{"id":15680,"date":"2017-07-13T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/productcollective.com\/?p=15680"},"modified":"2019-06-17T04:17:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T04:17:11","slug":"scaling-a-product-team-overcoming-obstacles-defining-a-process-empowering-your-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/productcollective.com\/scaling-a-product-team-overcoming-obstacles-defining-a-process-empowering-your-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaling a Product Team &#8212; Overcoming Obstacles, Defining a Process &#038; Empowering Your Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rethinking product management: how to get from start-up to scale-up.<\/strong>\u00a0Lex Sisney has considerable experience in helping companies scale their organizations. And he regularly sees a breakdown in Product Management as a key element in holding a company back from expansion. A breakdown may happen if there is poor coordination between departments, a haphazard approach to releases, or having leadership that is too invested in minor product details. To\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/organizationalphysics.com\/2015\/10\/15\/rethinking-product-management-how-to-get-from-start-up-to-scale-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overcome these obstacles<\/a>\u00a0he recommends that you make Product Management a separate function, move the role closer to the customer and equip it with the right tools to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lessons learned from scaling a product team.<\/strong>\u00a0The Intercom team has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.intercom.com\/how-we-build-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defined a process that they employed<\/a>\u00a0to scale their product team. Although they underline that, although it has worked for them, it may not work for you. A process that works must fit in with your company&#8217;s culture. The process involves setting clear guidelines for making decisions (e.g., taking small steps), ensuring that team members are accountable for the responsibilities that they are given, obsessing over a relatively short-term roadmap and being married to the discipline of goal setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scaling product management at SendGrid: growing the team.\u00a0<\/strong>Scott Williamson best summarized\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sendgrid.com\/blog\/scaling-product-management-at-sendgrid-part-1-growing-the-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what he learned scaling SendGrid&#8217;s product team<\/a>\u00a0himself &#8212; &#8220;Growing a PM team at a rapidly scaling company is exciting but also full of challenges. You need to unify your team, gain executive support to grow your team and optimize your PM:Design and PM:Engineering ratios, decide on your strategy for \u201cgrowing\u201d vs. \u201cbuying\u201d PMs, and nail the hiring process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rethinking product management: how to get from start-up to scale-up.\u00a0Lex Sisney has considerable experience in helping companies scale their organizations. And he regularly sees a breakdown in Product Management as a key element in holding a company back from expansion. 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