{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "user_comment": "This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/team-alignment/feed/json/ -- and add it your reader.", "next_url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/team-alignment/feed/json/?paged=2", "home_page_url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/team-alignment/", "feed_url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/team-alignment/feed/json/", "language": "en-GB", "title": "Team Alignment - Mind the Product", "description": "Conferences, training, and content for the world\u2019s largest community of product managers, designers, and developers.", "icon": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-mindtheproduct-favicon.png", "items": [ { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=22511", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/bootstrapping-a-product-team-by-ibrahim-bashir/", "title": "Bootstrapping a Product Team, by Ibrahim Bashir", "content_html": "

In this November 2020 #mtpcon Digital\u00a0session, Ibrahim Bashir, VP Product at Box, discusses different product management archetypes and when to bring each one into a team. Watch the session in full, or read on for the highlights. Archetypes You end up defining how successful your product org will be at the point when you set Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "In this November 2020 #mtpcon Digital\u00a0session, Ibrahim Bashir, VP Product at Box, discusses different product management archetypes and when to bring each one into a team. Watch the session in full, or read on for the highlights. Archetypes You end up defining how successful your product org will be at the point when you set Read more »\nThe post Bootstrapping a Product Team, by Ibrahim Bashir appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2021-01-14T10:33:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2021-05-13T11:53:13+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Massey", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/chris-massey/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mtp-photo-cyan.png" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Massey", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/chris-massey/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mtp-photo-cyan.png" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ee72b716-5a29-4834-b686-9ddb925fe17e_Ibrahim20Bashir2.png", "tags": [ "#mtpcon", "Hiring", "mtpcon digital", "Team Alignment", "team building", "team scaling", "Video", "Building Product Teams", "Product Leadership" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=22569", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/remote-workshops-are-broken-is-the-immersive-design-sprint-a-better-way/", "title": "Practical Design Thinking Part 3: A better way to run remote workshops?", "content_html": "

Remote workshops, they\u2019re a thing right?! Remote workshops aren\u2019t a new thing and, with the soar in popularity of tools like Mural\u00a0(our personal favourite) or Miro\u00a0(another great alternative), alongside the disparate nature of product teams in 2020, more and more remote workshops, (including full-blown\u00a0Design Sprints) are being run every day. At Pack, before the pandemic Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "Remote workshops, they\u2019re a thing right?! Remote workshops aren\u2019t a new thing and, with the soar in popularity of tools like Mural\u00a0(our personal favourite) or Miro\u00a0(another great alternative), alongside the disparate nature of product teams in 2020, more and more remote workshops, (including full-blown\u00a0Design Sprints) are being run every day. At Pack, before the pandemic Read more »\nThe post Practical Design Thinking Part 3: A better way to run remote workshops? appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2021-01-13T05:59:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2021-12-22T11:10:06+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Dominic Port", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/dominicport439/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dominic-Port-Profile-1024x1024.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Dominic Port", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/dominicport439/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dominic-Port-Profile-1024x1024.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/17a0c81e-5732-4e46-bb2f-166cfc736a83_pasted20image200.png", "tags": [ "Collaboration", "Design Sprint", "design sprints", "Design Thinking", "Pack-Agency", "remote teams", "Remote Working", "remote working culture", "Series", "Team Alignment", "Workshops", "Product Design", "Prototyping" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=22559", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-secret-sprinter-how-to-embed-design-sprints-into-your-teams/", "title": "Practical Design Thinking Part 2: How to Embed Design Sprints Into Your Teams", "content_html": "

This article (Part 2 of a trilogy) is all about introducing elements of the Design Sprint in a manageable way, to get your teams working better together. It encourages adoption of the process from the inside, out. So, you\u2019ve heard of Design Sprints?! The week-long framework originating from Google Ventures to solve challenges and test Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "This article (Part 2 of a trilogy) is all about introducing elements of the Design Sprint in a manageable way, to get your teams working better together. It encourages adoption of the process from the inside, out. So, you\u2019ve heard of Design Sprints?! The week-long framework originating from Google Ventures to solve challenges and test Read more »\nThe post Practical Design Thinking Part 2: How to Embed Design Sprints Into Your Teams appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2021-01-12T10:55:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2021-12-22T11:10:36+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Matt Pollitt", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/mattpollitt582/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/profile2-1024x1024.png" } ], "author": { "name": "Matt Pollitt", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/mattpollitt582/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/profile2-1024x1024.png" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/c71c9d77-9ad7-4fd4-b662-1bdc7cdadae5_pasted20image200.png", "tags": [ "Design Sprint", "design sprints", "Design Thinking", "Framework", "Organisational Transformation", "Pack-Agency", "Prototype", "Prototyping", "Series", "Team Alignment", "Product Design" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=22495", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/who-owns-the-product-roadmap-how-to-use-insight-and-influence-to-guide-product-direction/", "title": "Who Owns the Product Roadmap? How to use Insight and Influence to Guide Product Direction", "content_html": "

