PRODUCTHEAD is a regular newsletter of product management goodness,
curated by Jock Busuttil.
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tl;dr
Product duos and trios can enhance the team, but are never more important than the team as a whole
If a team depends on an external decision-maker, could that person join the team to empower them?
hello
Happy new year!
With a dusting of snow outside, everything is looking arguably more festive this morning than it did during the holidays. Welcome back to the PRODUCTHEAD newsletter, your weekly catch-up with thoughts and ideas about product management and its increasing set of related disciplines. Thank you for joining me.
This year it feels as though the people writing about product management took the time to have a decent break. A few articles in late December may have passed you by, so here’s one for you with a couple of related articles from earlier in the year.
Matt Jukes (or Jukesie, as many people know him) has written a mini-series of opinionated articles about how teams should work on products and services in the public sector. The one I’ve included today touches on the different disciplines that often end up working together, and how their various responsibilities and areas of focus intersect. In his article Matt mentions a couple of related articles by Emily Webber and Julia Harrison, both of which are worth reading also.
Speak to you soon,
Jock
what to think about this week
[IMHO] Roles, responsibilities and relationships in digital delivery
I wrote a bunch of pen portraits just giving an idea of what I think some common roles are on the hook for – including artefacts I tend to expect from them.
Partnerships enhance teams, but are never more important than the team as a whole
[Matt Jukes / Digital by Default]
The unit of delivery is the team
At Public Digital, we often use the phrase “the unit of delivery is the team”. But what do we mean by that? Put simply, we mean that teams of people solving problems together are the key to delivering great services quickly and cost-effectively.
A cohesive, empowered group with shared purpose
[Julia Harrison / Public Digital]
The 4Ds Roles and Responsibilities Workshop
People often struggle to describe who does what. Getting it wrong can mean that things fall through the cracks, or it becomes so descriptive that it hinders work.
Clarify decision-making and set expectations
[Emily Webber]
recent posts
Are developers vibe coding themselves out of a job?
And is the increasing reliance by junior developers on AI coding assistants storing up a generational skills shortage for the future – ‘professional debt’, if you will?
So simple, anyone could do it. Wait – don’t fire me
[I Manage Products]
Cloud computing for non-technical product managers
To understand how cloud computing works, we’re going to start with the basic building blocks and work our way up.
And why is it a cloud anyway? (All is revealed)
[I Manage Products]
Navigating your product management career
Ross Webb and I have been chatting about product management career progression.
We cover topics including:
» Thinking of visibility as a strategic competency, not self-promotion
» Controlling your narrative through regular updates
» Building cross-organisational relationships deliberately
» Mapping your stakeholders’ preferred communication styles
A roundtable chat on moving into product leadership
[I Manage Products]
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