Interrupt-Driven Organisation | Glossary

Definition: 

Interrupt-Driven Organisation are like a hospital emergency room where changes are constantly popping up and the real focus becomes successfully triaging opportunities to ensure teams are always working on the most important items. Few organisations are in industries that change so rapidly that they cannot set priorities at the start of the sprint and leave them alone. Many organisations think they exist in that environment, which they are not. 

It is usually a matter of becoming accustomed to thinking ahead. There are multiple factors which triggers an interrupt such as change in market situations, regulations, policies which needs to be absorbed for competitive advantage.  If organisation is one from whom sudden, near constant change is a fact, it is better to consider using shorter sprint. 

Further Reading:
Book: SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn

Product Life Cycles and Product Management | Book Series

Overview:

This book describes a complete and systematic treatment of the varying perspectives and dimensions or product management. Onkvisit and Shaw focus on product management and decision making within a product life cycle context, integrating theory, applications, and managerial implications to provide product managers, corporate planners, and entrepreneurs with a balanced, meaningful framework for strategic decisions. An important resource for product managers and marketing professionals, this book is also an ideal text for business school courses in product and marketing management.

Published In:

1989

Author:

Sak Onkvisit