Scaling AI Product Teams

About this episode

Bill Raymond interviews Paolo Sammicheli about the unique challenges and strategies for scaling AI product teams using Scrum.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gw4zl-cYiao 🤔 Running an AI project? Be prepared to think a little differently. Bill Raymond interviews Paolo Sammicheli, author of Scrum in AI. They discuss the unique differences between typical software development and AI product teams. Paolo shares insights on building AI models, the importance of diverse skills in AI teams, challenges in data preparation, the role of product ownership in AI projects, and using Scrum patterns for scaling effectively. In this podcast, you will learn the following: ✅ The difference between software and AI teams ✅ The importance of subject matter expertise in AI teams ✅ The cross-functional nature of AI teams 🎉 How to effectively scale and manage Scrum AI teams To contact Paolo, access transcripts, and much more, visit: https://agileinaction.com/agile-in-action-podcast/2024/04/30/scaling-ai-product-teams.html

People in this episode

Host: Bill Raymond

Guest: Paolo Sammicheli

Topics covered

• AI product teams
• Scrum methodology
• software development
• data preparation
• cross-functional teams
• product ownership

Keywords

• AI projects
• Scrum patterns
• team management
• data challenges
• subject matter expertise

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Agile in Action

Books & works: Scrum in AI

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