In my early days as a Product Manager, I wondered\u00a0why the experiences of my peers\u00a0varied so much\u00a0from one company to another. I\u2019ve come to realise that different organizations operate with very different\u00a0levels of flexibility and ownership around multiple aspects of a\u00a0product manager\u2019s\u00a0traditional\u00a0role. In this article, we\u2019ll take a dive into the different scenarios\u00a0product managers may Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "In my early days as a Product Manager, I wondered\u00a0why the experiences of my peers\u00a0varied so much\u00a0from one company to another. I\u2019ve come to realise that different organizations operate with very different\u00a0levels of flexibility and ownership around multiple aspects of a\u00a0product manager\u2019s\u00a0traditional\u00a0role. In this article, we\u2019ll take a dive into the different scenarios\u00a0product managers may Read more »\nThe post Who Owns the Product Roadmap? How to use Insight and Influence to Guide Product Direction appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2021-01-05T10:30:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2021-01-04T02:34:19+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Tunde Adeniran", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/tundeadeniran503/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1699704959785-1-768x768.jpeg" } ], "author": { "name": "Tunde Adeniran", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/tundeadeniran503/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1699704959785-1-768x768.jpeg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a60bf6a0-ad5e-48c6-ba0b-b7075cd15f4e_image2.jpg", "tags": [ "Product Roadmap", "Product Roadmapping", "Product Vision", "roadmap", "Roadmapping", "Startup", "startup product management", "Team Alignment" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=22453", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/practical-advice-for-product-managers-working-with-startup-founders/", "title": "Practical Advice for Product Managers Working With Startup Founders", "content_html": "

Product managers who have never worked with founders often find their first experience a bit jarring. \u201cf**ked\u201d and \u201ccrazy\u201d have definitely been thrown around. But \u201ccrazy\u201d is a label we use when we don\u2019t understand. What makes working with founders challenging and different from other executives? What do founders do? Founders at early stage startups Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "Product managers who have never worked with founders often find their first experience a bit jarring. \u201cf**ked\u201d and \u201ccrazy\u201d have definitely been thrown around. But \u201ccrazy\u201d is a label we use when we don\u2019t understand. What makes working with founders challenging and different from other executives? What do founders do? Founders at early stage startups Read more »\nThe post Practical Advice for Product Managers Working With Startup Founders appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-12-22T10:08:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2020-12-23T13:08:19+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Shaw Li", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/shaw-li/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/252f4ab2-6822-46ae-9a2b-f80f25470a55_Shaw_cropped-768x768.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Shaw Li", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/shaw-li/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/252f4ab2-6822-46ae-9a2b-f80f25470a55_Shaw_cropped-768x768.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/matus-kovacovsky-eIvLuyDjCQI-unsplash.jpg", "tags": [ "Execution", "Founder", "people management", "Product Vision", "Startup", "Startup Product Management", "startups", "Team Alignment", "team building", "Vision-led product management" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=22398", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/enhancing-product-thinking-with-5-slides-and-practice-by-fanni-fejes/", "title": "Enhancing Product Thinking with 5 Slides (and Practice), by Fanni Fejes", "content_html": "

Fanni Fejes\u00a0shares a powerful coaching tool that is used at Founders Factory to help entrepreneurs develop a strong product mindset. They realised early that product management doesn\u2019t scale, but that successful startups hinged on the founders developing a strong product mindset. To move from that problem statement to the desired outcome, they decided to help Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "Fanni Fejes\u00a0shares a powerful coaching tool that is used at Founders Factory to help entrepreneurs develop a strong product mindset. They realised early that product management doesn\u2019t scale, but that successful startups hinged on the founders developing a strong product mindset. To move from that problem statement to the desired outcome, they decided to help Read more »\nThe post Enhancing Product Thinking with 5 Slides (and Practice), by Fanni Fejes appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-12-14T17:15:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2020-12-14T17:12:44+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Massey", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/chris-massey/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mtp-photo-cyan.png" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Massey", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/chris-massey/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mtp-photo-cyan.png" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/5-Slide-product-and-practice2.png", "tags": [ "Alignment", "best practice", "Facilitation", "organisational alignment", "Product Management Best Practices", "Product Management Tools", "Startup Product Management", "startups", "Team Alignment", "toolkit", "tools", "Product Management Career" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=22194", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/building-successful-product-development-teams-by-simon-colmer/", "title": "Building Successful Product Development Teams, by Simon Colmer", "content_html": "

