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
2. Hi!
3. Over to you.
4. Over to you. What role do you play in your company?
5. Products
6. Users
7. Source: ssw.com.au
8. Shipping
9. Philosophy
10. Measure.
11. Measure.
12. Simplify.
13. Data driven decision.
14. Don’t prematurely optimize.
15. Iterate.
17. Release inertia.
18. Real feedback.
19. mailcheck.js
22. Measure.
25. Simplify.
28. Iterate.
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33. mailcheck.js bit.ly/mailcheckjs
34. Measure. Simplify. Iterate.
35. Over to you. What is your approach to building a product?
36. The Basics
37. Keep design ahead.
38. A culture of empathy.
39. Asynchronous communication.
40. Keep meetings short.
41. The right tools.
42. Deploy o!en.
43. Continuous Integration.
44. Keep design ahead. A culture of empathy. Asynchronous communication. The right tools. Deploy o!en. Continuous integration.
45. Over to you. What development principles do your team adopts?
46. Development Process
48. Planning.
49. Engineering.
50. Planning Engineering
51. Stories
52. User can upload photos.
53. Prototypes for upload flow.
54. Finished Accepted Rejected
55. Done means done.
56. Iteration Planning Meetings
58. 1 week iterations.
59. User can sign up User can reset password This Week User can log in User can add contacts Next Week
60. Stand ups
61. Retrospectives
62. :) :| :(
63. Planning & Engineering Iteration Planning Meetings Stand ups Retrospectives
64. Over to you. What development processes work well for your team?
65. Build a Team
66. Focus
67. Compassion for Your Users
68. Balance
69. Business UX Engineering
70. Responsibility
71. Team first.
72. All nighters are not a badge of honor.
73. Openness
74. Focus Compassion Balance Responsibility Openness
75. Over to you. What do you look out for when hiring?
76. Recap
77. Measure, simplify, iterate. Development process. Build a team.
78. Thanks! @derrickko