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Creating balance between product managers & engineers

Creating balance between product managers & engineers @vidyanagarajan #QConSF

all views are my own and I am not representing the views of any organization

All views are my own and do not represent that of any organization

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Source: Techrepublic

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Let’s understand what happened here

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Let’s understand what happened here?

Source: TheNexuWeb

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My journey

2000 - 2002 2002 - 2007 2007 - 2010 2010 - Present

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Traits of a Product Manager

  • Visionary
  • Story-Teller
  • Influencer without authority
  • Prioritization driven
  • Data driven
  • User/Customer empathetic
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Traits of an Engineer

  • Technical
  • Subject matter expert
  • Focused on depth rather than breath
  • Limited customer visibility
  • Detail oriented
  • Analytical/Data driven
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How to make this work?

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Data Driven Empower Big Picture Prioritization

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Data Driven

U s e r e m p a t h y Ownership & Accountability E s t a b l i s h B u s i n e s s v a l u e Product Managers can be effective with engineers Engineers can be effective with Product Managers

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Cohesive Teams

Tuckman’s stages of group development

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Decision Making Problem solving Conflict Management

Decision Making and Conflict resolution Framework

Source: MosaicProjects

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Some things to consider

  • Invest in building a cohesive inclusive extended
  • team. Encourage diverse perspectives
  • Define a shared vision, understand mutual

interests and how this fits in with the larger

  • rganization’s strategy
  • Define roles and responsibilities with focus on
  • wnership and accountability
  • Manage conflict and disagreements
  • Set up a process framework for
  • prioritization. Incorporate feedback
  • More story-telling, roadshows,

re-iterating the vision to different levels of audiences. More Facetime

  • Celebrate all wins. small or large
  • More customer and field stories to

build empathy

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The Best investment you can make is in yourself

  • Warren Buffet
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The Human Brain

Source: The Willpower Instinct

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Sleep helps you be a better version of yourself!

Soure: CurioCity

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Meditation and Brainwaves!

Source: NeurofeedbackAlliance

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Visualization and Positive Affirmations

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Let’s do a simple meditation

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I am

  • verwhelmed

It’s too much I can’t stand it

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I’ll find a way It will get better I’ve been through this before

Stress can be your friend!

Credits: Dr. Kelly McNogil, Dr. Elizabeth H. Stanley

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Let’s bring it all together

Ship a great product that meets user/customer needs Strong inclusive teams Personal growth Product manager and engineer traits/skills

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5 Things to try for the nexu 21 days

✓ Invest in yourself (Sleep, Meditate, Affirm) ✓ Build a cohesive inclusive team ✓ Embrace each other’s strengths. Define roles, responsibilities, ownership ✓ Think about effective Decision making and Conflict management- Align, Commit and Implement ✓ Embrace stress!

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Vidya Nagarajan Head of Product @vidyanagarajan vidyanagarajan www.vidyanagarajan.com