Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Todd Lombardo, Co-Author of Roadmaps Relaunched. He is the co-author of both Design Sprint (O’Reilly, 2015) and Product Roadmaps Relaunched (O’Reilly, 2017). Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through to its NASDAQ IPO.

Technical Cofounder 76

Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO Coach User Testing 76

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up. I got my first real leadership opportunity about five years into my career when one of the teams I was on was struggling with the product roadmap. It’s more challenging to get than a mentor.

Engineering 141

Engineering Leadership CTO Coach Feedback Software 141

Business of Software Conference

JUNE 20, 2019

And then I realized that there was a lot I needed to coach. I started changing my answer not fast enough from I can do this for you to I’ll help you get it done with coaching resources tools and time right. How do I prioritize the roadmap? As a coach you hire yourself a coach inside the company to help you through.

CTO Coach 87

CTO Coach Research Software Feedback Software Weak Development Team 87

Business of Software Conference

JULY 2, 2019

So the Quad has Product, ExD (that’s our design team) the Tech team and we have the Agile delivery coach (in other organizations this might be the delivery manager). Then you have tech and then from tech we move to Agile delivery coach who facilitates this team to make great decisions and between them they delight customers.

Weak Development Team 40

Weak Development Team Research Software User Testing Analytic Tools 40