Product Operating Model Taxonomy
Macy's Ways of Working
Project Model vs Product Model
100

A group of approximately 8-12 members working together to deliver value for the customer and colleague.

What is a pod?

100

What are the 3 roles that a pod must contain

Who are the scrum master, product owner, and Agile Dev Team

100

Has a defined term (e.g., one year) with a specific end date.

What is a project model?

200

A logical group of Pods that enable a customer/colleague journey.

What is a product?

200

Groups of specialists with a shared skillset that span across teams - drive consistency, support professional growth and development, and foster community

What is a chapter?

200

Success is measured in business objectives and OKRs (e.g., enhanced customer experience). Focused on incremental value delivery and regular checkpoints

What is a product model?

300

A logical group of products based on an overarching customer journey, driving the business and technical vision and roadmap.

What is a domain?

300

This type of agility provides an organization the ability to rapidly adapt to market and environmental changes in productive and cost-effective ways.

What is Enterprise Agility?

300

Teams are stable, incrementally adjusted, and cross-functional 

What is a product model?

400

A collection of Domains that provide governance, funding, and decentralized decision making to ensure the right products are built and delivered.

What is a portfolio?

400

This event evaluates Portfolio OKRs, risks, intake demand prioritization and capability status

What is Portfolio Synch?

400

Direct mapping to business outcomes, enabling transparency across Business, Technology, and Stakeholder

What is product model?

500

Designing and building core customer or colleague facing applications and communication and packaged software minor configuration/changes

What is a product?

500

This model drives alignment within an organization to develop  products that deliver the greatest value to its customers and colleagues

What is Product Operating Model?

500

Funding that is pre-determined up front. New development efforts require new funding requests

What is a project model?