of the product direction is in line with what the market needs, but don’t have the time to sit with 10 scrum teams. What is the role of the Product Manager in a scaled agile organization and what role should PMs be playing in defining, executing, and commercializing an organization's product offering? How can Product Managers effectively manage and communicate the product roadmap when hundreds or thousands of stakeholders are involved?
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Help! My Teams are Agile but my Execs are Waterfall!
45 Mins
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Beginner
Organizations in the midst of a bottoms-up agile transformation can find themselves in a quandary. Even though some (or even all) teams may have adopted agile at the developer / program level, PMOs are often still required to plan, resource, and report on progress with almost no consideration given to the methodologies of the underlying work.
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