2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? Are you being fair? What should we do next? What should we do next? Product Manager Can we get it sooner?
2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? Are you being fair? What should we do next? What should we do next? Product Manager Can we get it sooner? Other Project Leads Can you unblock us?
Project Leads Engineer 2 Engineer 2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? Can we get it sooner? Are you being fair? Can you unblock us? What should we do next? What should we do next?
your product manager every 2 weeks • 1:1s with people on your team every 2-3 weeks • Regular meeting (default 2 weeks) to agree on next priorities Meetings 75
Have you prioritized your backlog well enough? • People are confused about progress ◦ Are you updating your per-sprint progress? • Team is working hard but not hitting milestones Failure modes 81
Have you prioritized your backlog well enough? • People are confused about progress ◦ Are you updating your per-sprint progress? • Team is working hard but not hitting milestones ◦ Are you actually doing work on the milestone? ◦ Are you trying to do too many things? Failure modes 82