Product Team Strategy + Structure

Shreyas Doshi on Twitter: "A practical truth of being a PM at midsized & large companies is that you often rely heavily on several product & infra teams to improve your product. So while such a PM understands the importance of "focusing on the user" and "solving the customer problem", it ain't that easy. / Twitter"

A practical truth of being a PM at midsized & large companies is that you often rely heavily on several product & infra teams to improve your product. So while such a PM understands the importance of "focusing on the user" and "solving the customer problem", it ain't that easy.

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Tuckman's stages of group development

The forming–storming–norming–performing model of group development was first proposed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965,[1] who said that these phases are all necessary and inevitable in order for a team to grow, face up to challenges, tackle problems, find solutions, plan work, and deliver results. As Tuckman knew these inevitable phases were critical to team growth and development, he hypothesized that along with these factors that interpersonal relationships and task activity would enhance the four-stage model that is needed to successfully navigate and create an effective group function. [2]

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TBM 47/52: Operations (and ProductOps)

In operations, we take a look at a sociotechnical system, consider its goal(s), and then think about how to help that system "operate" more effectively. Operations can be a formal role. Or it can be a hat we wear as part of another role.

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Ten rhyming alternatives to Forming, Norming, Storming and Performing

Tuckman's four stages of team building: Forming, Norming, Storming and Performing have become established as the acknowledged method for any leader charged with building a new team (he later included a fifth 'adjourning'). At Ceannas we've developed alternatives that have allowed some leaders to cre

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