{ "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/alignment/feed/json/ -- and add it your reader.", "next_url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/alignment/feed/json/?paged=2", "home_page_url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/alignment/", "feed_url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tag/alignment/feed/json/", "language": "en-GB", "title": "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=26825", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/how-to-bring-product-thinking-to-any-team-by-merissa-silk/", "title": "How to bring product thinking to any team by Merissa Silk", "content_html": "

In this ProductTank\u00a0London talk, Merissa Silk provides practical advice on becoming more product-led and tips on how to get everyone in your organization thinking like a product person. Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "In this ProductTank\u00a0London talk, Merissa Silk provides practical advice on becoming more product-led and tips on how to get everyone in your organization thinking like a product person. Read more »\nThe post How to bring product thinking to any team by Merissa Silk appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2022-02-11T10:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2022-02-01T11:25:21+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Andres Phillips", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/andres-phillips/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Andres-Phillips.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Andres Phillips", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/andres-phillips/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Andres-Phillips.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/How-to-bring-product-thinking-to-any-team-by-Merissa-Silk-low.gif", "tags": [ "Alignment", "Prioritisation", "product thinking", "ProductTank", "Product Management Process" ], "summary": "In this ProductTank\u00a0London talk, Merissa Silk provides practical advice on becoming more product-led and tips on how to get everyone in your organization thinking like a product person. Read more »

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If you're in need of some sanity-saving ways to keep cross-functional teams focused and aligned using data, Agata Bugaj, VP of Product at Fullstory is here to help! Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "If you're in need of some sanity-saving ways to keep cross-functional teams focused and aligned using data, Agata Bugaj, VP of Product at Fullstory is here to help! Read more »\nThe post This meeting could have been an email by Agata Bugaj appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2021-11-19T11:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2021-11-18T16:09:36+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Andres Phillips", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/andres-phillips/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Andres-Phillips.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Andres Phillips", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/andres-phillips/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Andres-Phillips.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/email-template-image-from-shuttertock-scaled-e1637251605229.jpg", "tags": [ "#mtpcon", "Alignment", "Video" ], "summary": "If you're in need of some sanity-saving ways to keep cross-functional teams focused and aligned using data, Agata Bugaj, VP of Product at Fullstory is here to help! Read more »

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In this blog post, we revisit an episode of Mindset\u00a0in which\u00a0Singapore-based Tamara Moona, Associate Director of Product at Pivotal Labs, and Priscilla Nu, Head of Digital Experience and Design at SP Group, share their advice on developing organisational alignment and tackling issues with stakeholders. Product practice is relatively new in many regions around the world, Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "In this blog post, we revisit an episode of Mindset\u00a0in which\u00a0Singapore-based Tamara Moona, Associate Director of Product at Pivotal Labs, and Priscilla Nu, Head of Digital Experience and Design at SP Group, share their advice on developing organisational alignment and tackling issues with stakeholders. Product practice is relatively new in many regions around the world, Read more »\nThe post So long stakeholder problems appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2021-03-23T10:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2021-03-23T10:58:11+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Imogen Schels", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/imogenjohnson/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3595-1-1024x1024.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Imogen Schels", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/imogenjohnson/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3595-1-1024x1024.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/stakeholder-alignment-meetings-shutterstock.jpg", "tags": [ "Alignment", "Communication", "organisational alignment", "Stakeholder 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=21052", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/leading-product-teams-with-success-learnings-from-the-mtpcon-session-speakers/", "title": "Leading Product Teams with Success: Learnings from the #mtpcon Session Speakers", "content_html": "

At #mtpcon Digital 2020, we were able to enjoy 18 Breakout Session talks, across three days, from some of the best product people around. We\u2019re be releasing them all (weekly, in groups) and in this selection, you\u2019ll delve into some hard-hitting topics to help you successfully lead teams. Check out the videos to watch sessions Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "At #mtpcon Digital 2020, we were able to enjoy 18 Breakout Session talks, across three days, from some of the best product people around. We\u2019re be releasing them all (weekly, in groups) and in this selection, you\u2019ll delve into some hard-hitting topics to help you successfully lead teams. Check out the videos to watch sessions Read more »\nThe post Leading Product Teams with Success: Learnings from the #mtpcon Session Speakers appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-08-05T10:00:00+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-08-04T11:23:31+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Imogen Schels", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/imogenjohnson/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3595-1-1024x1024.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Imogen Schels", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/imogenjohnson/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3595-1-1024x1024.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Team-leader-shutterstock-image.jpg", "tags": [ "Alignment", "Leadership Premium Content", "mtpcon digital", "Premium Content", "psychological safety", "Product Leadership", "Product Management Conference" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=20816", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-lost-art-of-backlog-management/", "title": "The Lost art of Backlog Management", "content_html": "