Simon Colmer\u00a0(at the time of this talk, the Head of Development at Access NFP Websites) spoke to ProductTank London\u00a0about a developer\u2019s perspective on what it takes to build a successful product development team. As product people, team alignment is table-stakes, and it\u2019s crucial that we factor in multiple perspectives to create diverse, empowered teams, so Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "Simon Colmer\u00a0(at the time of this talk, the Head of Development at Access NFP Websites) spoke to ProductTank London\u00a0about a developer\u2019s perspective on what it takes to build a successful product development team. As product people, team alignment is table-stakes, and it\u2019s crucial that we factor in multiple perspectives to create diverse, empowered teams, so Read more »\nThe post Building Successful Product Development Teams, by Simon Colmer appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-11-24T15:06:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2021-05-13T11:53:39+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Massey", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/chris-massey/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mtp-photo-cyan.png" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Massey", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/chris-massey/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mtp-photo-cyan.png" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Simon-Colmer-at-ProductTank-London.png", "tags": [ "Agile", "Agile Product Development", "Alignment", "Developers", "London", "Product Development", "Product Development Process", "ProductTank", "ProductTank London", "Team Alignment", "Building Product Teams", "Product Leadership", "Video" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=21493", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/bluf-your-way-to-success-adam-thomas-on-the-product-experience/", "title": "BLUF Your Way to Success \u2013 Adam Thomas on The Product Experience", "content_html": "

The one thing every product person needs is a new acronym that comes from the military, and Adam Thomas is here to help. Sarcasm aside, Adam’s made good use of the BLUF technique: Bottom Line Up Front, a short template, clearly laying out what the team is working on and how they plan to do Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "The one thing every product person needs is a new acronym that comes from the military, and Adam Thomas is here to help. Sarcasm aside, Adam’s made good use of the BLUF technique: Bottom Line Up Front, a short template, clearly laying out what the team is working on and how they plan to do Read more »\nThe post BLUF Your Way to Success – Adam Thomas on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-09-23T06:00:41+01:00", "date_modified": "2021-09-06T17:17:14+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "The Product Experience", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/the-product-experience/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Product-Experience-Podcast-768x768.png" } ], "author": { "name": "The Product Experience", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/the-product-experience/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Product-Experience-Podcast-768x768.png" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BLUF-your-way-tosuccess-Adam-Thomas-on-The-Product-Experience.png", "tags": [ "Alignment", "Team Alignment", "Business Strategy", "Podcast", "The Product Experience" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=21399", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/how-do-you-build-a-qualitative-data-lake/", "title": "How do you Build a Qualitative Data Lake?", "content_html": "

How do you build a data lake? In fact, what even is one? And what’s the key to understanding qualitative data operations? I’ll share my thinking on these excellent questions, and the process I’m current testing out with my own team – please feel free to share yours too! For basically my entire 10 years Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "How do you build a data lake? In fact, what even is one? And what’s the key to understanding qualitative data operations? I’ll share my thinking on these excellent questions, and the process I’m current testing out with my own team – please feel free to share yours too! For basically my entire 10 years Read more »\nThe post How do you Build a Qualitative Data Lake? appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-09-15T10:47:00+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-09-15T10:45:42+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Rosemary King", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/rosemaryking/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rosemary-king.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Rosemary King", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/rosemaryking/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rosemary-king.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/hans-peter-gauster-3y1zF4hIPCg-unsplash.jpg", "tags": [ "Cross-Functional Team", "Product Research", "data lake", "Data-Driven", "Prioritisation", "Qualitative Data", "quantitative data", "synthesis", "Team Alignment", "Data Driven Product Management" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=21356", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/product-managers-secret-2020-weapon-remote-workshops/", "title": "Product Manager\u2019s Secret 2020 Weapon: Remote Workshops", "content_html": "

As product managers we are, at our core, facilitators. It is ultimately up to us to get all interested parties to align and collaborate on building the right thing for our business and making sure we understand our users so it\u2019s the right thing for the market. As such, we spend a lot of our Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "As product managers we are, at our core, facilitators. It is ultimately up to us to get all interested parties to align and collaborate on building the right thing for our business and making sure we understand our users so it\u2019s the right thing for the market. As such, we spend a lot of our Read more »\nThe post Product Manager’s Secret 2020 Weapon: Remote Workshops appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-09-10T10:30:00+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-09-08T23:47:14+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Drew Falkman", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/drew-falkman/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ed596f72c8a0db19bc5e004581a12c1e?s=512&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Drew Falkman", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/drew-falkman/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ed596f72c8a0db19bc5e004581a12c1e?s=512&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/b7d1f3a0-2b8a-4ddf-bf80-2ea0fe58c1d4_image1.png", "tags": [ "Empathy", "miro", "organisation culture", "remote teams", "Remote Working", "remote working culture", "Team Alignment", "Team Culture", "Workshops", "Product Management Process", "Stakeholder Management" ] } ] }