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AA210 - The Need for (Engineering) Speed!
Manage episode 479889986 series 2986873
Ever been in a meeting where an executive decrees: "Engineering needs to go faster!" without any nuance or understanding of the underlying issues?
What a coincidence - so have we!!!
Listen or watch as Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel discuss this common yet problematic demand. Join us as we unmask deeper organizational issues, explore how to respond to this request, and discuss the potential causes, constraints, and solutions.
Whether you're in engineering, product management, or leadership, this episode provides practical insights for addressing the "go faster" demand in ways that deliver business value quickly, under budget, and right on-time!
#EngineeringLeadership #ProductManagement #AgileTeams
REFERENCES
- Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, by Richard Rumelt (book)
- Arguing Agile #185 "What Companies Do Instead of Strategy"
- Arguing Agile #103 "Challenges to Building Product Roadmaps"
- Inspired, by Marty Cagan (book)
LINKS
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@arguingagile
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3
- Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596
- Website: http://arguingagile.com
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Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)
By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)
CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
Chapters
1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)
2. Topic Intro: More and Faster! (00:00:16)
3. Questioning the Need for Speed (00:00:44)
4. Aligning Engineering with Business Goals (00:01:37)
5. Challenges in Product Management (00:02:50)
6. The Importance of Strategy and Roadmaps (00:03:19)
7. Balancing Speed and Quality (00:06:02)
8. Round 1 Scoring (00:09:50)
9. Refinements & Flow (00:10:59)
10. Technical Complexity (00:14:48)
11. Prioritizing Refactoring and Backend Work (00:17:09)
12. The Role of Product Managers in Technical Decisions (00:20:09)
13. Team Communication and Habits (00:21:26)
14. Round 2 Scoring (00:21:50)
15. Product's Role in Predictable Delivery (00:22:06)
16. Customer Needs and Engineering (00:24:17)
17. Project and Product Both Start with P (00:25:32)
18. Round 3 Scoring (00:26:43)
19. Faux Product Management (00:27:19)
20. Distorting Metrics (00:28:55)
21. Focusing on Customers Not Metrics Games (00:30:35)
22. Round 4 Scoring (00:32:29)
23. Cross-Functional Dependencies (00:32:49)
24. Round 5 Scoring (00:34:59)
25. Feedback Loops and Final Thoughts (00:35:12)
26. Round 6 Scoring (00:37:04)
27. Final Scoring (00:37:35)
28. Wrap-Up (00:38:39)
210 episodes
Manage episode 479889986 series 2986873
Ever been in a meeting where an executive decrees: "Engineering needs to go faster!" without any nuance or understanding of the underlying issues?
What a coincidence - so have we!!!
Listen or watch as Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel discuss this common yet problematic demand. Join us as we unmask deeper organizational issues, explore how to respond to this request, and discuss the potential causes, constraints, and solutions.
Whether you're in engineering, product management, or leadership, this episode provides practical insights for addressing the "go faster" demand in ways that deliver business value quickly, under budget, and right on-time!
#EngineeringLeadership #ProductManagement #AgileTeams
REFERENCES
- Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, by Richard Rumelt (book)
- Arguing Agile #185 "What Companies Do Instead of Strategy"
- Arguing Agile #103 "Challenges to Building Product Roadmaps"
- Inspired, by Marty Cagan (book)
LINKS
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@arguingagile
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3
- Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596
- Website: http://arguingagile.com
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Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)
By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)
CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
Chapters
1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)
2. Topic Intro: More and Faster! (00:00:16)
3. Questioning the Need for Speed (00:00:44)
4. Aligning Engineering with Business Goals (00:01:37)
5. Challenges in Product Management (00:02:50)
6. The Importance of Strategy and Roadmaps (00:03:19)
7. Balancing Speed and Quality (00:06:02)
8. Round 1 Scoring (00:09:50)
9. Refinements & Flow (00:10:59)
10. Technical Complexity (00:14:48)
11. Prioritizing Refactoring and Backend Work (00:17:09)
12. The Role of Product Managers in Technical Decisions (00:20:09)
13. Team Communication and Habits (00:21:26)
14. Round 2 Scoring (00:21:50)
15. Product's Role in Predictable Delivery (00:22:06)
16. Customer Needs and Engineering (00:24:17)
17. Project and Product Both Start with P (00:25:32)
18. Round 3 Scoring (00:26:43)
19. Faux Product Management (00:27:19)
20. Distorting Metrics (00:28:55)
21. Focusing on Customers Not Metrics Games (00:30:35)
22. Round 4 Scoring (00:32:29)
23. Cross-Functional Dependencies (00:32:49)
24. Round 5 Scoring (00:34:59)
25. Feedback Loops and Final Thoughts (00:35:12)
26. Round 6 Scoring (00:37:04)
27. Final Scoring (00:37:35)
28. Wrap-Up (00:38:39)
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