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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. Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering.

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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

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. A proposal to identify people in a particular group or demographic and initiate a course of action.