Building Teams that Ship

Product teams are judged by one metric - how well you ship. Whether you are in a startup, or a large company, a performant and efficient team is always crucial. In this talk, I share tips on building a great product team and what it takes to "always be shipping".

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1. Building Teams
   That Ship
   @derrickko
   

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2. Hi!
   

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3. Over to you.
   

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4. Over to you.
   What role do you play in
   your company?
   

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5. Products
   

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6. Users
   

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7. Source: ssw.com.au
   

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8. Shipping
   

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9. Philosophy
   

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10. Measure.
    

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11. Measure.
    

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12. Simplify.
    

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13. Data driven decision.
    

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14. Don’t prematurely
    optimize.
    

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15. Iterate.
    

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17. Release inertia.
    

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18. Real feedback.
    

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19. mailcheck.js
    

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22. Measure.
    

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25. Simplify.
    

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28. Iterate.
    

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33. mailcheck.js
    bit.ly/mailcheckjs
    

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34. Measure.
    Simplify.
    Iterate.
    

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35. Over to you.
    What is your approach to
    building a product?
    

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36. The Basics
    

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37. Keep design ahead.
    

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38. A culture of empathy.
    

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39. Asynchronous
    communication.
    

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40. Keep meetings short.
    

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41. The right tools.
    

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42. Deploy o!en.
    

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43. Continuous
    Integration.
    

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44. Keep design ahead.
    A culture of empathy.
    Asynchronous communication.
    The right tools.
    Deploy o!en.
    Continuous integration.
    

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45. Over to you.
    What development
    principles do your team
    adopts?
    

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46. Development
    Process
    

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48. Planning.
    

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49. Engineering.
    

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50. Planning Engineering
    

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51. Stories
    

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52. User can upload photos.
    

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53. Prototypes for upload flow.
    

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54. Finished
    Accepted
    Rejected
    

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55. Done means done.
    

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56. Iteration
    Planning
    Meetings
    

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58. 1 week iterations.
    

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59. User can sign up
    User can reset password
    This Week
    User can log in
    User can add contacts
    Next Week
    

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60. Stand ups
    

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61. Retrospectives
    

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62. :) :| :(
    

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63. Planning & Engineering
    Iteration Planning Meetings
    Stand ups
    Retrospectives
    

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64. Over to you.
    What development
    processes work well for
    your team?
    

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65. Build a Team
    

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66. Focus
    

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67. Compassion for
    Your Users
    

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68. Balance
    

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69. Business
    UX
    Engineering
    

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70. Responsibility
    

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71. Team first.
    

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72. All nighters are not
    a badge of honor.
    

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73. Openness
    

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74. Focus
    Compassion
    Balance
    Responsibility
    Openness
    

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75. Over to you.
    What do you look out for
    when hiring?
    

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76. Recap
    

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77. Measure, simplify, iterate.
    Development process.
    Build a team.
    

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78. Thanks!
    @derrickko
    

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