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July 05, 2023
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Transcript
Scaling Product & Engineering Teams Graeme Smith
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1996 present future Startup Financial Services & Consulting Big Tech
Scale Up My scaling journey
Getting Started (first 50)
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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” - Attributed to Peter Drucker,
management author
Basic roles & structure People Directory Simple hiring process
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50+ Changes in people, process and structure
Explicit feedback Implicit feedback Surveys (follow Leah Melvoin) Back channels
Goal setting and review Planning Lightweight reviews Demos Knowledge sharing
(talks & rotations) Information dissemination
Lightweight reviews Weekly, monthly or quarterly. Set a page limit.
1. Team mission (re-stated) 2. Executive Summary 3. What went well / not so well 4. Workstream updates 5. Discussion topics 6. Appendices
1. Stream-aligned, cross-disciplinary, durable teams with single threaded leadership. 2.
No structure is perfect, and you will inevitably have a mix. 3. Consider adding accelerator teams e.g. engineering excellence. 4. Keep a high bar for true “platform” teams. 5. Minimise layers.
Career paths Onboarding Sleek recruitment & interview process Performance management
https://www.linkedin.com/in/graemensmith/