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Event AgileDC Conference starts on Oct 26, 2026, 8:30:00 AM (America/New_York)
The Product Operating Model Walks Into a Sprint
Location: Auditorium - 10/26/26, 1:15 PM - 10/26/26, 2:00 PM (America/New_York) (45 minutes)
The Product Operating Model Walks Into a Sprint
Fadi Stephan
Management Consultant
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Fadi Stephan
Management Consultant
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Fadi is a technology executive and management consultant with more than 20 years of experience at startups, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies across various sectors, including financial, hospitality, and telecommunication. He is the founder of Kaizenko, a boutique consulting firm providing training and consulting to help organizations transform, innovate, and deliver impactful products. His focus is on transforming and building high-performing, innovative organizations and teams that deliver products early and maximize ROI. Fadi guides clients on agility and organizational culture, leadership, product management, user-centered design, and Agile engineering practices. Fadi is also the founder and organizer of the DC Scrum User Group. Find out more at www.kaizenko.com


Warning: there is no AI in this talk. Just myth-busting about the Product Operating Model.

Come learn about the approach behind how companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are said to build products, and whether it belongs in your organization or is just the next "Agile" thing.

What is the model actually made of? Does any of it apply to your team, or does it only work if you are already a company like those? What changes about how you work day-to-day, and how much of it are you already doing under a different name?

We will put the model next to Scrum, sort the real differences from the repackaged ones, and look at where you can start without waiting for a reorganization.