Product management is still a young discipline, and the methods that we use are evolving all the time. Currently in the product community, topics such as product discovery, theme-based roadmaps and outcomes vs outputs are all very much in vogue, and rightly so. These are all helping to move our craft forward, and enabling teams Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "Product management is still a young discipline, and the methods that we use are evolving all the time. Currently in the product community, topics such as product discovery, theme-based roadmaps and outcomes vs outputs are all very much in vogue, and rightly so. These are all helping to move our craft forward, and enabling teams Read more »\nThe post The Lost art of Backlog Management appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-07-16T10:19:00+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-07-14T20:10:57+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Nigel Farmer", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/nigelfarmer159/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/me3.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Nigel Farmer", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/nigelfarmer159/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/me3.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/tim-gouw-KigTvXqetXA-unsplash.jpg", "tags": [ "Alignment", "Product Backlog", "Product Owner", "Product Requirements", "Requirements", "Scrum", "Team Alignment", "Agile Product Development", "Product Management Skills" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=19874", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/why-happier-autonomous-teams-use-one-pagers-by-john-cutler/", "title": "Why Happier Autonomous Teams Use One-Pagers by John Cutler", "content_html": "

Wondering what a \u201cone-pager\u201d is? In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, John Cutler\u00a0(Product Evangelist at Amplitude) explained to a packed house at NextRoll why one-pagers are a \u201cforcing function\u201d. John covered: What is a one-pager? What outcomes should you expect from your one-pagers? How do one-pagers fit into the overall product puzzle? Watch the video Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "Wondering what a \u201cone-pager\u201d is? In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, John Cutler\u00a0(Product Evangelist at Amplitude) explained to a packed house at NextRoll why one-pagers are a \u201cforcing function\u201d. John covered: What is a one-pager? What outcomes should you expect from your one-pagers? How do one-pagers fit into the overall product puzzle? Watch the video Read more »\nThe post Why Happier Autonomous Teams Use One-Pagers by John Cutler appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2020-05-04T10:32:16+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-12-22T14:06:20+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Sia Banihashemi", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/sia-banihashemi/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sia_Banihashemi_mtpblogheadshot.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Sia Banihashemi", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/sia-banihashemi/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sia_Banihashemi_mtpblogheadshot.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/John-Cutler-producttank-san-francisco-talk.png", "tags": [ "Alignment", "John Cutler", "one-pager", "ProductTank", "ProductTank San Francisco", "Product Strategy", "Video" ] }, { "id": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/?p=12693", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/team-smarter-autonomous-product-teams-work-better/", "title": "Your team is smarter than you are: why autonomous product teams work better", "content_html": "

I\u2019ve always argued that product management is a team sport. But as soon as you have more than one team in an organisation and you need them to interact with each other, you introduce friction. This friction between teams is why we have libraries full of project management books and methodologies, inboxes and outboxes, dependency Read more »

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\n", "content_text": "I\u2019ve always argued that product management is a team sport. But as soon as you have more than one team in an organisation and you need them to interact with each other, you introduce friction. This friction between teams is why we have libraries full of project management books and methodologies, inboxes and outboxes, dependency Read more »\nThe post Your team is smarter than you are: why autonomous product teams work better appeared first on Mind the Product.", "date_published": "2018-02-02T14:58:46+00:00", "date_modified": "2022-03-08T15:02:19+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Martin Eriksson", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/martin-eriksson/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/martin-eriksson-2016.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Martin Eriksson", "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/author/martin-eriksson/", "avatar": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/martin-eriksson-2016.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/shutterstock_1865419279-scaled.jpg", "tags": [ "Alignment", "Autonomy", "Cross-Functional Team", "Team", "Product Leadership", "Product Management Process" ] } ] }