The document summarizes a webinar on managing changing roadmaps and times. It introduces the presenters, Stephanie Lewandowski and Rebecca Komathy, and outlines some of their discussion points. They shared principles for navigating change, like defining purpose and success metrics. They also suggested techniques for facilitating change, like innovation games. Finally, they discussed the realities of digital transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and took questions from the audience.

1. Changing Times, Changing Roadmaps
Stephanie Lewandowski Rebecca Komathy
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With Product People
About Stephanie Lewandowski
Trainer, speaker, and coach on Product Management and Agile topics. Stephanie Lewandowski is the Senior
Product Manager for Teachstone. She has lead cloud transformations for Federal Government agencies,
major non-profits, and commercial companies. Her trainings include 'Certified Scrum Product Owner and
Agile Business Analysis', 'User Story Workshop', and 'Agile in a Day' along with numerous workshops for
national and local conferences. She is a co-author for the 2017 International Institute of Business Analysis
Agile Extension v2 to the BABOK, and her blog writing can be found in many places on the web. Originally
from Tennessee, she prefers being barefoot outside whenever possible.
About Rebecca Komathy
Rebecca attended California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing with
a concentration in Fiction. After working in the publishing and English education fields, she became more
interested in the information science and business aspects. She is attending SJSU for her second Master’s, this
time in Library and Information Science so she can learn more about digital curation. She currently works at
Aggregage as a Webinar Coordinator. When she’s not working, she is probably snuggling with her French bulldog
named Kira.
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Changing Times, Changing Roadmaps

5. CHANGING ROADMAPS
CHANGING TIMES,

6. I’M STEPHANIE
Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Product Management
trainer and speaker
Co-Author for IIBA Agile Analysis v2
Developed products for Federal Agencies
(CFPB, USCIS, HHS OIG, Census), Non-profits
(NRECA, CGA), and private sector (GWU,
MyEyeDoctor, Teachstone)

7. CHANGING ROADMAPS
OUR GOALS FOR TODAY
‣ Share our experiences
‣ Principles to follow when managing
change
‣ Techniques you can use
‣ Discuss the realities of change and
what comes next
Know Want Learn
Jot down
what you
already
know
Jot down
what you
want to
know
At the end,
what did
you learn?

8. THE UNEXPECTED

9. HAVE YOU BEEN
DWIGHT?
What changes have you experienced?
What worked and what didn’t?
What do you want to learn today?

10. PRINCIPLES
TO FOLLOW

11. PRINCIPLES
HAVE YOUR GUIDE BOOK READY
▸ Define your purpose
▸ A mission, vision, goal that remains relevant even during change.
▸ Define success
▸ How do you know you are fulling your mission, vision, or goal?
▸ Too many, too few, or unhelpful metrics?
▸ Define a change process
▸ Don’t fire-fight

12. PRINCIPLES
KNOW YOUR PURPOSE
Signs of challenge
▸ Any idea is adopted and pursued
▸ No navigator: people, teams, projects
working in opposite directions
Signs of success
▸ Consistent, clear direction without limiting
options
▸ All teams working in same direction

13. PRINCIPLES
DEFINE YOUR MEASURES FOR SUCCESS
Signs of challenge
▸ Too many metrics
▸ Decisions are not based on metrics
Signs of success
▸ Metrics guide decision-making
▸ Metrics show outcomes, not
outputs

14. PRINCIPLES
EVALUATE A CHANGE
Signs of challenge
▸ No strategy for testing ideas
Signs of success
▸ Willingness to experiment
▸ Space to try new idea

15. SHARE YOUR
PERSPECTIVE
Know - Want - Learn
Know Want Learn
What did
you know?
What did
you want to
know?
What did
you learn?

16. TECHNIQUES
TO USE

17. TECHNIQUES
LET’S PLAY A GAME!
Kahoot Link: www.kahoot.it
Kahoot ID:

18. TECHNIQUES
FIND A TECHNIQUE
▸ Innovation Games - https://www.innovationgames.com
▸ Game Storming - https://gamestorming.com
▸ Tasty Cupcakes - https://www.tastycupcakes.org
▸ Liberating Structures - http://www.liberatingstructures.com
▸ HEART - https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/google-s-heart-
framework-for-measuring-ux

19. REALITIES OF CHANGE
IS 2020 DIFFERENT?

20. TECHNIQUES
MANAGING CHANGE

21. DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION: HOW
DID COVID-19 AFFECT
YOURS?
Share your story

22. SHARE YOUR
PERSPECTIVE
Know - Want - Learn
Know Want Learn
What did
you know?
What did
you want to
know?
What did
you learn?

23. Candid Conversations
With Product People
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Q&A
Rebecca
Komathy
With: Moderated by:
Senior Product Manager, Teachstone
Linkedin page: /in/smvineyard
Twitter ID: @teachstone
Stephanie Lewandowski
Webinar Coordinator, Product Management Today
Linkedin page: /in/rebeccakomathy/
Twitter ID: @ProdMgmtToday
Website: productmanagementtoday.com
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