The transition to a product operating model requires nuanced thinking and careful consideration of organizational context. Success lies not in converting everything to products, but in applying thoughtful product thinking where it adds value. By focusing on value streams, maintaining appropriate team boundaries, and ensuring that platforms are treated as products, organizations can create sustainable and effective product-centric operations.

While product thinking is powerful, it's not a universal solution. The goal is to accelerate value delivery and maintain sustainable operations, whether through products or other organizational structures. By avoiding the common pitfalls and focusing on true value delivery, organizations can build more effective and resilient operating models that serve today’s needs and evolve for tomorrow.

What is Team Topologies? Is it a framework? Is it a set of principles? How can you start using it without having a big-bang, top-down approach? And is that ever the right approach?

In a recorded interview from the Acceler8IT Conference in Krakow, Matthew Skelton, co-author of Team Topologies, sat down with Sabine Wojcieszak from getNextIT to discuss the practical and human-centered value of Team Topologies in modern workplaces. Their conversation delves into the potential of this flexible framework, which promotes adaptive team structures, reducing cognitive load, and nurturing a sense of security and fulfillment at work.

In our recent Project to Product Open Forum, we gathered leaders, practitioners, and transformation experts to explore the challenges and opportunities of moving from a project-centric to a product-centric way of working. The conversation couldn’t have been more timely; with only 2% of organizations fully mature in these transformation attempts and with a failure rate of 70% for business transformations, the shift is proving to be more difficult than anticipated for many organizations.

We are happy to announce Luke McManus as the APAC Region Lead for Team Topologies, In this new role, Luke will be acting as a brand ambassador for the company. He will play the role of catalyst in the growing community of advocates, practitioners and transformation leaders. Luke will also act as the face of Team Topologies for solution, advanced and training partners, coordinating events and joint delivery of engagements.