Trends Report

The New Digital Operating Model Calls For Product Teams; The EPOCH Model Will Help You Get There

November 6th, 2020
Charles Betz, VP, Research Director
Charles Betz VP, Research Director
With contributors:
Lauren Nelson , Chris Gardner , Tyler Brown

Summary

New expectations for innovation are pressuring tech and operational leaders to embrace digital, agile, and DevOps transformation activities; these imply a shift from a project-based or functional organization to a product-based organization. I&O leaders should read this research to understand products and product teams. Product-based organizations can better align delivery teams with valuable business objectives and remove the overhead associated with projects and project management. And product teams that provide ongoing shared services upon which other teams can build are called platform teams. The EPOCH model describes the fundamental traits of the product team: empathetic, persistent, outcome-oriented, collaborative, and heterogeneous. Read Build Your Operations Organization With Product Team Principles and schedule an inquiry with our product team focused analysts for more information.

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