Generic

Working Process of the organization

In order to turn the P4 framework with its basic roles, artifacts, and meetings/events into an “working process of the organization,” additional elements must be added, especially if specific standards and regulations must be complied with. This applies in particular to the regulated development and production of safety-related systems. The P4 framework provides templates for…

Books

The P4 framework is based on some very good principles and practices that have been published in various books. In the following list, these books are listed:

Example: Medium-size Organization

This example of a medium-sized organization shows the teams and the Value Stream (aka Workflow) visualized by arrows. The arrows in front of the teams indicate the planning, analysis, refinement and prioritization activities that take place before the teams start to work on work packages. The arrows from the teams’ results to other teams indicate…

Frequent asked questions

What is P4-Dev? Why should I use P4-Dev? How does P4-Dev differ from other scaling agile frameworks? How to start? How can we implement P4? What are preconditions for a successful change? Why P4-Dev? A comparison of Agile vs Classical vs Pragmatic Product Development Different term between Scrum and P4 Organizational design: Team Flavors of P4:…

Comparing Agile, Classical and Pragmatic Product Development

The agile movement is often criticized for being too dogmatic in its principles. Many of these principles cannot be upheld in the context of several teams and within large organizations. This has often been demonstrated in the past during practical implementation, which is one of the main criticisms of “agile purists” of agile scaling frameworks…

News

2025-12-30: Individual usage of AI by team members or autonomous AI agents as full-fledged team members of the Working Team. 2025-11-05: “The Investment-Game”: How Product Owners can playfully prioritize product features? 2024-05-05: The TAPIR Decision Guideline helps groups and teams finding good solution options, decide about, and stick to them. 2024-01-20: Attributes of sucessful teams…

Persona

Topics to consider: Name, Portrait, Responsibilities, Personal Environment Personality, Skills Values, Attitudes, Preferences, Behaviors Needs, Motivation, Goals, Interests Challenges, Frustrations Why should I use the product/service? Why should I buy the product/service? Demographics

Product Vision / Business Case

The product vision describes in compact form … for which users, in which markets the product is intended, which are the basic requirements and standards what are the main functions of the product how the product fits into the application context and what interfaces it has with surrounding systems. There are different types of templates…

Processes: Foundation

The P4 DevFramework supports several different macro processes in product development: The knowledge- and maturity-based milestone process This involves learning on the basis of development samples (e.g. prototypes). It is important that the knowledge gaps are identified first and the development patterns (samples) are planned accordingly and not vice versa. This hybrid of the classic…