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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn.  We need excellent communication so that one group doesn’t step on the other’s changes. become a professional services/custom consulting company. Bug or feature?  

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I’ve abandoned “MVP”

Mironov Consulting

That includes fully tested software, documentation, pricing/packaging, part numbers, marketing assets, targeted lead gen, competitive intelligence, support training, problem escalation, partner/channel materials, etc. Our maker teams and go-to-market groups work too hard for us to confuse each other.

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Designing an Organization for a Product Approach, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

The senior manager has P&L (Profit and Loss) responsibility for the entire product line, including Product Management (for this product line), Customer Support, Training, etc. There might be a “centralized” function for these groups, but all the people developing and supporting this product are in the product line.

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GDPR: Who Should be Your Data Protection Officer?

Mind the Product

An existing employee can serve as the DPO, or you are also allowed to get an external consultant in to cover this role. There are some restrictions if an internal employee is your DPO – they can’t, for example, be a head of HR, head of IT or a member of the senior leadership team.